CAMpFIRE Fund
The Contemporary Art Museum School Docent Alumni Scholarship is in honor of Gab Smith, the Executive Director of CAM from 2013- 2020 and a champion of CAM’s education and community programs.
The scholarship is to be awarded yearly to a graduating high school senior or current college student who is a former participant in the CAM Docent Program. This scholarship may be used for any form of higher education (college, culinary studies, technical industries, etc.…).
Known at CAM as the CAMpFIRE Fund, the “p” stands for provoke. CAM provokes FIRE. Provoke means to call forth or challenge. FIRE is the perfect greatness that burns in young people.
This year’s scholarship is offered to any Class of 2024 high school senior or current college student who participated in CAM’s docent program. (Excludes previous Scholarship Recipients)
Supporting the CAMpFIRE fund passes the torch to the next generation.
Scholarship award will be announced in June. A one-time award of $500 will be distributed to two selected winners.
2025 scholarship information will be available January, 2025. Questions? Please contact Education@camraleigh.org.
2024 Recipients of the CAMpFIRE Scholarship Fund
Aliya Hosfelt
Enloe High School, Class of 2024
Aliya describes CAM as a place of belonging where her passion for art came alive and was deeply felt. During her three years in the Docent Program, she gained the ability to express and share that passion through the education and nurturing she received. Aliya will attend Pratt University in Fall, 2024.
Rodrigo Roque-Hernandez
Young Men’s Leadership Academy, Class of 2023
Rodrigo describes CAM as an accepting community where he felt more like himself during his time as a docent. He gained inner strength and his leadership skills that he was able to carry on to other endeavors. Rodrigo is currently attending The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2027.
2023 Recipients of the CAMpFIRE Scholarship Fund
Lea Kreacic
Broughton High School, Class of 2023
Renn Guard
Cary Academy, Class of 2022
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CAMpFIRE Fund
A Scholarship Fund for former CAM Docent Members on their way to College and Careers. The CAMpFIRE Fund is a designated endowment fund of the Contemporary Art Foundation at the North Carolina Community Foundation.
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CAM Raleigh is financed by the Contemporary Art Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that relies on membership and donor funding for many of the museum’s programs and exhibitions.