HONORS

MENTOR HUEBNER MEMORIAL ART FUND

Mentor Huebner ... a medal winning track star in high school, whose record was not broken for seventeen years, also boxed and worked as an artist on the school paper, and due to his sport and academic achievements, won multiple scholarships to a variety of prestigious art institutes, and so was able to attend art classes without charge, but with no money for food, and certainly none for supplies, he was forced to salvage broken charcoal pencils from the class room trash bins in order to draw on yesterday's newspapers, and after only one year, without enough money for food and none for art supplies, he eventually had to quit the art classes and went to work as a house painter for a year, when one of the elite schools (Chouinard Art Institute) hired him to instruct a "Life Drawing" class, which he taught for over 25 years, continuing even after he was contracted to work in the motion picture industry, as he enjoyed teaching and felt a rapport for the students, his early years as a struggling artist having been a traumatic experience that left him vulnerable to the plight of other 'poor' artists, and so after his death, to help young artists in need, who have no money and who exhibit talent and desire, it seemed important and appropriate that The Mentor Huebner Memorial Art Award Fund be created in Mentor's honor.

Anyone interested in helping to advance this effort please contact:

MentorHuebnerArtAwards@MentorHuebnerArt.com