The Kimberly Gales Scholarship for Emerging Artists is available to artists participating for the first time, who have recently begun their career as an artist. Traditionally, but not always, this scholarship is given to artists under the age of 30. The scholarship awards artists a full waiver of the Open Studios participation fee.
Who was Kimberly Gales?
The name Kimberly Gales is an important one in Portland Open Studios history. As one of the first board members of our organization, started in 1998, she helped establish the yearly tour.
Her untimely death of a stroke in 2005—at age 56—rocked her friends, family, and the PDXOS community. Every year since, the board has awarded at least one Gales scholarship to an emerging young adult artist. Our goal is to keep Kimberly's memory alive through the enthusiasm of young artists who are following their creative calling.
Gales' daughters, Aimee and Katie, continue to collect and contribute donations for the scholarship. Opportunities to support the funding of the scholarship remain. Please consider donating to this wonderful cause.
Kimberly Gales Scholarship Winners
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2006 Blake Van Roekel
