Our newest recipient to be featured on our newly updated YouTube channel is Tsukumo (Tina) Niwa. Tsukumo, a senior at Bergen County Academies, is a talented oboist. She used her scholarship from the Anthony Quinn Foundation to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Oboe Workshop last summer. Although very busy, Tsukumo took the time to send us this video of her performing [...]

2011 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Megan Lee
Megan Lee, currently in the 11th grade in Huson High School in Huson, OH, is our next 2011 scholarship recipient featured on our YouTube channel. Megan, a talented pianist, used her scholarship to attend the Pre-College Division of the Cleveland Institute of Music: Summer Sonata Program. This video features Megan’s complete performance of “Gargoyles Op. 29 – [...]

2011 Scholarship Recipient Evan Kinnane
Evan Kinnane, now an 11th grader from Tiverton, RI, is our newest 2011 scholarship recipient to be featured on the blog. Evan is well established in singing, dancing, and acting. He attended the Boston Conservatory Music Theater Dance Intensive this past summer in part with help from the scholarship he received from the foundation. Evan took the time [...]

2011 Scholarship Recipient Gregory LaRosa
One of the many 2011 scholarship recipients, Gregory LaRosa, has been featured on our newly updated YouTube channel. Gregory, a versatile percussionist from Dowingtown, PA, is currently a senior at Dowingtown West High School. Using his Anthony Quinn Foundation scholarship award he attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Young Artists Orchestra in the summer of 2012. In this video, [...]

2011 Scholarship Recipient Erica Ogihara performs Tocatta by Frescobaldi
2011 Scholarship Recipient Erica Ogihara is the first of many scholarship recipients to be featured on our newly updated YouTube channel. Erica is a cellist, hailing from Pinecrest, FL, where she is currently a sophomore at Coral Reef High School. During the summer of 2012, she attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Young Artists Orchestra [...]

Inaugural Chicago Event Pictures Are Up!
The pictures from our Inaugural Chicago Event are up. Click here to see them! A big thank you to all those who attended. For larger images or permission to reprint, contact Katherine Quinn at katherine@anthonyquinn.com.

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Gregory and Brandon
Visit our blog or click the links below to learn more about our final two recipients, Gregory LaRosa and Brandon Hou. Gregory LaRosaBrandon Hou We hope you have enjoyed getting to know our 11 deserving scholarship recipients. We would like to extend our congratulations again to all of them, and wish them the best for what we [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Brandon Hou
The last, but certainly not least, student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Brandon Hou, a violinist and pianist from Norcross, GA who is currently in the 11th grade at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. He will be using his scholarship to attend the Franklin Pond Chamber Music program this [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Gregory LaRosa
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Gregory LaRosa, a percussionist from Dowingtown, PA who is currently in the 11th grade at Dowingtown West High School. He will be using his scholarship to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Young Artists Orchestra and Percussion Workshop this summer. Please join [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Anna and Emilie
Visit our blog or click the links below to learn more about Emilie Sommers and Anna Sherman, and stay tuned in the next couple weeks for posts on our final two recipients! Anna Sherman Emilie Sommers

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Anna Sherman
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Anna Sherman, a painter and illustrator from Wakefield, RI who is currently in the 11th grade at South Kingstown High School. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education, Young Artists Program, [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Emilie Sommers
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Emilie Sommers, a photographer and printmaker from Albuquerque, NM who is currently in the 11th grade at Albuquerque Academy. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Sam Fox School of Art & Design at Washington University in St. [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Evan, Amber, Wickliffe, and Jordan
Visit our blog or click the links below to learn more about Evan Kinnane, Amber Romano, Wickliffe Simmons, and Jordan Towle, and stay tuned in the next week for posts on our final four recipients! Evan Kinnane Amber Romano Wickliffe Simmons Jordan Towle

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Jordan Towle
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Jordan Towle, a painter and illustrator from Wakefield, RI who is currently in the 11th grade at South Kingstown High School. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education, Introduction to Figure [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Wickliffe Simmons
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Wickliffe Simmons, a cellist from Atlanta, GA who is currently in the 11th grade at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. He will be using his scholarship to attend Meadowmount School of Music of Society for Strings, Inc. this summer. Please join [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Amber Romano
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Amber Romano, a classical ballet dancer from Johnston, RI who is currently home schooled and in the 12th grade. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Brookline Ballet School Youth Ballet Program, Level 7 this summer. Please join us [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Evan Kinanne
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Evan Kinnane, a musical theater triple threat (singer, actor, dancer) from Tiverton, RI who is currently home schooled and in the 10th grade. He will be using his scholarship to attend the Boston Conservatory Music Theater Dance Intensive this summer. Please [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Megan, Tsukumo, and Erica
Visit our blog or click the links below to learn more about Megan Lee, Tsukumo (Tina) Niwa, and Erica Ogihara and stay tuned this week for posts on the other recipients! Megan Lee Tsukumo (Tina) Niwa Erica Ogihara

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Tsukumo (Tina) Niwa
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Tsukumo (Tina) Niwa, an oboist who hails from Fort Lee, NJ and is currently in the 11th grade at Bergen County Academies. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Oboe Workshop this summer. Please join [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Erica Ogihara
The next talented student in our blog series on our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients is Erica Ogihara, a cellist from Pinecrest, FL who is currently in the 9th grade at Coral Reef High School. She will be using her scholarship to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Young Artists Orchestra this summer. Please join us in [...]

Meet the 2011 Scholarship Recipients: Megan Lee
We recently announced our 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients and now we’re excited to help you get to know this talented group of students a little better. The first of these is Megan Lee, a pianist from Hudson, OH who is in the 9th grade at Huson High School. She will be using her [...]

Announcing the 2011 Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Recipients
The Anthony Quinn Foundation is proud to present our 2011 Scholarship Recipients. Click here to learn about these talented students.





The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Program aims to perpetuate the legendary actor/artist’s vision for an art-conscious society. Through its scholarship, the Foundation supports high school students’ extracurricular study of Visual Arts & Design, Performing Arts, Media Arts, and Literary Arts. Foundation scholarships may be used for a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program, but may not be used for either secondary school or college tuition. The application period is now closed. Please click “Learn More” for more details.