Weston Scholarship Showcase at The Alvarado Gallery, Monterey Conference Center.

Weston Scholarship, in partnership with The City of Monterey is pleased to announce The Weston Scholarship Showcase, at the Alvarado Gallery in the Monterey Conference Center. The exhibit features winning photographs selected from Monterey County schools. 

Show runs from September 30, 2010 through January 3, 2011.
 

Alvarado Gallery Information Location and Hours
Alvarado Gallery is located on the second floor of the Monterey Conference Center, One Portola Plaza (Del Monte Ave. at Calle Principal) in downtown Monterey. The Conference Center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and may be open on weekends for scheduled events. Check the Conference Center Calendar or call 831.646.3770 for weekend schedule information.

Weston Scholarship Fundraiser

Weston Scholarship would like to announce the sale of a Roman Loranc photograph "Beginnings". This limited 11x14 toned silver gelatin photograph was generously donated to the Weston Scholarship by Roman himself.

The photograph is an edition of 30. The cost is a $500 donation ($20 for shipping) (Roman's 11x14 photographs start at $900 and go up after 10 are sold).

The negative will be retired after the 30 photographs are sold.

This is a beautiful rich photograph with the full tones that Roman is so famous for. (I hope it looks okay on your monitor if you have one of those high quality monitors it may appear darker than the original print. It is always difficult to scan images true to the original)

All proceeds from this sale will go directly to the Weston Scholarship and in 2011 we will award a new scholarship named after Roman Loranc.

Tax will not be included in this donation but additional charges may apply, shipping to Europe is $35.00 (will be added at time of purchase) Wire transfer $11.00 (will be added at time of purchase)

You may buy this amazing print through our safe online shopping cart or by contacting Gina Weston today to buy your print! 831.624.8111.
What a great way to support the Weston Scholarship!

Roman Loranc "Beginnings" 11x14 Limited Print
Donation: $500.00

Hurry while supplies last!

One photograph per customer - no dealers.

Thank you very much!

Gina and Kim
 

2010 Weston Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Exhibition; May 5, 2010

Thank you for joining us at the Weston Scholarship Awards Ceremony Exhibition and Fundraiser!
Please visit our website Weston Scholarship Winners to see all of the winners pictures and more award ceremony pictures.

Weston Scholarship Judging

Yesterday we judged 91 portfolios from our Monterey County high schools and colleges. I got so excited that I forgot to take photographs. But I did take a few! We selected 25 portfolios in all. Tomorrow we will hang the show at the Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center in Carmel CA. Today (yes we work on Sundays too) Kim scanned all of the images for the website and I made labels for the walls. Looking forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 6pm. The awards will be given promptly at 6:30pm. Dress warmly - we will go out on the patio. Winners will also pick up their portfolios that night. Don't forget! See you there!

91 Portfolios submitted yesterday!

Good News! 91 portfolios were submitted to the Weston Scholarship Portfolio Contest yesterday at the Monterey Peninsula College's Photography Lab! It's a new record!

New date - non-winners can pick up their portfolios May 7, 2010
3 - 4pm at Monterey Peninsula College, 3-4pm, MPC darkroom, IC105.

DON'T FORGET- PORTFOLIO DROP OFF TODAY MPC 3:00-4:00PM!

Cole Thompson and his class from Stevenson High visiting this year.

Today! April 23, 2010. Deadline for submission of your portfolio and support materials is due between 3:00-4:00pm today at the Monterey Peninsula College Darkroom, IC 105. IC = (International Center) located off Fishnet Road between the Art-Dimensional (AD) + Lecture Forum Bridge. http://www.mpc.edu/information/Pages/CampusMap.aspx  Questions call Gina Weston. 831.624.8111. if you can't reach me try 831.233.2111 but call the other number first!!!!

The past scholarship winners photographs are being updated and should be on our new site soon!

Save the Date! Weston Scholarship Awards, Exhibition and 2010 Fundraiser

Save the Date!
Weston Scholarship Awards, Exhibition and Fundraiser
Wednesday May 5, 2010 6-7PM Marjorie Evans Gallery - Sunset Center, San Carlos St. between 8th and 9th St. Carmel CA. 

