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• Color them talented: Teen artists offered big scholarship money (dailyherald.com) — A Downers Grove North senior who earned over half a million dollars in art scholarship offers has instead chosen to start at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn before transferring to a four-year school. He and other suburban students were top scholarship earners in the Illinois High School Art Exhibition, highlighting how much support is available for young artists in the region.    

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