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In addition to honoring excellence in the arts by awarding prizes to Cleveland area artists, The Cleveland Arts Prize supports
four scholarships for students: The John Paul Miller Scholarship given annually to a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art,
the Klaus Roy Scholarship given to an orchestral student at the Cleveland School of the Arts, the Literature Scholarship given
to student at Cleveland State University and the Kathryn Karipides Dance Scholarship given to a graduate student in dance at
Case Western Reserve University.

Meet the recipients of the 2012 scholarships!

Kathryn Karipides Scholarship Winner

Casrissa Bellando

Carissa is a second year graduate student of the Dance Department at CWRU. After graduating from Wagner College in 2004 with a BA in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance she performed and choreographed for plays, musicals and children’s theatre shows at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, Broadway Palm, Broadway Palm West, Brooklyn Theatre Arts Project and Courthouse Center for the Arts.

She spent three years traveling the world as a featured and soloist dancer on various ships for Norwegian Cruise Line. While performing on land she was seen in roles such as the Carpet in “Beauty and the Beast”, Tumblebrutus in “Cats”, and Paulette in “La Cage Aux Folles”. Some of her choreographic credits include “The King and I” for the Mac-Haydn Theatre, “Man of La Mancha” for Brooklyn Theatre Arts Project, and Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and “Begin Amid Eternity” for Wagner College where she was an adjunct professor at the time.

This past fall she premiered “Superhero X” and will premiere a new work, “Through Phases”, this April.
   

John Paul Miller Scholarship Winner

Adam Kujawski

Adam Kujawski, born in 1990 in Rochester, NY, is currently a Painting and Printmaking major at the Cleveland Institute of Art. His work has been shown at the Cleveland Foundation, Reinberger Galleries, Zygote Press, Morgan Paper Conservatory and is included in the University Hospital, and the Mandel Collection.
   

2011 Klaus Roy Scholarship Winner

Takarria Shandrea Cannady

Takarria is fifteen years old and attends Cleveland School of the Arts and High Tech Academy. At Cleveland School of the Arts she is an Orchestra major and plays the Viola. Takarria started playing the Viola at age eleven. Her grade point average in school is 4.28, and some of her favorite subjects are math and science.

She loves nature and discovering new things in life. She wants to become a Wildlife and Natural Recourse Expert. Takarria is a Green Corps student at Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Being apart of Green Corps really influenced her into becoming a pescetarian. A pescetarian is a type of vegetarian that eats no other meat except seafood (such as fish, shrimp, etc). 

Recently, Takarria was honored by Alpha Omega with their "Salute to Excellence" award for sophomore students who have excelled academically. Takarria is not ashamed to say that most of her life revolves around school, but outside of school she loves to listen to music, sing, play and take care of her two year old sister, Baylee Marie Cannady, and meditate..
   
 

Literature Scholarship Winners

Brian Chapman

Brian is a 22-year old English major at CSU. Growing up in Highland Heights and
going to Notre Dame Cathedral Latin for high school, he describes himself as a
free-thinker who enjoys spending time with his family, friends and dog, Ruby. After
graduation, he plans on expanding his residential cleaning business.
He is very grateful for being recognized for this award. Studying English at CSU,
he says, was an enriching learning experience that really taught him how to think.
He says he’ll use the scholarship money to help pay off student loans.

Cassandra Cohara

Hailing from Cleveland, I became interested in literature at a young age. Words
were a passion of mine as a child, as I creatively composed short stories to pass
the time. With my love for knowledge, the English language, and literature; I found
myself at the doors of Cleveland State University. At CSU, I found my sanctuary in
my books and my absolute love for learning. With a perspective career in law,
proofreading, and/or teaching, I am on my way thanks to the guidance of my
brilliant professors, my ever-lasting hard-work, and a world filled with endless
possibilities with my English Degree.

Brian Mitchell

Brian Mitchell is an undergraduate English major at Cleveland State University. He
is a member of the Cleveland State Honors Program and the editor and chief of the
university newspaper, The Cleveland Stater. Prior to attending CSU, Brian served
six-years in the US military, 2002-2008.

Writing for me is an act of exploration and discovery. In performing works of literary
criticism I am free to dissect an author’s narrative and attempt to unravel the
complexities of the human condition. I also find fact based story telling through my
work with the university newspaper to be a further expression of the idea of art that
offers me an enjoyable contrast to my works of criticism.
 

How to Apply for Scholarships

Kathryn Karipides Scholarship in Modern Dance

This scholarship provides funds for a graduate dance student at Case Western Reserve University to attend a summer study dance program that will enhance his/her craft and skill.

Any incoming or current graduate dance students at Case Western Reserve University interested in applying should contact Senior Associate Dean Denise Douglas in the School of Graduate Studies by phone at 216-368-4390 or email at denise.douglas@case.edu

Cleveland Arts Prize Profile of

Kathryn Karipides

The Kathryn Karipides Scholarship, open to Case Western Reserve University students, was designed to assist students between undergraduate and graduate school with opportunities for summer dance study.

Ms. Karipides spent three summers at Connecticut College, studying intensively with some of the greatest modern dance artists of the time: Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Lucas Hoving, Jose Limon, and Louis Horst, and remembers those summers as "transformative" times in her artistic development. It was her wish to help aspiring dancers in this way.

read more about Kathryn Karipides
 

John Paul Miller Scholarship in the Visual Arts

The John Paul Miller Scholarship is a tuition scholarship that is awarded to a fifth year student at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
The student is chosen by the scholarship committee at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Cleveland Arts Prize Profile of

John Paul Miller

The first Cleveland Arts Prize to be awarded in the visual arts was given to a man who had set out to be a painter, but instead made an international reputation in a very different art form: gold jewelry. In 1961, the same year John Paul Miller was awarded the arts prize, examples of his work were included in an international exhibition at London's Goldsmiths Hall.

read more about John Paul Miller

 
 

The Klaus Roy Scholarship

The Klaus Roy Scholarship is given to a student in grades ten through twelve at The Cleveland School of the Arts
to help them purchase an instrument.

Cleveland Arts Prize Profile of

Klaus Roy

As the beloved author for more than thirty years of the Cleveland Orchestra’s concert program notes and broadcast interviews with many world famous composers and performers, Klaus Roy became known as an authority on musical greatness. As the creator of sparkling (and often witty) musical compositions, he revealed his own considerable musical gifts. And as a co-founder and guiding force of the Cleveland Arts Prize for more than four decades, he played an active role in the identification and nurturing of musical excellence.

The Klaus Roy Scholarship in Music continues that legacy by recognizing young musicians of exceptional promise.

read more about Klaus Roy

 

The Cleveland Arts Prize Scholarship in Literature

The Cleveland Arts Prize Scholarship in Literature is awarded to a high school senior from the Cleveland Municipal School District who will attend Cleveland State University and demonstrates an interest in literature and a need for financial aid.   The student is chosen by Cleveland State University.

 

Donor Information

The board and staff of the Cleveland Arts Prize are grateful to the many generous contributors who have made these scholarships possible. Kathryn Karipides, John Paul Miller and Klaus Roy are Cleveland treasures who have inspired countless others to embrace their passionate love of the arts. It is impossible to calculate the number of young lives they have positively shaped over their careers.

Cleveland Arts Prize
P.O. Box 21126 • Cleveland, OH 44121 • 440-523-9889 • info@clevelandartsprize.org

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