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The Selina Jones-Griffith Memorial Fellowship
The Selina Jones-Griffith Memorial Fellowship
Selina Gail Jones-Griffith, the daughter of Albert and Carridder "Rita" Jones, was a visual
artist, a graduate of the University of California with a BFA degree, and a MFA degree in set design from the University of
Southern California, Irvine. Selina worked as an intern on "The Dolly Parton Show" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,"
designing many sets for summer theatre companies throughout southern California.
After her years in California, Selina moved to Pensacola, Florida with her husband, Sean Griffith,
and daughter Alexandra. Selina worked as a volunteer artist at The Blue Angel Elementary School in Pensacola, where
her daughter attended school. The last project she worked on before her untimely death, was making paper flowers with
the children. She was a deserving recipient of the "2007 Volunteer of the Year" award from Blue Angel Elementary.
Selina passed away on April 17, 2007.
Women Who Write would like to announce the 2008 establishment of the Selina Jones-Griffith
Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship will consist of a three-night stay at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts in scenic Mt. St. Francis, Indiana, and will be open nationally to women writers of prose and/or poetry over the age
of 18. Meals will be included in the fellowship; recipient will be responsible for their own transportation. Stipend
not included.
The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts is an artist colony in southern Indiana. Located in a rural setting only 15 minutes from downtown Louisville, KY,
the center provides residencies for emerging and professional musicians / composers, writers and visual artists.
Fellowship applications will be available, and must be submitted via the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts. Writers will be required to provide samples of their work and a resume'. A panel of three member judges from
Women Who Write will review the applications/submissions, select and notify the recipient of the fellowship.
Formal guidelines are available on the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts .
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