Congratulations to all recipients of RAF’s Spring 2022 grants and scholarships!!
Individual scholarship recipients (including RHS seniors and alumni, as well as students from BF and GW Middle Schools): Kayla Abboud, Finnegan Ban, Nora Cullen, Isaac Rentoul-Gins, Skylar Kliesch, Margot Melamed, Arnav Menezes, Sanjna Rajagopalan, Stella Song, Kiehye Song, William Stewart and Katie Weispfenning.
Organizational grants were awarded to Ars Musica, First Flight Theatre Company, Crafts with Care and Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra.
Join us for RAF’s first scholarship and grant recipient showcase (featuring works of this spring's recipients) at The Ridgewood Public Library on September 25 from 1-3pm. The showcase is free and open to the public.
RAF’s upcoming Autumn 2022 Scholarships and Grants submission deadline is October 1. Individual adult and student artists, and local organizations with emphasis on the arts, are encouraged to apply. More info here: www.ridgewoodartsfoundation.org/grants-and-scholarship

In addition to the student recipients mentioned above, photo includes in back row, Jeffrey Nyhuis principal of RHS, David Nussenbaum from Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra and Chris McCullough, Director of Fine and Applied Arts for Ridgewood District Schools . Middle row: Gwen Tundermann and Peggy Brizzolara from Ars Musica. Bottom row: Linda Bradley, RAF Trustee; Karen Eterovich (in period costume) and Frank Farrell from First Flight Theatre Company; Jill Williams, RAF President; and Kristen Plumley, RAF Trustee. Photo: Stacey Kliesch

Kristen Plumley, RAF Trustee; Middle School recipient, Kiehye Song; and Anthony Orsini, Principal of Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Photo courtesy of Kristen Plumley.

RHS grad and guitarist/vocalist Finnegan Ban. Photo: Peter Ban.

George Washington Middle School scholarship recipients Margot Melamed, Arnav Menezes, Isaac Rentoul-Gins and Nora Cullen with Principal Katie Kashmanian. Photo: Kristen Plumley.