Nereim Fine Arts Award
The Nereim Fine Arts scholarship, In honor of founding Board Members Gordon and jean Nereim.
Each year Heritage Arts Center Association awards a $1,000 scholarship (* see link below for special grant for 2025 for 2- $1,000 scholarships) to a High School Senior from Pasco County, Florida, who submits artwork (painting, sculpture, drawings or photography) in our Nereim Visual Arts competition.
The Nereim Award was named in honor of Gordon and Jean Nereim, who were the founding Board Members of HACA. They were both lost in a tragic automobile accident in Dade City. Their love of the Arts lives on through this award.
Our 2025 Window closed on March 31, 2025. Our 2025 Winners were announced on May 6, 2025.
*2025 Suncoast Credit Union Grant
*2025 Suncoast Credit Union Scholarship Grant Winners
2025 Nereim Fine arts award winners
About our 2025 Nereim Fine arts award winners
Colette Hanke attends the Academy at the Lakes High School. She has always been fascinated with art ever since she was a kid, and hopes to be able to study it further in the future. She is passionate about painting and likes to experiment with all mediums. This winning artwork is a 16x20in acrylic painting. Colette created it as a way to practice value and experiment with the cell shading paint style. She used white charcoal pencil to sketch out the piece, then blocked out the light and shadow to help with the painting process.
Lindsey Overland attends Cypress Creek High School. She loves all art forms, with a primary focus on illustration. She would like to go into visual development as a concept artist in the future. The winning artwork is an acrylic painting with pearl craft stickers on a 12″x16″ canvas.
