2025 Scholarship Winner
Ava Goforth
The Gallery on the Square is pleased to announce their Third Annual Art Scholarship Recipient. Ava Goforth will be attending Indiana State University starting in the fall semester of 2025 working towards a Psychology degree as well as a degree in Art. Upon completion of the Bachelors of Art Degree program she will continue her advanced education degree with a Masters in Art Therapy. Ava’s artwork will be on display at The Gallery on the Square during the month of July and first part of August.
Ava recently graduated as an art major at Danville Community High School under the instruction of Matt Sides, Art Teacher. Her extra-curricular activities include French Club, Ballet, Piano, Drawing and Painting as well as working as a dietary aid at Woodland Terrace Nursing Home.
Ava was extremely appreciative to be the recipient of the Gallery on the Square’s third annual Art Scholarship. She recently reflected upon her love of art as well as her excitement of pursuing her future career as an Art Therapist with her expression of gratitude. “Driven by a life-long passion for art, I am eager to pursue higher education, however since this scholarship will be crucial to my aspirations it will empower me to continue my education with less financial stress. This scholarship will help me maximize my potential while continuing to create.”
2024 Scholarship Winner
Jaymee Heffley
Congratulations to our 2024 Gallery On the Square $500 Scholarship Recipient Jaymee Heffley.
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Jaymee is a 2024 graduate of Danville Community High School, and will be attending the University of Indianapolis in the fall, pursuing a Bachelors degree in Pre-Art Therapy. She specializes in capturing animals and inanimate objects in her art as well as portraiture images. Her artwork represents a ‘personal, emotional response through the use of texture, color and symbolism.’
Please visit our gallery to view her artworks in the display window.
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Thank you for supporting our endeavors and honoring our talented local Danville High School Art students for the Gallery on the Square Scholarships.
2023 Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to Zoe Kirages, recipient of the 2023 Gallery on the Square Art Scholarship Award. This is the first year that the gallery his offered a scholarship. Zoe will receive her scholarship award during the Plein Air event, August 12.
Zoe Kirages is an artist currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is actively pursuing her Bachelor's in Fine Art degree in Painting and currently working towards her certificate in Pre-Art Therapy at the Heron School of Art and Design. With her previous experience as a patient of art therapy, Kirages expresses her mental health through oil painting, and hopes to one day aid patients of her own by following artistic processes.
Zoe looks for the connections between emotions and elements of art such as line, color and texture. A red line drawn with jagged edges creates anger or stress, while a curvy, blue line suggests sadness.
Zoe's preferred medium is oil paint; however, she loves to experiment with 3-Dimensional mediums such as jewelry making, macrame, crochet, etc. She believes that to be a successful art therapist it is vital to experiment with different artistic mediums, because sometimes emotions cannot be contained within a 2-Dimentional plane. Creating art is Zoe's passion and helping people is her true calling.
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Education: Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana (Anticipated Graduation May 2025)
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Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting
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Certificate in Pre-Art Therapy
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Awards: Darby and Jason O'Brien Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship.
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Exhibitions: Herron Spring 2022 Foundations Exhibition - Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Skills:
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Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Painting: Oil, Acrylic, Portraiture, Still Life
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Drawing: Graphite, Charcoal, Conte Crayon, Portraiture, Still Life, Figure Drawing Perspective
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Metalsmithing: Piercing, Cold-Connection Jewelry, Annealing, Forging
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Printmaking: Relief, Collagraphy, Stencil
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Memberships: International Thespian Society - Honor Thespian (9 Stars)
