Bursary Program
The Arts Carleton Place Student Bursary Program provides financial support targeted at students from Carleton Place High School and Notre Dame Catholic High School, recognizing the importance of nurturing young talent in the arts. Each school’s independent management of the application process ensures that the bursaries effectively support those who are passionate about pursuing careers or education in the arts while helping to alleviate some of the financial pressures they may face. Through this initiative, the program aims to empower students to realize their artistic ambitions and contribute to the cultural landscape of their community.
Selection Criteria
- Must be currently enrolled as a student at Carleton Place High School or Notre Dame Catholic High School
- Must have been accepted into a recognized post-secondary institution
- Must be registered into a full-time arts program
- Must have demonstrated a commitment to their art form through participation in high school and/or community art activities.
Eligible programs may include, but are not limited to:
- Performing Arts (theatre, music, dance)
- Visual Arts (drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, media, animation, film)
- Applied Arts (graphic design, industrial design, fashion/textile design, interior design, decorative art, functional art, architecture, creative advertising, radio broadcasting)
- Literary Arts (literature, creative writing, poetry, song-writing)
Students interested in this award should contact their high school for more information.
Past Award Winners
2024
Carleton Place High School: $1800 awarded to Lily Amez-Quadé who is enrolled in Drawing Foundations for Animation and Illustration at Algonquin College.
Notre Dame High School: $1800 awarded to Dante Lavictoire.
2023
Carleton Place High School: $1800 awarded to Ava Stanley.
Notre Dame High School: $1800 awarded to Olivia Hastie.
2022
Carleton Place High School: $1000 awarded to Kiera Buchanan who is taking a Bachelor in Cultural Studies with a specialization in Art. Kiera will be going into the Teacher Education stream with her teachables being Indigenous studies and Art.
Notre Dame High School: $1000 awarded to Ella Hall who is taking a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa.
2021
Due to COVID-19 and the lack of ACP activities in 2020, bursaries to the local high schools were temporarily reduced from $1000 to $750 for the calendar year of 2021. The graduation ceremonies were held virtually and unfortunately, the name of the recipients were not obtained.
2020
Carleton Place High School: $1000 awarded to Mikayla Van der Ham who is headed off to Queen’s University to study concurrent education and who would, ultimately, like to teach art to children.
Notre Dame High School: $1000 awarded to Elizabeth Brennen who is studying Concept Art at Algonquin College.
2019
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Kierra Bencz to study Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa and $500 awarded to Emma Lewis to study in the field of Human Kinetics also at the University of Ottawa.
Notre Dame High School: $1000 awarded to Breanne Murray who is off to Vancouver to study at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
2018
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Kristian Johnson who will be off to Nipissing University in North Bay to study History and Drama.
Notre Dame High School: $250 awarded to Katie Regis who will be going to Ryerson University for a degree in Interior Design and $250 awarded to Cameron Miller for his further education.
2017
Carleton Place High School: Nick Busby
Notre Dame High School: Ben Ivens and Jessica Neil
2016
Carleton Place High School: $250 awarded to Josh Tyson who is going to Brock U. in Dramatic Arts and $250 awarded to Katie Irvine who is attending York U. for her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre.
Notre Dame High School: $500 awarded to Leah West from who is pursuing Drama at Queen’s U.
2015
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Pierre Yves Boulerice who will be studying game design at Sheridan College.
Notre Dame High School: $250 awarded to Sarah Derdzinski who is starting her BA in Fine Arts at Ottawa University and $250 awarded to Joshua Ivens to study pre-Animation & Illustration at Algonquin College.
2014
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Ashton Christina who will be studying Anthropology/forensic facial reconstruction combining art and science at Trent University.
Notre Dame High School: $500 awarded to Jade Armstrong who is pursuing further studies at Sheridan College in Animation.
2013
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Amir Van Alphen who is at Bishop University in Music Education.
Notre Dame High School: $250 awarded to Rachel Moffa who is studying Fine Arts at Ottawa University and $250 awarded to Jessica Moran who is at Algonquin College in Animation.
2012
Carleton Place High School: Mitchell Woodruff
Notre Dame High School: Chantal Horan and Steven MacMillan
2011
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Aurora Judge, OACD for sculpture.
Notre Dame High School: $500 awarded to Alex Stalker, Algonquin College, video game development.
2010
Carleton Place High School: $500 awarded to Devin Brown.
Notre Dame High School: $500 awarded to Gabrielle Hoover.
The Board presented $300 one-time awards to the following arts community organizations: LiPS Slam Poetry, the Mississippi Mudds Youth Choir, the Carleton Place & District Community Band and to business and community supporter SRC Music for their Youth Programme.
2009
Lisa Hartwig, Stephanie Hachey and Rebekah Young
2008
After a successful “Sounds of Downtown” fundraiser in September, Arts Carleton Place presented the 2008 Bursary Awards to students Lauren Leblanc, Andrew Dixon, Nathan Flint, Jessie Bonnah and Emerging Artist Award winner Lindsay Fry.
2007
The 2007 Opportunity Award which is presented to a practicing artist in the community goes to Anne McRae, a local songwriter and musician.
Carleton Place High School: Matthew Clement is going to be studying visual arts at York University.
Notre Dame High School: Danielle Smith plans to study graphic design at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Congratulations to all!