Scholarship Programs

Scholarships

The Huntington Arts Council is proud to announce the three scholarship recipients for 2023. One visual arts scholarship and two dance scholarships were awarded.

The Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship 2024

The Huntington Arts Council is proud to announce The Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship for 2024. To attend USDAN Summer Camp for the Arts. This competitive visual arts scholarship is open to 10th,11th and 12th grade students pursuing a painting and drawing major and reside in Suffolk County. The scholarship is funded by the Aboff Family.

Submission due date: March 25, 2024 at 5pm.

To download the endorsement form, click here.

Blue Morning,  by Emma Barbo 2023 Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship recipient

Joan Aboff Memorial Scholarship 2024 submissions due: March 25, 2024 at 5pm.

Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance 2024

The Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance is a competitive scholarship for Nassau & Suffolk High School graduating seniors who are pursuing a four year college degree with a major or minor in dance. A $1000 award will be given in 2024. The scholarship is funded by the Long Island Dance Consortium and the Jacobs Family.

The dance scholarship application is due, May 1, 2024. Winners will be notified by May 31, 2023.

To download the endorsement form, click here.

About Rea Jacobs

Rea Jacobs dedicated over 60 years of her life to working in and supporting the arts in all its forms. She was well known and respected for directing innovative theatre productions and creating and producing the Performing Arts Series on Long Island and in Middletown, NY where she was the Director of the Orange County Arts Council. She was also the creator and director of the International Jewish Arts Festival, the largest of its kind in the world, which ran joyously for 19 years in Commack, NY. She served as the Long Island Dance Consortium’s Festival Coordinator and dedicated the last 12 years of her life to helping to create and direct LIDC’s “Celebration of Dance” performances as well as performances at the Huntington Arts Council’s Summer Arts Festival at Heckscher Park. It is a great honor for her family to be a part of this scholarship in order to continue her support of the consortium and young artists and to help her legacy live on.

 2023
Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance recipient Fern Brazeau .

Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance 2024 submissions due: May 1, 2024 at 5pm.

About the Long Island Dance Consortium

Long Island Dance Consortium consists of members of the Long Island dance community committed to provide education, develop awareness and increase understanding of all forms of dance in order to expand and cultivate the dance audience on Long Island. Members include dance companies, dance professionals, dance advocates, dance studios and Arts Councils. LIDC is an IRS 501© 3 non-profit organization. www.longislanddance.org

Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance 2024

The Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance is a competitive scholarship for Suffolk & Nassau High School graduating seniors who are considering furthering their education in dance, but not necessarily in an accredited program.  A $1,000 award will be given in 2024. This scholarship is funded by Sandi Bloomberg.

The dance scholarship application is due, May 1, 2024. Winners will be notified by May 31, 2023.

To download the endorsement form, click here.

2023 Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance recipient Zoe Meadows

About Sandi Bloomberg

Sandi Bloomberg has had a distinguished career in the arts, especially in dance.  For 25 years she owned and served as Artistic Director of the North Shore Studio of Dance in Huntington Station.  She has been director/choreographer of her own company, the North Shore Dance Theatre, a not-for-profit company featured annually at the Huntington Summer Arts Festival in Heckscher Park, as well as many Long Island schools and libraries. She is also founder of The Red Hot Mamas, a senior troupe of tap dancers ages 60 to 87 who perform all over Long Island.

Ms. Bloomberg is a former Radio City Rockette, who holds a B.A. degree in English and Theater Arts from Adelphi University, and has recently had her poetry and short stories published in several literary magazines.  She has six published children’s books which she reads in schools and libraries. She brings the stories to life engaging the young readers in creative movement.

She continues to help the Huntington Arts Council to keep the arts alive in Huntington, and fosters an appreciation of the arts in the young people of the community.

Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance 2024: submissions due: May 1, 2024 at 5pm.

For questions, contact:

ARTS IN EDUCATION COORDINATOR, Sueey Gutierrez

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