Get to Know: National American Artist Drawing Magazine scholarship winner
By Margaret Ulrich
At this year’s Art Materials Trade Show, third year illustration major Casey Crisenbery was the Grand Prize winner of the National American Artist Drawing Magazine Scholarship Competition.
They awarded Casey $5,000 toward classes at SCAD and an artist’s kit of over 115 items.
Crisenbery’s winning submission is entitled “The Pack-Rat.” Crisenberry drew this 32’’x40’’ charcoal and pastel piece for his Drawing II class with professor John Rise. Casey filled the image with mostly metal objects: a gasoline can, a trash bin and bicycle, to name a few.
Though Crisenbery created this piece in his first year at SCAD, he chose to submit it because of the five weeks of effort and attention to detail he put into it.
The award will take some of the financial burden off of Crisenbery’s scholastic career. It’s a much-desired validation for any artist.
With the support of his parents, Casey has pursued his interest in the arts since elementary school.
“I always loved playing with crayons or markers and I guess it’s translated into a career, which is exciting,” Crisenbery said.
He plans to continue drawing after graduation through freelance work. Crisenbery looks forward to the challenges of his and hopes to keep his life fresh and dynamic.
