Venus Envy & SLLA Announce 1st Annual Art Education Scholarship

ST. LOUIS - Feb. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Venus Envy (http://www.venusenvy.org/)(VE), a local non-profit dedicated to empowering women through the arts, is currently accepting applications for their first annual art education scholarship. The application deadline for this 2015 summer scholarship is March 1, 2015. Self-identifying women artists (visual, performing, and culinary) living within a 35-mile radius of the city limits of St. Louis, MO are encouraged to submit their applications at http://www.venusenvy.org/scholarship-information.  Preference is given to artists seeking funding for education or professional development and those who actively engage the community to promote social change.  Scholarship recipients will be featured in Venus Envy’s September 2015 Showcase.

Since 1999, Venus Envy has produced groundbreaking showcases featuring St. Louis female artists, such as Miss Jubilee, Jennifer Hayes, Gravity Plays Favorites, the Taylored Poet, and Consuming Kinetics Dance Company. The new board of directors, established in 2013, expanded its impact by collaborating with the St. Louis Lady Arm Wrestlers (SLLAW), which shares its mission of empowering self-identifying women in the St. Louis metro area through community engagement. In June 2014, SLLAW joined VE fundraising efforts, contributing $1,300 to the first annual scholarship fund of $2,000.

Organization Overview:

Venus Envy champions women’s artistic, civic and creative pursuits in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.  The mission of Venus Envy is to create female-produced art events, outreach and education programs that strengthen feminine diversity and promote empowerment.  This vision is realized through our organization’s cornerstone annual Artist Showcase along with scholarships, and periodic networking events.