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CARDELL OLIPHANT SCHOLARSHIP
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The Art in the Atrium, Inc. Cardell
Oliphant Scholarship, named in honor
of our dearly departed
Curator/Director, is given annually
to a high school senior who will be
matriculating in the Visual Arts as
a full time student in an accredited
institution of higher learning.
Application
Process
Past Recipients
Art in the Atrium, Inc. would
like to acknowledge it's past
scholarship recipients and wishes
them much success in their artistic
careers.
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2005 Darnell Jones Bey,
Pratt insttute, NYC
2009 Yasmine DeJeuse,
St Elizabeth Collage2005
2005 Darnell Jones Bey,
Pratt insttute, NYC
2004 Darnell Jones Bey,
Pratt Institute, NYC
2003 Darnell Jones Bey,
East Orange High, E Orange
2002 Kern Bruce,
Brown University, Providence RI
2001 Kern Bruce,
Brown University, Providence RI
2000 Kern Bruce,
Arts High School, Newark NJ
1999 Jean Louis Olsen,
Weequahic High, Newark NJ
1998 James Wilson,
Arts High, Newark NJ
1997 Danielle Scott,
Arts High, Newark NJ
1996 Natalie Davis,
Arts High, Newark NJ
1995 Thane Wright,
Morristown High, Morristown
1994 Sylvester
White, Morris
County College, Randolph
ABOUT CARDELL
To the outstanding achievement and
loving memory of our curator Cardell
Oliphant September 9, 1957 - October
26, 2001
Cardell curated seven of the ten Art
in the Atrium, Inc. annual
exhibitions at the Morris County
Administration and Records
Building's Atrium Gallery. At the
time of his passing he was starting
his own gallery, "The 0 Group" which
featured decorative fine art.
Cardell was raised in Linden, New
Jersey and graduated from Linden
High School in 1975. He graduated
from Hampton Institute in 1980 where
he earned a degree of Bachelors of
Science in Chemistry. After
attending Hampton he moved to Texas.
In Texas Cardell worked at the
Gerhard Wurzer Galleries, Inc. in
Houston and with Grace Designs and
the Pace Collection in Dallas. He
also helped to revitalize the
African American Museum of Bishop
College in Dallas.
After relocating back to New Jersey
he worked as the Director of the
Peter Joseph Gallery on Fifth Avenue
in New York and at Art in Industries
and the Orange Chicken. Cardell was
an active member of the National
Hampton Alumni Association and Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity. He will be
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