Funding Amount

$30,500 total (distributed among recipients)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship

Status: Active (seventh year of awards as of 2021)

Geographic Scope: Mattoon High School, Illinois

Focus Areas: Visual or performing arts

Overview: The Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship provides college scholarships to one or more Mattoon graduates who major or will major in visual or performing arts. The scholarship was named in honor of Carl Lebovitz and James K. Lively, formerly of Mattoon.

Eligibility:

  • Mattoon High School graduates

  • Majoring in visual or performing arts
  • Background: James K. Lively worked as a freelance translator of many Slavic languages and was a patron of the arts during his adult life. He died in 1998. Carl Lebovitz was a language translator and founding member of the Mattoon Arts Council. He participated in local theatrical productions and was the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier's arts reviewer-at-large for 30 years. Lebovitz died in 2009.

    Contact Information:

  • Amanda Lessley, President/CEO

  • Phone: 217.342.4988

  • Email: [email protected]

  • Address: Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, 2201 N Willenborg St, Suite 11, PO Box 1211, Effingham, IL 62401
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    educationartsperforming-arts

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