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HIGH POINT — The Bienenstock Furniture Library concluded its inaugural Future Designers Summit, held Sep. 20-22, awarding one student a $5,000 scholarship.
Vivian Grace Dudley, a senior at Appalachian State University, was named winner of the Broyhill Family Foundation Scholarship for 2021. “I would love to thank the Broyhill Family Foundation for supporting my education and future endeavors in the design world,” said Dudley. “Attending the Summit was such an amazing experience and learning opportunity.”
All student participants were eligible to win, and each had several opportunities throughout the event for their name to be added to the drawing, which took place at the closing session of the Bienenstock Future Designers Summit, in the Universal Furniture showroom.
“Designers are at the core of an industry,” said Sheila Triplett-Brady, executive director of the Broyhill Family Foundation in a release. “Everything begins with an idea, a vision. Through the Future Designers Summit Scholarship, we at the Broyhill Family Foundation are pleased to help young designers gain knowledge and experience to take his or her place in making visions become reality.”
This fall’s conference for future design leaders focused on areas of study in furnishings, interior design and architecture, and industrial and textile design, offering a three-day educational and networking experience.
Of those that applied, 30 students were selected from 10 colleges to attend.
Event sponsors included Broyhill Family Foundation, Davis Furniture, Otto & Moore Inc., Furniture World magazine, Savour Partnership, and the Tomlinson group of furniture brands; as well as contributors at Cohab Space, Congdon Yards, Fairfield, High Point Theatre, High Point Visitors Bureau, HPxD, Phillips Collection and Verellen.
