Scholarships.com offers an annual art scholarship to students majoring in commercial arts, graphic design, fine arts, photojournalism or any other art discipline. Students who win the art scholarship earn $1,000 to go toward college education. For eligibility, students must be U.S. citizens, registered users of Scholarships.com and enrolled as an undergraduate college student or a high school senior planning to enroll in a college or university in the next fall academic year. Fill out a Scholarships.com profile to enter the annual drawing. Application deadlines vary each year.
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The Art Institutes awards partial-tuition scholarships to high school seniors and international students who demonstrate the ability and commitment to succeed in a creative career. The Art Institutes awards scholarships to students based solely on the quality of the art projects submitted to the competition. Scholarship winners must then apply to one of the institute's partnering schools and satisfy all acceptance criteria to secure the scholarship. Art Institutes are scattered across the country. Students must begin their course of study at any Art Institute they choose in the summer or fall of the year they are presented with the award, and no later than the winter quarter of the following year. Students who wish to transfer to a different Art Institutes school must have an agreement that the receiving school will accept the scholarship. While students must maintain a 2.5 GPA or better to retain the scholarship, it is not a prerequisite to win the scholarship money. The award money varies from $1,000 to $30,000, depending on the field of interest, scholarship fund and partnering school.
Education Management Corporation
The Art Institutes
210 Sixth Ave.
33rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 562-0900
artinstitutes.edu
Presented by the University of Alaska Anchorage, the Saradell Ard Art Scholarships help with tuition costs and other educational costs for two full-time University of Alaska Anchorage students admitted into an art-degree-seeking program. The first Saradell Ard Art scholarship goes to a Bachelor of Fine Arts junior-year student who shows the most promise. The awarded money will be used toward her senior year at UAA. The university presents the second scholarship to an art major who has returned to college to prepare for a second career. Both scholarships are talent scholarships, so financial need is not a factor in the decision. Applicants must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA and be fully enrolled in the program to enter. The award is open to U.S. citizens, non-U.S. citizens, Alaska residents and out-of-state residents. Note that the Saradell Ard scholarship gives preference to students with artistic excellence in one or more art disciplines, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography and drawing.
University of Alaska Anchorage at the University Center
Saradell Ard Art Scholarship
3901 Old Seward
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 786-1800
uaa.Alaska.edu
Established in 1971, the Beinecke board created an endowment to provide hefty scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in the arts and other areas. Scholarships are awarded to 18 to 22 undergraduate and graduate students choosing to continue in (or continue toward) graduate education. The board awards students through nomination only. Since 1975, the program has awarded more than 450 college juniors from more than 100 undergraduate institutions for graduate study financial support. Winning scholars receive $4,000 immediately before entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. Each year, around 100 colleges and universities nominate a student to receive the Beinecke Scholarship. For eligible nomination, a nominee must be a college junior and a U.S. citizen, and have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during undergraduate studies.
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