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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood native Robert Najlis a UMass Dartmouth Masters of Fine Arts candidate in painting has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. Najlis, who is graduating in May 2019, is among 2,000 people from across the globe who receive grants each year in all fields of study to conduct international research.
For his scholarship research, Najlis will travel to the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China to study painting and calligraphy. He will focus on the art of the Song dynasty and that era’s historical integration of the three perfections of painting, poetry, and calligraphy.
