Each year the Guild is able to award scholarship grants to deserving Havasu School Seniors and College students who will be enrolling in accredited art classes. The Guild's Scholarship Committee considers applications from exceptionally talented and deserving area students. Scholarship applications may be turned in between January 1 through March 15th. This committee also awards grants for community visual arts projects as funds are available. Please contact the Scholarship Chairman for additional information. Please see the Contact Us page for the Scholarship Chairman's contact information. Applications can be found on the Forms page – see Scholarship Application or Community Art Grant application in PDF format.
2026 Scholarship Awards:
The objectives of the Art Guild are to encourage individual and community interest in the creative arts and crafts, and to develop the interests of members in their artistic endeavors.
This year, we are proud to announce the award was given to two talented young persons.
Results of Scholarship interviews and Scholarship Award Recommendations were presented to the Board of Directors by Jan Klatt. The Board Approved results are as follows:
Jade Salon
Jade is a senior at Lake Havasu High School. She has applied for the Bachelor of Arts
program at ASU in Tempe. Pending acceptance, Jade will pursue a degree in Video Gaming
Design. Her interest in game design includes not only detailed creations of characters but also
the story line of her characters. Jade's interest in gaming starts with a complex story and then
the creation of the video images.
Jade has been managing dual enrollment classes at Mohave College in computer arts. She has
also maintained a 3.361 GPA throughout high school. She also volunteers for park, beach, and
environment clean-up with community organizations, showing her concern for maintaining a
clean environment.
Jade's art skills include water color, oil pastel, pen and ink, pastels, and chalk, as well as
ceramics with air dry clay. Jade enjoys painting and drawing in her free time. She puts a lot of
thought into her designs and creations, winning an award from a VFW's sponsored event for her
ceramic 3D art project.
Jade received a letter of recommendation from Pam Reinke , who considers Jade one of the
most remarkable students she has mentored. Pam has known Jade since fifth grade. Pam
commented about Jade's integrity, kindness, patience, and her unique creative voice in the
classroom, mentioning Jade's clear strength in graphic-style illustration. Jade volunteers to
assist with Pam's younger students, showing a unique ability to connect with them. Pam
considers her to be an authentic and wonderful human being.
Jade also received a recommendation from Kevin Bangsund, an art teacher at Lake Havasu
High School, who taught Jade in all four levels of his art classes and 2 classes of ceramics. He
found Jade at all times to be reliable, honest, hardworking, and was successful in mentoring
other students who have fallen behind in the work.
Jade's long term goal is in video, character, and story design, ultimately owning her own video
game franchise, “where people come together over their shared interest and love for characters
and stories.” Jade also has interest in becoming an elementary art teacher, as well as an author
of children's books, and children's books about fish and the sea.
SCORING: 4.50
Scholarship Award this year: $4,000.
Kelly Malouin
Kelly is a 2024 graduate of Lake Havasu High School. She is currently attending Mohave
College and has been accepted in the Bachelor of Arts program at Cal Poly Humboldt in
California, majoring in Environmental Science with a minor in Art.
Kelly has gone through many changes and challenges in her life since graduation, but her love
of art has remained constant. She wants to continue to use her art skills in a productive way,
specifically along with her love of the environment. She feels that art is an integral part of nature
and our environment, and through her art, she hopes to teach and inspire people to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Kelly's feels that with focus on her love of nature and her ability to educate
people through her art, she can make a difference, and eventually become a full-time
environmental educator.
Kelly's art skills include painting with acrylic, watercolor, and gouache; charcoal, graphite,
colored pencils, and pen and ink. She is also skilled in digital programs such as Clip Studio
Paint, Procrete, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrate. Kelly is active in social media and marketing.
Kelly has been awarded 2 performance awards at Mohave College, one for her appreciation and
mutual respect for diversity, and a faculty award for her leadership and service in campus clubs.
Kelly has many hours of community service, including her current volunteer position for Good
Tails Rescue, a dog foster organization. She grooms and paints animals in order to help find a
forever home for the animals. She also worked with the local elementary school after school
program and received praise from the administrator for her leadership and problem solving.
Kelly is excited about branching out and moving forward with her life, while including art as part
of her entire life. To qualify for her new environmental major, she has been recently attending
STEM classes at Mohave College in Lake Havasu and Crafton College in San Bernardino. Her
GPA had been 3.526 in 2025 but has temporarily dipped to 2.94 this year.
Kelly plans to use her art and digital media skills to support local groups, such as the Redwood
Skywalk Project, and work with the Forestry Service and local schools to make posters, provide
demonstrations, and educate students on the need to protect our environment.
SCORING: 4.1875
Scholarship Award this year: $3,000.
Congratulations to the Scholarship Award winners!