WATERCOLOR PHILANTHROPY:
GIVING BACK
photo by Patrick Kelley ’06
The Art Sale Altruist Club offers recent graduates an opportunity to give back to MCAD Like most recent college graduates, Allegra Lockstadt isn’t swimming in cash. But the Minneapolis College of Art and Design 2010 fine arts studio major is rich in the watercolor and Crayola marker drawings and paintings that she creates from images she finds in popular culture. So when MCAD announced the opportunity for students and recent graduates to donate a work of art to the annual MCAD Art Sale through a new scholarship fundraising program called the Art Sale Altruist Club, Lockstadt jumped at the chance. “I was able to come to MCAD because I received a scholarship,” says the Kentucky native, who now lives in St. Paul and works as a freelance designer and illustrator. “I don’t have money to donate, but I do have work that is available that I can contribute.” This year, 59 of the 181 participants in the Art Show volunteered a work of art. Of those volunteers, twenty-two sold pieces, which in turn generated over $5,000 for scholarship funding for current students who are struggling financially to stay enrolled. “It’s fantastic that one-third of the artists chose to contribute to this new program. The college’s highest priority is attracting and retaining talented students, and it’s clearly a concern for students, too. Programs like this are critical to our ability to keep MCAD affordable and community focused,” remarked president Jay Coogan. Lockstadt is thrilled she was able to participate. “Even though what I donated was small in terms of yearly tuition, it will help someone go to MCAD,” she says. “It’s a great opportunity.” –ELIZABETH FOY LARSEN
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