Art gallery awards scholarship to SKC student

Henrietta WolfBlack, a Salish Kootenai College art student, received a scholarship from Polson’s Sandpiper Art Gallery.

WolfBlack will receive an associate’s degree in fine arts and digital design this spring. She will continue in the fall quarter to work toward a degree in art education.

During the last two years WolfBlack achieved a 4.0 grade point, strengthened her skills in ledger art, and expanded her knowledge in digital design. She received “Best of Show” in 2019 for ledger art. Her ledger art was featured in the 2020 fall “Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education” magazine.

She looks forward to a career teaching art to children as both rewarding and therapeutic to their life skills.

Glacier National Park recently sponsored a contest for logo design for their Native American speak program. WolfBlack developed a design and won. Glacier will use the logo as part of their promotion of the 40th anniversary of the Native American Speaks program. The logo will be on banners, stickers, and other numerous items for the program.

In developing criteria for their scholarship the Sandpiper Gallery recognizes the wide range and application of the art field. The Sandpiper Gallery began in 1971 with a small group of artists who wanted to make art available to the community for both participation as well as appreciation. They use their annual summer art show at the Lake County Courthouse lawn as a scholarship fund raiser.