Our 2010 Fundraiser
Student Fine Print Program
Weston Scholarship is pleased to offer the Student Print Program. Each year, winners of the annual photography portfolio competition will be invited to create a limited edition of mounted and signed prints under the mentorship of Kim Weston. This spring features photographs from three past winners: Angelica Bongioanni, Cody Edison and Marketa Zlatuskova. Go to the website to see the 3 images selected for this year's program!

Buy your print today and directly contribute to this year's scholarships!

How? Contact Gina Weston to purchase your beautiful 8x10 silver gelatin photograph.

15 Limited Edition Signed Photographs available by each artist.
Donation - $125.00. All money raised from this program goes directly into the non-profit Scholarship's Fund and in turn supports the awards given out every year. Thank you to the Carmel Foundation that raised $400 towards the 2010 Weston Scholarship fund.

The New Weston Scholarship Site is up!

New Weston Scholarship Site is up! We are so excited. Please take a minute to check it out.

www.westonscholarship.org

P.S. if you find any bugs let me know!

Weston Scholarship Education Outreach

Visits to your classroom:
Would you like a WS representative come to your classroom? Katherine Edison and Amy Essick are serving as our Education Outreach representatives. They have visited several Monterey County schools this year bringing along the Weston Scholarship Winner Portfolio (Past Winners)as an example of the work that has placed in the competition. They offer guidance and encouragement to the students so they can be prepared to submit their portfolios to the scholarship contest and for future college portfolio reviews.Contact Gina Weston to schedule a WS representative to visit your classroom. Private consultations are also available.
Santa Catalina High

Visits to Wildcat Hill
Bring your photography class to tour the former home of Edward Weston. "The Most Influential American Photographer of the Twentieth Century" Every year we open up our home to interested teachers and students wishing to broaden their horizons about the history of fine art photography. See Edward's old darkroom where he printed some of his most famous photographs. View 3 generations of Weston Photography while learning more about the historic contributions to fine art photography. Contact Gina Weston to schedule your visit.

Stevenson High, Pebble Beach CA

Soquel High School Photography Class Visits Edward Weston's Home

Today David Casterson brought his Soquel High photography class to our home to see Edward Weston's old darkroom, his photographs, Kim's photographs and Kim's painted photographs. This is the 3rd year that David has visited us at Wildcat Hill. He then takes his students to Point Lobos where they have lunch and get to photograph in the park for the afternoon. What a fun day!

Welcome to Weston Scholarship's New Blog!

Here you will find the latest news and photographs about Weston Scholarship.Tell you friends to join and follow us. Check out www.westonscholarship.org for the submission dates! 


Weston Scholarship - Save the date! Wednesday, May 5, 2010:
7th Annual Weston Scholarship Exhibition and Award Ceremony, 6-7pm; Marjorie Evans Gallery; Sunset Cultural Center Carmel, CA 8th and San Carlos St.

New! Stay tuned for our Fine Print Program!  Three 1st place winners have each graciously donated one photograph to the Weston Scholarship for sale to help raise money for the Weston Scholarship. In return they get a tutorial with Kim on printing, mounting and spotting. Kim has already printed with 2 students. He was busy this last weekend. I will keep you posted on how you can help by purchasing a Weston Scholarship photograph.
 
Thank you! Freestyle Photographic Supplies
Freestyle Photographic has generously donated supplies to our local King City High School Photography Program so they could finish out their 2nd semester. Their funds had been cut and their supplies depleted. So when Weston Scholarship approached Patrick DelliBovi to ask for a partial donation, Patrick graciously donated the full amount to them. Thank you Freestyle for such a generous donation. And thank you for getting out our orders correctly and promptly. We never have to worry about ordering supplies from you because it always comes in perfect condition and we get it right away!

Weston Scholarship welcomes a new member to our board. Katherine Edison, a soprano soloist, applied voice instructor and non-profit administrator, holds an MFA in Performance from the Art Institute in Chicago. After having been a performer in residence at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, a voice instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago and working soprano soloist, Katherine shares her passion for voice and the arts as a NATS certified applied voice instructor.

Katherine is serving as our educational outreach representative. She has visited several schools this year, bringing along the Weston Scholarship Winner Portfolio as an example of the work that has placed in the competition. She offers guidance and encouragement to the students so they can be prepared to submit their portfolios to the scholarship contest and for future college portfolio reviews.
Thank you Katherine!

We are working on a new scholarship site and it should be up and running by the end of the month.