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Nearly one million dollars: That's how much money the Thea Foundation has given out in scholarships in the last six years.
Kenneth Matt Martin is one of 20 scholarship recipients from the Thea Foundation. The high school senior plans to make a career in the performing arts.
(Kenneth Matt Martin, Scholarship Recipient) “Right out of school--keep up with performing when I'm young and everything. But it's my overall goal to own a theater and be the artistic director, and get to pick the season and have a theater that's devoted to multiculturalism, because I don't think we see enough of that now days.”
Other winners may or may not pursue a life in the arts, but the Thea Foundation supports that, and simply encourages involvement in the arts.
(Heather McPherson, Scholarship Recipient) “They're encouraging the arts in such a way that people can really express themselves, but not feel bogged down.”
(Bonnie Frauenthal, Scholarship Recipient) “I was kind of shy, actually. My mother signed me up for the choir side of Parkview--the Magnet area--and I was scared.”
Now Bonnie Frauenthal hopes to one day be a professional opera singer.
Sam Clark may plan to major in biomedical engineering, but his love of the arts will live on.
(Sam Clark, Scholarship Recipient) “When I first started, I just thought it'd be something interesting and fun to do. It was freshman year. I didn't realize how much I actually love the arts.”
(Hannah Campbell, Scholarship Recipient) “I don't think I'd be the person I am today without it. It's helped tremendously with coping with a lot of traumatic experiences through the past four years, and it's something that even if I don't go into, it's always going to be a part of my life.”
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