By Tom Hodgkin

The Battell Arts Foundation is actively soliciting applications for two scholarships in the amount of $500 each to be used in the coming year. These scholarships may be used to fund education or experience in any of the performing, literary, or visual arts and may pay for tuition, fees, or event costs.

Applicants must be residents of Norfolk or Colebrook, under the age of 18 or enrolled in school, kindergarten through grade 12, and in need of financial assistance in order to continue their studies.

Candidates must submit a letter of application together with a letter of recommendation from an interested teacher, artistic mentor, or non-family member no later than August 15. Applications should be submitted to the Scholarship Committee, Battell Arts Foundation, PO Box 661, Norfolk, CT 06058. Specific guidelines and more information are available from Tom Hodgkin, 542-1222 or Hodgkin.Tom@gmail.com.