HOLYOKE – The Board of Trustees of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke is offering a $1,250 scholarship to a veteran or the son or daughter of a veteran from western Massachusetts who is pursuing a career in the fine arts.
To qualify, the applicant must be a senior in high school with plans to major in the fine arts or is a student currently enrolled in a college or university and studying in a fine arts program. A fine arts program should include one or more of the following disciplines: music, theater, dance, design, art production and the visual arts.
This is the first year for the scholarship award, which was established in memory and in honor of Walter J. Zarichak, a World War II Veteran from Westfield who was a long-time member of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke Board of Trustees. Zarichak died in July.
Zarichak was a lifelong proponent of the arts and worked in the art materials industry in Connecticut and New York City. He was a past president of the National Material Trade Association and a member emeritus of the Salmagundi Art Club in New York City, a center for fine arts, artists, art collectors and art classes.
Scholarship applications are available online on the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke web page at www.mass.gov/hly.
Applications must be postmarked by Friday, June 5 and submitted with a proof of college attendance or admittance along with a letter of recommendation to: Magaly King, Board of Trustees Scholarship Committee, 110 Cherry St., Holyoke, MA 01040.
The scholarship recipient will be announced at the Home’s annual Trustee Scholarship Reception on June 23.
For more information, call King at (413) 532-9475, extension 532-1175.
