Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship

A fund to provide visual and performing arts scholarships for Mattoon High School Students.

The scholarship was named in honor of Carl Lebovitz and James K. Lively, formerly of Mattoon. Lively worked as a freelance translator of many Slavic languages and was a patron of the arts during all of his adult life. He died in 1998. Lebovitz, also a language translator, was a founding member of the Mattoon Arts Council and a patron of the arts throughout his life. He participated in local theatrical productions over the years, and was the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier's arts reviewer-at-large for 30 years. Lebovitz died in 2009.

Our News Articles

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  Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship awarded to four MHS graduates

  5/24/2018 9:36:00 AM

  A total of $8,000 has been awarded to graduates of Mattoon High School from the Lebovtiz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund.

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  Five MHS graduates receive Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarships

  6/22/2017 3:28:00 PM

  A total of $10,000 was awarded from the Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship this year to Mattoon High School graduates majoring in visual or performing arts.

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  Three MHS graduates receive Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarships

  5/31/2016 10:18:00 AM

  The scholarship was named in honor of Carl Lebovitz and James K. Lively, formerly of Mattoon.

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  Baker and Wattles receive Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship

  6/23/2015 11:32:00 AM

  A total of $4,000 was awarded from the Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund this year to MHS graduates majoring in visual or performing arts.

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  2014 Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Recipients Announced

  7/21/2014 11:36:00 AM

  A total of $10,000 was awarded this year to MHS graduates majoring in visual or performing arts from the Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund.

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  2013 Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Recipients Announced

  7/22/2013 11:38:00 AM

  A total of $12,000 was awarded this year to MHS graduates majoring in visual or performing arts from the Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund.

• 2012 applicaitons available for Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund

  2/6/2012 12:10:00 PM

  The Mattoon Area Community Foundation recently announced that applications are now available for the Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund.

• Lebovitz Lively Arts Scholarship Fund established

  1/15/2010 2:31:00 PM

  A permanent endowment fund has been established for graduates of Mattoon High School by the late Carl H. Lebovitz.