{"id":27749,"date":"2024-05-08T22:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-creative-district-awards-81328-creates-scholarship-to-mandi-peacock\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:10:28","slug":"mancos-creative-district-awards-81328-creates-scholarship-to-mandi-peacock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-creative-district-awards-81328-creates-scholarship-to-mandi-peacock\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos Creative District awards 81328 Creates Scholarship to Mandi Peacock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mancos senior Mandi Peacock was awarded the 81328 Creates Scholarship from the Mancos Creative District. (Lisa Taylor\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

On May 1, the Mancos Creative District announced the 2024 recipient of the 81328 Creates Scholarship for $1,000.<\/p>\n

Each year, the Mancos Creative District chooses a college-bound senior at Mancos High School for the $1,000 award. This year, judges Lisa Taylor, Tom Yoder and David Mallin chose Mandi Peacock.<\/p>\n

Peacock will attend Colorado State University to study animal sciences, adding that she\u2019d like to do preveterinary studies.<\/p>\n

While Peacock is planning on going into a science-related field, she said that art is a hobby that has been part of her life for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing artwork since I was just a little girl,\u201d Peacock said. \u201cI would just make random little things and draw animals most of the time. And the main things that I usually use artwork for is to make gifts for other people, especially like birthday cards and Christmas cards. My family loves to see them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her scholarship application essay, Peacock focused on how art has allowed her to connect with other people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps me connect with others. I find things they like or things that we\u2019ve done together, and I make that into a card,\u201d Peacock said. \u201cI made a card for one of my brothers, and he really likes the game \u2018Zelda,\u2019 so I created the opening scene of \u2018Breath of the Wild,\u2019 but the castle was a huge cake and he had a fork instead of a sword.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just finding those little things,\u201d Peacock said. \u201cThey really appreciate it. My siblings often say, \u2018You know, if you look really close in these drawings you can find very slight details, and when you notice them you\u2019re like \u201cOh, I remember talking about that or you knew that I like that,\u201d\u2019 and that makes me smile a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Peacock\u2019s
Peacock\u2019s dragon artwork won Mancos High School\u2019s art contest. (Mandi Peacock\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

She had to submit an example of her artwork as part of her application, and she submitted a photo of a dragon that also won her school\u2019s art contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile all of the applicants were impressive, Mandi\u2019s application stood out. Not only does she have a stellar GPA, she states on her application that creating art \u2018has always allowed me to express myself and connect with others.\u2019 She spoke to the various mediums she uses including paint, digital art and photography,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n

Peacock was also chosen by her peers to be president of the National Honor Society in Mancos, where she organizes fundraisers and is \u201cknown for her extraordinary level of follow-through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her teacher\u2019s recommendation shared a comic book on Edgar Allan Poe that Peacock created during COVID and the height of virtual learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a difficult decision for this year\u2019s judges because all of the applications were exemplary. Mandi Peacock\u2019s application stood out to us in both her essay and her recommendation letter. Her teacher\u2019s recommendation stated that Mandi follows her own moral compass and she is a role model for others. Mandi Peacock is a person that peers and adults can count on. That is exactly the kind of leader for tomorrow that is needed,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n

Taylor went on to thank Tiffany Aspromonte for coordinating the Mancos High School applications and Maggie Goodell for \u201cher years of stewardship of the 81328 Creates Scholarship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peacock closed by encouraging her fellow graduates to look forward in anticipation of the future while holding their passions close.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re so close,\u201d Peacock said. \u201cThere\u2019s greater and better things off in the future that you can look forward to, and whether that\u2019s pursuing further education, a career, just make sure that you\u2019re able to mix the real, grown-up world with things that you\u2019re passionate about, because I\u2019m going to continue doing artwork, even if my schedule gets busy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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