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A former practicing attorney studying for a new career has been awarded a prestigious and valuable scholarship to cover all expenses of her senior year at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Dalton, Georgia, resident Cindy Tidwell is one of 12 interior design students from across the US to be selected for the Angelo Donghia Foundation, Inc. Senior Student Scholarship 2010 Award. Her selection was based on a juried competition of portfolio submissions.
Tidwell, who celebrates her 40th birthday as fall semester begins, said the project she entered was a combination of commercial and residential—a hypothetical art gallery with a residence for the owners (both artists) on two floors above the business. Green design was an important element in her project.
“I interviewed Chattanooga artists Patricia and Rey D’Alfonso in Chattanooga for my ‘hypothetical’ artists so that I could get a sense of what a client would want,” Tidwell said. “They had a lot of input about the style of furniture they like and their needs for a residence and gallery space. They even made requests to accommodate their two bull mastiffs which I was able to incorporate into the design. Knowing their cultural backgrounds and their tastes made it easy to choose colors and select furnishings for the project. I used vibrant colors to reflect their rich cultural heritage (Patricia is from Venezuela and Rey defected from Cuba) and selected additional furnishings to compliment the classic pieces they already own.”
Planning, programming, sketches, AutoCad (computer-aided design) drawings, floor plans and perspectives were included in Tidwell’s project. She spent a lot of time in summer semester learning and creating a three-dimensional model.
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