[Jewelry making - Article 00911] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry art grants

[Lisa Bialac-Jehle]

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>     Quite wasting time looking for grants that don't exist....

    ....there are grants for everything. When I was in college in the
    90's, I was a single mom with no child support and no money at all.
    Desperation breeds determination in some of us. It did in me. I found
    a book of grants at UCLA pre-computerization. I spent weeks pouring
    through through that book looking for money. I got it. There is in
    fact money just sitting there to be given away. I got a grant for
    being a single mother. One for being in school at over 30 years old
    with a 4.0 gpa. One for having irish heritage and being a single
    female, with a child, in school with a high gpa. My favorite grant
    though....and unfortunately, I was unable to apply for it, was if you
    were male, a non-smoker, of russian heritage, under 6' tall and
    wanted to go into the aerospace field. That scholarship was for
    $50,000. No one claimed it the year I was looking through these. 

    I saw scholarships and grants for people with a specific last name,
    and for women of a certain height. People had started funds for just
    about everything. Most of it sits there, because it is a pain to go
    through all of those looking for just the thing that would fit you.
    I ended up not paying a dime for school, I took out no loans either.
    I did it on grants and scholarships, but it was a lot of work to get
    the dough. Some of the grants were for $500 or less. When you have
    nothing, that is a lot. Every college and university has grants and
    scholarships. You just need to ask. I would think it might be easier
    with computerization, maybe not. I loved looking through all of the
    things that people had left money for. 

    Best of luck with your quest. I am sure if you are dedicated, you
    will find your grant or scholarship. In Canada, they have great arts
    grants. Ditto Holland. America lags sadly behind with easy access to
    money for artists. Its a shame. 

    Lisa, (Went to see my old pals Lowen and Navarro in concert last
    night. Although he is slugging through ALS, Eric is still amazing,
    Dan is still a card. They sounded great. We met thirty years ago,
    when we were all singing waiters in a restaurant here in L.A.)
    Topanga, CA USA 

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