Scholarship Awarded To Up And Coming Female Entrepreneur At Virginia Marti College

On Friday, May 24th the Virgina Marti College of Art & Design celebrated the great work of its students at the Annual Student Art Exhibit. Each spring this student showcase features the talents of students from a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from fashion design to interior design to graphic design.

As usual, the highlight of the evening's event was the presentation of the Lakewood Arts Festival Scholarship. This year's $500 award went to graphic design major Jessica Sheneman and was presented by Lakewood Arts Festival Foundation board member Karolyn Isenhart.

While the work on display from all of the students was excellent, Jessica's project outside the classroom setting, serving as the graphic designer for the Virginia Marti College Foundation's "Great Women Entrepreneurs" event set her scholarship application apart. Her role with this event was particularly fitting given Jessica's own ambitions to open her own graphic design firm- she is a budding young female entrepreneur herself!

Her professor and Chair of the Graphic Design and Digital Media Departments, Todd Saperstein, described her work best explaining, "She [Jessica] is a model student, always going above and beyond expectations. Jessica is an incredible Graphic Designer and Illustrator...Jessica is not just a great designer; she is a consummate professional."

Congratulations to Jessica and to all of her VMCAD classmates on another exceptional Student Art Exhibit.