| History, Future and Policy |
| For many years the Puget Sound Group has moved quietly within the community selecting and granting assistance to artists and art groups. That assistance has taken on many forms but in each case has been intended to foster and sustain visual arts. For the same number of years the effort to gather funds to make available has increased while the amount of money given remained about the same. No method has been found to gain enough momentum to carry the group through the "lean" years when proceeds from the annual art auction and contributions fell short. Until recently, the Group's scholarships, grants and awards mission survived "paycheck to paycheck", year to year dependant on the generosity of patrons and sales at auction. In 2003, Rudy Bundas, a life long member bequeathed a portion of his estate the Group with provision to establish a Rudolph Bundas Memorial Fund and the paradigm changed. The Scholarship Committee realized that by combining the modest assets the existing Memorial Fund (which had been slowly accumulating since the early 1990's) with the Bundas Memorial Fund, a single and much more substantial fund could be created with the potential to grow into a self-sustaining permanent fund. In 2006, the mission of the Puget Sound Group's Memorial scholarship fund was revised for the specific purpose to grow and enrich the combined Rudolph Bundas Memorial Fund. Our current goal is to bring the level up to one half million dollars by 2015 and we believe it is achievable. One may anticipate that the Group will continue to quietly move with in the community and continue our practice of giving as in the past but with additional focus on building the Rudolph Bundas Memorial Fund. Giving modest scholarships, grants and awards for the next decade will allow us to focus on building the combined fund to hit our target. The result is a permanent fund that will produce money for giving indefinitely. Albert Einstein once replied when asked that the most powerful force in the universe is "compounded interest". Albert would have made a good member. This is our legacy that we pay forward with the hope and intention that visual arts will live on and the continuum which began in 1928 by Eustace Ziegler will also live on in each member. The Memorial Fund can and will stand to recognize each Puget Sound Group Member for their investment and energy for all time. Scholarship Committee Members Phillip Levine Gary Nelson DONATIONS We have partnered with the Renton Community Foundation to manage our memorial fund. You may donate to the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters Fund by Clicking on the link below and choose "Rudolph Bundas Memorial Fund" to make a donation. |
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Scholarships and Special Grants and Awards......... Each year since 1926, Puget Sound Group artist members gift one or more paintings representing their best work for auction at a special evening dinner and auction event. PSGNWP sets aside a portion of the proceeds from the auction to support their Memorial Scholarship Fund. On average over eighty member paintings valued in the thousands of dollars go to lucky bidders. This Northwest Tradition, remains an important tax deductible resource for private collectors and corporate art collections to acquire fine original artwork and meet the artists socially. Please click here for information and reservations on the 2010 AUCTION. . |
| Persons having interest in exploring scholarships or worthwhile grant considerations should contact the Puget Sound Group providing a preliminary and detailed proposal. This may be done via the following email link scholarships@psgart.org |
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All art images on this site contain a digital watermark and remain the sole property of the artist.