TBBCA Extends Deadline for $15,000 in arts scholarships!

--Local nonprofit helps to cultivate local students’ artistic abilities--

TAMPA, Fla. (July, 2008) -- The Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts (BCA) has extended the deadline for $15,000 in arts scholarships to September 2, 2008. The TBBCA is proud to host their second annual High School Art Stars Scholarship Program to promote and enhance a healthy cultural presence in our community both by encouraging local students to continue building upon their artistic skills and by fostering development of future arts audiences.

Six, $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to Bay area senior high school students in the areas of theatre, dance, literature, visual arts, instrumental music and vocal music. Scholarships can be used at a college, university, or toward continuing education in the arts. Recipients will be announced in October.

The applications will be judged by the best in their industry. The jurors include dance: Cynthia Hennessy with Moving Current; instrumental music: Richard Sparrow with The Florida Orchestra; vocal music: Richard Zielinski with The Master Chorale; literature: Michael Connelly, a nationally acclaimed mystery novelist; theatre: Anna Brennen with Stageworks; and visual arts: Michael Murphy with Gallery M.

For further information or to receive a scholarship application contact, Christina Cook at christina.cook@tbbca.org or 813.221.2787.

WHO: Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts
WHAT: High School Art Stars Scholarship Program
WHEN: April 30th – October 29th
Further Information: Christina Cook, christina.cook@tbbca.org, 813.221.ARTS (2787)

About TBBCA:
The Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit organization of businesses committed to supporting the arts. The national Business Committee for the Arts, established in 1967 by David Rockefeller and is now part of Americans for the Arts. It works with businesses and cultural institutions in both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. More information is available at www.tbbca.org, or call 813.221.ARTS.