The 2009 Irwin Scholars are:
Dana Ashton
Jory Bidart
Ben Blair
Ivan Yi-Heng Huang
Anna Huemmer
Jordan Jurich
Connor MacPhee
Maya Manvi
Danni Tsuboi
Jordan Tynes
Bryce Walker
Vince Waring
Mathew Zefeldt
Press: The university's top student artists strut their stuff at the annual Irwin exhibit.
About the Irwin Scholarship
The William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholarship Fund was established in 1986, with a modest donation by Sue Irwin, and now generates 12 annual merit scholarships to further the education of selected UC Santa Cruz students for proven excellence in the arts. The scholars are nominated by the art department faculty to submit a portfolio of work and then are selected by an all faculty vote. This annual, professionally organized exhibition has become a tradition in the art department and for the Sesnon Gallery. This scholarship shows the far-reaching effects of support for the arts.