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Spin-Off's
Autumn Retreat (SOAR) SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES
Spin-Off, 201 East 4th St. • Loveland, Colorado 80537-5655 • Fax 970/669-6117
For more information contact Amy Clarke Moore at (800) 272-2193 x682
Outside the U.S. & Canada, (970) 613-4672, or by e-mail: amyc@Interweave.com
In 1995, Interweave Press established a scholarship program
to encourage spinners to spread their craft to the larger community. This program
is funded by generous donations from SOAR participants. The funds are used to
provide scholarships for individuals to attend SOAR.
In order to receive a SOAR scholarship you must demonstrate
that you are actively involved in learning an aspect of spinning and sharing your
knowledge with the larger community. Your involvement may include fields related
to handspinning, such as dyeing, knitting, weaving, fiber preparation, and the
like. You don't have to be enrolled in a formal training course or a degree program.
There are two kinds of SOAR scholarships: full and assistance.
Our full scholarship covers the fees for Workshop and Retreat, lodging, and meals.
The assistance scholarship covers only the fee for either the Workshop only or
the Retreat only. The brochure describing sessions at the 2007 SOAR will be available
in March.
Download the SOAR brochure in PDF
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Especially for Teachers
In 2005 we announced the addition of a new scholarship. Knitting and crochet have
gained enormous popularity over the past few years. We believe that there are
many knitters and crocheters who are eager to learn to spin. To encourage the
growth of spinning in the knitting and crochet communities, this scholarship will
provide basic spinning instruction to a knitting or crochet teacher who is active
in these communities. SOAR is accepting scholarship applications for a knitting
or crochet instructor to attend a beginning spinning workshop at SOAR. Shop owners,
guild members, and educators-at-large are encouraged to apply. This scholarship
can be either a full or assistance scholarship depending on the applicant.
To Apply
All materials must be received (not postmarked) by April 18, 2007.
Only complete applications will be considered.
Please submit the following:
- SOAR Scholarship Worksheet.
- Complete contact information.
- A personal essay (see below for details).
- A completed SOAR registration form.
- Three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with
your abilities and interests, such as guild members, fellow enthusiasts, or other
students. The recommendation letters may be sent separately, but they must also
arrive by April 18.
The Process
We will notify you of our decision by May 30, and we will update you on
pertinent SOAR information, including registration for lodging. If you are awarded
a scholarship, you will be asked to provide a report to Interweave Press by July
1 of the year following your award, outlining how the scholarship helped you
work toward your spinning goals and what you are doing or plan to do to share
the knowledge you gained at SOAR. We love to see snapshots, yarn samples, and
other indications of your progress. We may draw on information in your report
for a future Spin-Off article or post a summary on our website. As a scholarship
recipient at SOAR you will have the opportunity to meet other attendees by volunteering
at the registration table and speak to the group briefly at a general session
and explain what your post-SOAR goals are.
Essay Requirements
Please write an essay, no longer than two pages, covering the following points:
Briefly describe your level of involvement in spinning and related craft. How
do you intend to use the knowledge you gain by attending SOAR? How will you share
spread the craft to the larger community? If you are applying for the teacher’s
scholarship please explain your experience with the knitting or crochet community
and how you will use the knowledge gained during SOAR to reach potential spinners.
Include in your essay anything else you feel is important for the reviewers to
know.
Send your completed application materials to:
Amy Clarke Moore
SOAR Scholarship
201 East Fourth St.
Loveland, CO 80537-5655
Before Wednesday April 18, 2007.
GOOD LUCK! We look forward to hearing from you! |
