Arts & Entertainment

Otto Kahn Scholarship Available To Town of Huntington Students

Winners will be awarded a minimum of $2,500 at the annual Garden Party at Oheka Castle in June.

Students who attend schools in the Town of Huntington are able to pick up applications for the Otto Kahn Scholarship.

The scholarship is open to students attending college in the fall who are majoring in the performing arts, visual arts or music.

Students should check with their high school guidance office or principal's office for the application.

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Applications are available at the following schools:

  • Cold Spring Harbor High School
  • Half Hollow Hills East High School
  • Half Hollow Hills West High School
  • Harborfields High School
  • Huntington High School
  • John Glenn High School
  • Northport High School
  • Walt Whitman High School

Winners will be awarded a minimum of $2,500 at the annual Garden Party at Oheka Castle on Wednesday, June 13. Winners will also perform and have their work displayed at the historic building.

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Otto Kahn who started building OKEKA Castle in 1917 and was a benefactor of the arts and supported struggling artists in the early twentieth century. The Otto Kahn Scholarship looks to continue this tradition.

The nonprofit organization Friends of OHEKA has raised over $150,000 for students since 2003.

The deadline to submit the application is Friday, April 20.

Image via Friends of Oheka, Inc.

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