Application deadline: December 3, 2012
Three major Fellowships will be awarded: one up to $20,000 in any field of music; one up to $20,000 in architectural design and history, art and design, theatre, dance, or instrumental or vocal music; and one up to $9,000 in art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, theatre, or urban and regional planning. Up to three additional Fellowships of lesser amounts may also be granted upon committee recommendations.
The fellowships are open to graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and to graduates of similar institutions of equal educational standing whose principal or major studies have been in the fields of art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, music, theatre, and urban and regional planning.
Although there is no age limitation for applicants, other factors being equal, preference will be given to applicants who have not reached their twenty-fifth birthday.
Kate Neal Kinley possessed a keen interest in music and performance throughout her life. As a young woman growing up in Ohio, she studied music, and at the University of Illinois helped to found the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1899 and served as an honorary member of the Champaign Art Club.
Upon her death in 1931, David Kinley created the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship to promote advanced study in the fine arts. This fellowship not only reflected President Kinley’s earlier appointment as Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, but more importantly, acknowledged Mrs. Kinley’s persistent dedication to the arts on the University of Illinois campus. The first award was made in 1932.
Its continuance today is due to the Kinley’s original gift and to the dedication of family members. The Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship is partially funded by the John Robert Gregg Fund at Community Funds, Inc., and The New York Community Trust.
By authority of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the committee in charge announces the 82nd annual competition for the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship. The deadline for receipt of applications is December 3, 2012.
Three major fellowships will be awarded:
- one up to $20,000 in any field of music
- one up to $20,000 in architectural design and history, art and design, theatre, dance, or instrumental or vocal music
- one up to $9,000 in art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, theatre, or urban and regional planning.
- Up to three additional fellowships of lesser amounts may also be granted upon committee recommendations.
The fellowships are open to graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and to graduates of similar institutions of equal educational standing whose principal or major studies have been in the fields of art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, music, theatre, and urban and regional planning.
Although there is no age limitation for applicants, other factors being equal, preference will be given to applicants who have not reached their twenty-fifth birthday.
Fellowships will be awarded upon the basis of unusual promise in the Fine Arts as attested by:
high attainment in the applicant’s major field of study as evidenced by academic marks and quality of work submitted or performed
high attainment in related cultural fields as evidenced by academic marks
the character, merit, and suitability of the program proposed by the applicant
excellence of personality, seriousness of purpose, and good moral character
While receiving a stipend from the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship, recipients are precluded from holding appointments as instructors, lecturers or faculty, but may hold other remunerative employment with advance approval of the Fellowship Committee.
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3, 2013
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