Kathryn Marsh-Solloway Wins 2012 Johnson Opportunity Grant at Washington and Lee University

LEXINGTON, VA (05/21/2012)(readMedia)-- Kathryn Marsh-Solloway will be performing art history and restoration fieldwork in the Netherlands during the summer.

A junior at Washington and Lee from Woodbridge, Conn., she is a double major in journalism and mass Communications and art history, with a double minor in poverty and human capability studies and museum studies.

As an intern at the Netherlands Institute for Cultural and National Heritage, Marsh-Solloway will work under the guidance of experienced conservators to gain a deeper understanding of the process works of art go through before going on display and the continuous work to conserve and restore.

She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

The grants cover living, travel and other costs associated with the students' proposed activities, which are designed to help them with their future careers and fields of study.  The grants vary in amount from $1,000 to $4,500 and are funded as part of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity.