Art Scholarships
Art scholarships run the gamut from drawing to painting to photography to design and even
include art of the culinary, musical and literary variety. Many art scholarships are specific to a particular
state, county, or even a particular college in addition to the art major or art interest/ability requirement, so we recommend you go
to www.scholarships.com to conduct
a free scholarship search. If you have an interest in art scholarships, be sure
to include this information while conducting your search. If any of the art scholarships
in our database are available to you, you will see them in your search results.
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L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of The Future Contest
Established in 1988, the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of The Future Contest is an ongoing merit competition for new and amateur artists. Run on a quarterly basis, an eligible entry is comprised of three science fiction/fantasy illustrations done in a black & white medium rendered from the artist's imagination. Should the artist win with this entry, he is then sent a story from the companion L. Ron Hubbard Writers of The Future Contest for which to render an illustration.
This illustration then becomes his or her entry in the yearly Grand Prize competition. More
Liberty Graphics Art Scholarship
Liberty Graphics is a Maine company, designing and printing t-shirts with concern for the environment. We are committed to the local economy and wish to encourage local talent. Liberty Graphics conducts a yearly juried art contest, and presents the winner with a $1000 award.
The contest is open only to high school seniors who are a resident of Maine.
Each year the contest theme may change. This year the contest title is "Art and Our Natural Environment". Entries should reflect an appreciation of our natural environment. More
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). More
Scholarships.com College Art Scholarship
No longer is art restricted to the painters and the sculptors. "Art" is simply too broad a term to shut out those who don't work in oils, marble or bronze. In today’s world, students who major in commercial arts, graphic design and photojournalism are all considered artists in their respective fields. To recognize and support artists of many varying mediums, Scholarships.com has created a new art scholarship.
Students who apply for the Scholarships.com Art Scholarship will have the chance to earn $1,000 towards their college education—and it couldn’t be easier. More
The Scholastic Art Awards
The Scholastic Art Awards honor students currently enrolled in grades 7-12, recognizing about 50,000 regional winners. Nationally, 800 young artists' individual works receive Gold and Silver awards in each of 14 art categories. Art Categories are: animation, ceramics & glass, computer art, design, digital imagery, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video & film.
Graduating high school seniors seeking scholarships must submit a body of eight works of art or photography for Portfolio Awards to their regional office of The Awards. More
The WorldStudio Foundation Scholarship
Applicants must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in the fine or commercial arts, design or architecture – one or more of the design/arts disciplines below – and plan to enter a career in the creative professions.
Applicants must be matriculated (or planning to matriculate) at accredited colleges and universities in the United States for the fall of the coming academic year and intend on maintaining full-time status for the entire year.
International students studying at accredited colleges and universities in the United States may apply. More