The Pennyroyal Arts Council has announced the recipient of the Barbara Gardner Scholarship.
According to a news release, the scholarship recognizes a local educator and student engaged in creative projects and expanding access to arts and creativity within their communities. The educator and student award recipients each received a $500 unrestricted cash award.
Those recipients are Craig Hodge, the Heritage Christian Academy Drama Department director—he is also the director of the joint school musical theater productions for the Christian County Public School System and he directs the teen summer theater camp with Campanile Productions.
The student recipient is Christian County High School Senior Sarah Walker, who plans on attending Hopkinsville Community College in the fall.
Barbara Gardner was a prominent member of the Hopkinsville Art Guild and a contributor to the area’s artistic community. Gardner was also a self-employed artist and art teacher that taught hundreds of students in the Hopkinsville area during her 45-year career.