Foundation Scholarships

Cecchini, Andrea Memorial Art

Applicants must be enrolled at UW-Eau Claire, and be a junior art major at the time of application. Award will be received during the senior year. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required along with demonstrated financial need. Preference is given to non-traditional students.

Students must complete and submit a scholarship application form which is available in the Art Department Office.

In March. Deadline announced by the department in late February or early March.

The Department of Art and Design Scholarship Committee will review the applications and select the recipient(s).

The Scholarship Committee selects the recipient(s) sometime between the application deadline and the annual juried student art show.

The recipient(s) will be announced at the annual juried student art show in the Foster Gallery. A “Scholarship Award Form” will be forwarded to the Financial Aid office.

Andrea Angelo Giovanni Cecchini, born in Bolzano, Italy, lived for a time in Sardinia, endured WWII in Florence, Italy, and then immigrated to the USA in 1952. He found solace from the problems of being a new émigré (few friends, a new language, and family responsibilities) in painting. During his adult life, sculpture, watercolor and his passion, life-drawing, kept him disciplined in hand and eye. He died in 2008 in Eau Claire. The recipient should write a thank you note to Penelope Cecchini, and forward it to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation Office, S-214.