Lucy Frazier Awarded Bumpus Gallery Scholarship
Lucy Frazier, DHS Class of 2025, has been selected by the Board of Directors to receive this year’s Helen Bumpus Gallery art scholarship.
Each year the Gallery awards a $500 grant to a graduating Duxbury senior to encourage continued study in the visual arts. Lucy, who excelled in a variety of art classes throughout high school, will pursue further study in art and architecture.
“My creative goals include designing sustainable and innovative spaces that not only meet the functional needs of their inhabitants, but also inspire and uplift them,” she wrote. “Just as a painter uses colors and brushstrokes to create a masterpiece, an architect uses materials, light, and form to craft spaces that resonate with people.”
The Helen Bumpus Gallery’s Board of Directors reviews each scholarship application. Selection of the awardee is based on information and images provided by the student. Comments received from the candidate’s teachers also are considered.
Helen Bumpus Gallery 2025 Scholarship Award
Lucy Frazier Artist Statement
From a young age, art has been my safe haven, a world where I could express my feelings and see beauty in the mundane. Duxbury allowed that passion to develop. From its natural beauty to the community’s support of arts, I learned to appreciate and build art into my daily life.
As a frequent visitor to the Duxbury Free Library, I never miss an opportunity to visit and learn from the many amazing exhibits at the Helen Bumpus Gallery.
Living in Duxbury, I learned to find inspiration in the interactions of natural elements and human design. The way sunlight dances on water and reflects off the shomes shows me how architecture can harmonize with nature. This connection deepened my desire to become an architect, not just to design houses, but to craft homes, spaces filled with warmth, memories, and love…Through architecture, I hope to create lasting legacies, where people can thrive, grow and find peace.
–Lucy Frazier
Scholarship applications are available from the Duxbury High School Guidance Department or by downloading the form HERE.
All applicants are asked to write a brief description of their art training, interests and future plans. Images of three current pieces of artwork also are required; links to a personal website or Instagram page are welcome.
Completed forms should be delivered to DHS Guidance, attached in an email to
Scholarship Winners
- 2025 Lucy Fraizer
- 2024 Sianna Richards
- 2023 Charlotte Tobin
- 2022 Charlotte White
- 2021 Jillian Magee
- 2016 Brynne Blackington
- 2015 Riley Hoff
- 2014 Caroline O'Connor
- 2013 Katherine Allen
- 2012 Gerry Stillman
- 2011 Karli Tobias and Abigail Ellis
- 2010 Maggie Cornelius
- 2009 Laura Nelson
- 2008 Alexandra Nee
- 2007 Kelly Pelham
- 2006 Bethany Maddock
Note: No scholarships awarded 2017 thru 2020.
