Visionaries and Voices, the East Walnut Hills studio for artists with disabilities, is sponsoring a new scholarship program to fund college classes for adult artists with disabilities.

The Raymond Thunder-Sky Scholarship was created in honor of the late Raymond Thunder-Sky, a founding artist of Visionaries and Voices. The scholarship will be available for the upcoming academic year.

To kick off the fundraising efforts for the scholarship, Visionaries and Voices’ former studio director Amos Hopkins will hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in the Appalachian Mountain Range from Georgia to Northern Maine as part of a walk-a-thon. Scholarship supporters can pledge per mile for Hopkins’ journey, or pledge a set amount. The Appalachian Trail is 2,175 miles long, and takes about six months to complete.

Donors can pledge to the scholarship on a per-mile basis for Hopkins’ journey, or pledge a set amount. All walk-a-thon donations will go to the Raymond Thunder-Sky Scholarship Fund. Supporters can track Hopkins’ expedition and progress on the scholarship fund on Visionaries and Voices’ Web site, www.visionariesandvoices.com.

For more information on scholarship qualifications, contact Keith Banner or Bill Ross at the Visionaries and Voices studio at 861-4333. Thunder-Sky’s work is available for viewing at the Visionaries and Voices studio.

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