NFAA Arts Recognition and Talent Search

ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search®) is NFAA's core program. ARTS identifies high school seniors and other 17 and 18 year old artists in the disciplines of Dance, Film and Video, Jazz, Music, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice and Writing for scholarships and financial support. Through ARTS, NFAA annually awards up to $900,000 in cash awards (with individual awards ranging from $10,000 - $100)and makes available $3 million in scholarship opportunities to America's most outstanding high school senior-age artists through its Scholarship List Service (SLS).

ARTS is the nation's only scholarship program for high school seniors in all art forms. It is NOT a competition. Students are judged against a standard of excellence for their age group within their artistic discipline. They are not judged against each other and are only judged on their artistic ability. Students chosen to participate in ARTS Week as national finalists (100-125 annually) are brought to Miami in January for an all-expenses-paid week of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, interdisciplinary activities, enrichment programs and interviews, as well as final, live auditions.

ARTS Week participants also have the chance to be nominated for the Presidential Scholars in the Arts. NFAA exclusively, and at the request of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, nominates up to 50 ARTS Finalists each year for the honor or being the 20 students chosen as Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

Application Deadlines:

Varies

Maximum Amount:

$10000

NFAA Arts Recognition and Talent Search