Medici Circle
Supporting School of Art

The Medici Circle is a Lubbock community volunteer group supporting School of Art through friends-raising and fund-raising for art scholarships. Since 2005, when the group first formed, the Medici Circle has successfully created or augmented $750,000 in art scholarship endowments using funds raised to incentivize new donors with fund-matching opportunities.

Medici Circle continues to organize events to support School of Art and provide student scholarships. This past Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2026) the annual Soup & Champagne Supper was attended by over eighty guests in the home of Sarah & Kris Kincaid. A large selection of soups and student-made ceramic cups made for a very festive evening.

The 5x7 Art Dash is back! Later this spring, on April 25th, Medici Circle will reprise it’s favorite fundraiser – the 5x7 Art Dash Bash at the Historic Baker Building. The evening will feature a DJ, creative lite bites, drinks and wine, and, of course, the mad dash for the 5x7 artworks. Between 200-300 artworks will be available for grabbing and adding to your collection. Check here for more details to come.

Medici Circle continues to support students through the many scholarships that the group has helped establish in the School of Art. Levels of support for both undergraduate and graduate students have steadily increased since 2007 when the first Medici Circle scholarship was awarded. 

School of Art endowments supported by the Medici Circle include:

• Bill Lockhart Art Scholarship Endowment (2007)
• Ken Little - Medici Circle Art Scholarship Endowment (2007)
• Mrs. Linda S. & Dr. John M. Filippone, Jr. - Medici Circle Scholarship Endowment (2009)
• Terry Morrow - Medici Circle Art Graduate Fellowship Endowment (2010)
• The Willie and Eve Tate Family - James E. LaMunyon Chancellor's Council Scholarship (augmented 2011)
• Rex & Bonnie Aycock - Medici Circle Master's in Art History Graduate Fellowship Endowment (2011)
• E. Grey Lewis, Jr. Memorial - Medici Circle Art Graduate Fellowship Endowment (2011)
• Real & Muff Musgrave – Medici Circle Art Scholarship Endowment (2012)
• Donna Howell-Sickles & John Sickles – Medici Circle Art Scholarship Endowment (2014)
• Deborah Milosevich – Medici Circle Scholarship Endowment (2015)
• Medici Circle Art Scholarship in Ceramics (2015)
• The Paul D. Hanna Memorial – Medici Circle Endowed Scholarship for the Fine Arts (2016)
• Rick Dingus – Medici Circle Graduate Fellowship Endowment (2016)
• Clarence E. Kincaid Memorial Scholarship Endowment (augmented 2016)
• Cheatham/Howze Drawing Scholarship Endowment (augmented 2016)
• Tina Fuentes Painting Fellowship Endowment (2019)
• Stacy Elko Memorial – Medici Circle Scholarship Endowment in the School of Art (2022)

Join Medici Circle today. With your $75 donation you will receive an individual or family annual membership to the Medici Circle. You will receive regular announcements about exhibitions and receptions on campus as well as at the School of Art's Satellite Gallery located downtown at the Charles Adams Studio Project and receive special invitations to Prossimo Receptions for members and receive deep discounts to fundraisers such the 5x7 Art Dash Bash, and your membership will be valid until August 2027.

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