News provided by SPARC
South Pasadena High School seniors Christopher Kuizon, Noor Romans, Sue Ah Whang, and Kun (Terry) Song have received the South Pasadena Arts Council’s 2022 SPARC Arts Scholarship, based on teacher recommendations and the SPARC Board review of students’ applications and portfolios.
The scholarships, in the amount of $1000 each, were announced May 25, 2022, at South Pasadena High School’s Senior Awards Night. Checks and certificates were presented to each recipient the following week at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. “With thanks to our generous SPARC supporters who helped make it possible,” said SPARC President Sandy Kitto, “we took great pleasure in recognizing these four students and their outstanding achievements in the arts.”
The recipients:
For Excellence in Fine Arts and for Supporting the Arts in Our Community: Photographer Christopher Kuizon
For Excellence in Fine Arts and for Supporting the Arts in Our Community: Visual Artist Sue Ah Whang
For Excellence in Music Arts and Fine Arts and for Supporting the Arts in Our Community: Visual Artist and Jazz Saxophonist Noor Romans
For Excellence in Fine Arts and for Supporting the Arts in Our Community: Visual Artist and Photographer Kun (Terry) Song
“We are delighted,” said SPARC Founder Lissa Reynolds, “to award each of these exceptionally talented students a 2022 SPARC Arts Scholarship. We wish them the very best in their future academic and creative pursuits.”
Founded as a grassroots effort in 2010, the South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization that develops educational and public arts programs, creates interactive projects, and collaborates with other organizations in the City of South Pasadena and the surrounding Los Angeles area to foster and produce cultural events featuring the visual, performing, literary and media arts. SPARC is able to accomplish this through the generosity, good will, financial support, and involvement of a supportive community of artists, arts enthusiasts, businesses, and volunteers.