A college scholarship FOR CAPE COD students WITH DEMONSTRATED SKILL IN the visual arts
HONORING NAYREE
Artist, dreamer, cancer-fighter, inspiration.
Nayree (1995–2011) battled and beat Leukemia. She later developed a secondary cancer.
Despite the obvious hardships of chronic health challenges, Nayree had a buoyant spirit and shared love and joy generously. She was an artist, loved animals, music, cooking, gardening, and her family.
Nayree had a passion for travel and was particularly interested in the Pacific Coast. She traveled locally throughout New England, and also to Florida, England, and France. She was an avid Red Sox fan.
APPLICATIONS
Graduating high school seniors who live in the Barnstable or Dukes counties of Massachusetts are invited to apply.
Students must be accepted into an accredited college or university, display financial need, and have talent in visual arts, though they may pursue any field of study. Students from historically underrepresented and marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.
The Nayree Painted Turtle Memorial Scholarship is a fund of The Cape Cod Foundation. To apply, please submit a Cape Cod Foundation Universal Application through the online scholarship portal. If eligible, you will be automatically paired to apply for this scholarship.
The current application period is open until March 1 (11:59 pm EST).
WHY CHOOSE US
We grant scholarships to under-resourced college students to support their arts engagement and overall education.
National Endowment for the Arts studies show that low-income students with access to arts education are twice as likely to graduate college.
Investing in creativity supports students in all fields of study.
STUDENTS NEED ART
Our award recipients report feeling like creativity is a lifeline. Even while engaged in creative rigor, they feel relief from the pressures of achievement and future-building.
The arts are for everyone and every field. Our recipients have obtained professional marketing projects as students, worked in galleries, and integrated artistic practices into STEM - making visual models of natural phenomena and producing educational models of marine life.
The Nayree Painted Turtle Memorial Fund is committed to granting scholarships to students in ALL fields of study who want to further their arts education and engagement.
OUR EXPERTISE
Our diverse board of advisors has worked with some of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, including the Robin Hood Foundation, The Open Society Foundations, and The Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
All donations directly support scholarships.
The Cape Cod Foundation is the financial steward of the Nayree Painted Turtle Scholarship Fund.
Our scholarship fund operates in a transparent manner that meets the highest philanthropic standards for financial accountability and impact.
Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
In memory of Nayree Painted Turtle.