One of Daniel Lukas\u2019 earliest memories is sitting at the kitchen table drawing. Since then, Lukas \u2013 like many students in Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s new School of Visual Arts and Design \u2013 has developed a passion for creativity.<\/p>\n
This week, he and four other aspiring Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ student artists were awarded the J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship, named after the senior vice president of marketing at AOL-Time Warner during the height of the Internet boom.<\/p>\n
The scholarship was established to encourage talented arts students with financial need to further their artistic careers. Each winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship for the 2011-12 school year for tuition, textbooks or other items for their art education.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s winners are Lukas (3-D animation), Nicole Gayton (sculpture), Natasha Kinsley (painting and sculpture), Michael Ryan Reboyro (2-D animation) and Kwok Yin Mak (digital media).<\/p>\n