SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)The following grants an donations were awarded in 2012 by the Board on the recommendation of the Grants Committee.
Scholarships
Julian Ashton Art School
In 2012, the Board awarded Scholarships to the Julian Ashton Art School to the value of $6,000 and allowed the JAAS to choose how it would distribute these funds. The Julian Ashton Art School decided to award two scholarships as follows.
The Scholars for 2013 (awarded in November 2012) were:
Full-time Scholarship
Susan Turtan-Heslin
Part-time Scholarship
Jan Pretorius
Grants & Donations
White Ribbon Day
The Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts made a donation of $1,000 to White Ribbon for educational purposes.
Cancer Council
The School also made a small donation of $50 to the Cancer Council towards cancer research.
Prizes
In years past, the Board of the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts gave sums of money to Sydney University, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Western Sydney to provide an endowment for prizes to be awarded annually at these Universities.
These endowments, managed by the Universities, provide sufficient funds to enable prizes to be awarded as follows in 2012:
University of Sydney
Maxwell E Arthur Prize in Australian Literature
Megan Nash
University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Awards in Adult Education
Chi Man Lau, Natalie Hull and Jaime Looten
University of Western Sydney
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Professional Writing
Georgia Rushbrook-House
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Theoretical Studies
Shannon Said
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Humanities
Robyn Williams
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Social Science
Donna Britten
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Health
Amanda Vella
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Award in Nursing
Hayley O’Brien