2026 San Marcos High School Ceremony
The Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship - San Marcos High School
The 2026 recipients of the Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship are Emily Montenegro and Chloe Adusei Ameyaw. Pictured here (L-R) Jeff Gavin, Cabin 10 Executive Director; Rice Harrington Tipps, Valedictorian Class of '26; Emily Montenegro, Chloe Adusei Ameyaw; Pat Green, Cabin 10 Creative Director; Chris Cooper, former art teacher at San Marcos High and longtime friend of Rice!
Cabin 10's 501(c)(3) funds two different scholarships. The first - the Rice Harrington Memorial Scholarship, funded by the New Folk Old Folk festival, was created in 2003 upon the death of Rice Harrington. Rice was the Counselor of Cabin 10 at Camp Flaming Arrow in Hunt, Texas way back when three of the original board members of what was to become Cabin 10, Inc. were young students of each other’s company. Fortunately, Rice was in the midst.
Rice died at the young age of 50 in July of 2003 and we found a way to keep his spirit alive by creating Cabin 10, Inc. The Cabin has hosted this music festival which started out as the Rice Festival (2003) and has morphed into New Folk ~ Old Folk. The name has changed but our mission has stayed the same . . . “supporting the arts through the gifting of scholarships”. As Rice taught us, we take only the satisfaction of helping others while having a great time doing it.
This scholarship is awarded each year to a graduating senior at San Marcos High School where Rice was an art teacher.
To make a tax-deductible donation to the Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship, please send your check to:
Cabin 10, Inc.
PO Box 575
Terlingua, TX 79852
and note Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship as the memo.
The Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship
The Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship - 2025
Mariyah Bernal with Thomas Chapmond, Cabin 10 Board Member
The Mark (eyball) Kneeskern Memorial Art Scholarship
The Mark ("eYeball") Kneeskern Memorial Art Scholarship - 2026
The second scholarship is the Mark (eYeBall) Kneeskern Scholarship. This scholarship is funded primarily by the Terlingua Music Bash event. Mark was known to many as The Last American Hitchhiker (more info https://www.amazon.com/Last-AMERICAN-Hitch-Hiker/dp/055729875X ). Mark would split his time between Terlingua, Texas; Chaffee County, Colorado; with his family in Iowa and many points in between and beyond.
This scholarship benefits the students of the Terlingua School District.
Cabin 10 is a 501(c)(3)
The Cabin is proud to have awarded TWO Scholarships this year. One was awarded to graduating senior, Ervey Sotelo, of the class of 2026. The second scholarship was a renewal of the Scholarship presented last year to Caitlin Staib
Cabin 10 wishes them every continued success and will be following their careers closely!
Mark would indeed be proud!
To make a tax-deductible donation to the Scholarship, please send your check to:
Cabin 10, Inc.
PO Box 575
Terlingua, TX 79852
and note Mark ("eYeBall") Kneeskern Memorial Art Scholarship as the memo.
Please be sure to include your return address and note to which scholarship you want your generous donation applied and THANK YOU!
The Mark ("eYeball") Kneeskern Memorial Art Scholarship - 2025
The second scholarship is the Mark (eYeBall) Kneeskern Scholarship. This scholarship is funded primarily by the Terlingua Music Bash event. Mark was known to many as The Last American Hitchhiker (more info https://www.amazon.com/Last-AMERICAN-Hitch-Hiker/dp/055729875X ). Mark would split his time between Terlingua, Texas; Chaffee County, Colorado; with his family in Iowa and many points in between and beyond.
This scholarship benefits the students of the Terlingua School District.
Cabin 10 is a 501(c)(3)
To make a tax-deductible donation to the Scholarship, please send your check to:
Cabin 10, Inc.
PO Box 575
Terlingua, TX 79852
and note Mark ("eYeBall") Kneeskern Memorial Art Scholarship as the memo.
Please be sure to include your return address and note to which scholarship you want your generous donation applied and THANK YOU!