| It used to be that parent’s discouraged their kids | | | | encourage local talent. Liberty Graphics conducts a |
| from becoming artists. Now, the world of art is broad | | | | yearly juried art contest, and presents the winner |
| and can be very lucrative. And if you need another | | | | with a $1000 award. The contest is open only to high |
| reason to convince your parents you want to go to | | | | school seniors who are a resident of Maine. Each year |
| art school, there are many schools offering | | | | the contest theme may change. This year the |
| scholarships and funding. | | | | contest title is "Art and Our Natural Environment". |
| Art scholarships run the gamut from drawing to | | | | Entries should reflect an appreciation of our natural |
| painting to photography to design and even include | | | | environment. More |
| art of the culinary, musical and literary variety. Many | | | | • NFAA Arts Recognition and Talent Search ARTS |
| art scholarships are specific to a particular state, | | | | (Arts Recognition and Talent Search®) is NFAA's |
| county, or even a college in addition to the art major | | | | core program. ARTS identifies high school seniors and |
| or art interest/ability requirement. | | | | other 17 and 18 year old artists in the disciplines of |
| To get you started, here are some resources: | | | | Dance, Film and Video, Jazz, Music, Photography, |
| • Your University: Most Art Departments offer | | | | Theater, Visual Arts, Voice and Writing for |
| scholarships to students attending their schools, either | | | | scholarships and financial support. Through ARTS, |
| directly through the school or through business, | | | | NFAA annually awards up to $900,000 in cash awards |
| benefactors and foundations that support the school. | | | | (with individual awards ranging from $10,000 - |
| Many schools also offer them to prospective | | | | $100)and makes available $3 million in scholarship |
| students. | | | | opportunities to America's most outstanding high |
| If you're attending or planning to attend a university, | | | | school senior-age artists through its Scholarship List |
| contact your Program Advisor to ask what | | | | Service (SLS). More |
| scholarships may be available through the school or | | | | • The Scholastic Art Awards -The Scholastic Art |
| department (if you're already attending, definitely | | | | Awards honor students currently enrolled in grades |
| check in with your Art Instructors, too!). Don't forget | | | | 7-12, recognizing about 50,000 regional winners. |
| to look for scholarship opportunities on the university | | | | Nationally, 800 young artists' individual works receive |
| department's web site or on a bulletin board near the | | | | Gold and Silver awards in each of 14 art categories. |
| Art Department office on-campus, where they also | | | | Art Categories are: animation, ceramics & glass, |
| are often posted. Here are some typical | | | | computer art, design, digital imagery, drawing, mixed |
| departmental scholarship listings: | | | | media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture |
| Baum School of Art | | | | and video & film. Graduating high school seniors |
| Birmingham Southern College | | | | seeking scholarships must submit a body of eight |
| Cranbrook Academy of Art | | | | works of art or photography for Portfolio Awards to |
| Goshen College | | | | their regional office of The Awards. More |
| Hendrix College | | | | • The WorldStudio Foundation Scholarship - |
| St. Lawrence University | | | | Applicants must be pursuing an undergraduate or |
| Most universities do offer scholarships to students | | | | graduate degree in the fine or commercial arts, |
| attending their schools. That's because they really, | | | | design or architecture – one or more of the |
| really want to keep you there. These kinds of | | | | design/arts disciplines below – and plan to enter a |
| scholarships are the easiest to find out about, but | | | | career in the creative professions. Applicants must be |
| somehow overlooked by many students who could | | | | matriculated (or planning to matriculate) at accredited |
| benefit greatly from the funding...and from the | | | | colleges and universities in the United States for the |
| prestige of winning! | | | | fall of the coming academic year and intend on |
| Just to reinforce this idea of funding from your | | | | maintaining full-time status for the entire year. |
| university or college, the Department of Education | | | | International students studying at accredited colleges |
| reports that at public universities, scholarship and | | | | and universities in the United States may apply. More |
| fellowship expenditures have risen consistently from | | | | • Charitable Foundations - The competition to |
| 1980 through 1995. | | | | receive funding from charitable foundations is pretty |
| This may be an indication that there are opportunities | | | | stiff, even from the local ones. That's because they |
| waiting for you. Again, at the very least, you should | | | | do a very good job of soliciting applicants, and the |
| ask your Advisor about other sources if there are | | | | awards are often larger than the smaller groups. |
| none available at your university for your | | | | Nevertheless, there are hundreds of these |
| circumstance. | | | | organizations giving away millions of dollars every |
| • L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of The Future | | | | year. If you know of any locally, you should inquire. |
| Contest. Established in 1988, the L. Ron Hubbard | | | | Or, you can take a glance at these, too: |
| Illustrators of The Future Contest is an ongoing merit | | | | • National Foundations -Andy Warhol Foundation, |
| competition for new and amateur artists. Run on a | | | | Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts, |
| quarterly basis, an eligible entry is comprised of three | | | | Jackie Robinson Foundation |
| science fiction/fantasy illustrations done in a black & | | | | You can see that there's a lot of work involved just |
| white medium rendered from the artist's imagination. | | | | to find these opportunities...but that's nothing |
| Should the artist win with this entry, he is then sent | | | | compared to the work you'll need to put in to win |
| a story from the companion L. Ron Hubbard Writers | | | | them. |
| of The Future Contest for which to render an | | | | Bottom line: There's plenty of scholarship money |
| illustration. This illustration then becomes his or her | | | | available in the arts. You just need to show that |
| entry in the yearly Grand Prize competition. More | | | | you're worth the investment. And, if you are |
| • Liberty Graphics Art Scholarship - Liberty | | | | dedicated to pursuing a career in the arts, you may |
| Graphics is a Maine company, designing and printing | | | | even enjoy the work it takes to stand out from the |
| t-shirts with concern for the environment. We are | | | | crowd anyway. |
| committed to the local economy and wish to | | | | |