Funding Resources/Funding Lists

Funding for Visual Artists - Scholarships

College Art Association

Professional Development Fellowships: $5,000 fellowships are provided to artists and art historians in their second-to-last year of an M.F.A., Ph.D., or M.A. degree program. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and must be part of a community that has been traditionally marginalized from the profession. 

College Art Association
275 7th Ave., 18th Fl.
New York, NY 10001-6708
(phone) 212-691-1051
(fax) 212-627-2381
Email: nyoffice@collegeart.org
Website: www.collegeart.org/fellowships

Blanche E. Colman Trust

Scholarships to art students in New England.

 

Blanche E. Colman Trust
c/o Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
1 Boston Pl. (024-0092)
Boston, MA 02108
(phone) 617-722-3891

National Sculpture Society, Inc.

Scholarships of $1,000 each are available for students of figurative or representational sculpture. Scholarships are paid directly to the academic institution through which the student applies. The submission deadline is May 31 every year.

National Sculpture Society, Inc.
237 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(phone) 212-764-5645
(fax) 212-764-5651

Email: info@nationalsculpture.org
Website: www.nationalsculpture.org

 

Worldstudio Foundation AIGA Scholarships

Mission is to increase diversity in the creative professions and to foster social and environmental responsibility in the artists, designers, and studios of tomorrow. Provides scholarships for undergraduate or graduate art students from minority or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, in the range of $1,000-$5,000.

Worldstudio Foundation
164 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(phone) 212-807-1990

(fax) 212-807-1799
Email: scholarshipcoordinator@worldstudio.org
Website: www.worldstudio.org

 

Union League Civic & Arts Foundation

Awards to students enrolled full-time in visual arts degree programs at metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, schools. In addition, recipients' artwork will be displayed.

Union League Civic & Arts Foundation
65 W. Jackson Blvd., Ste. 901
Chicago, IL  60604-3598
(phone) 312-427-7800, ext. 308
(fax) 312-427-8117
To email, use the form at: www.ulcc.org/asp/composemail.asp
Website: www.ulcc.org

Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.

Several grants are available to Guild members for the study of textile arts in academic and non-accredited programs.  

Handweavers Guild of America, Inc
1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211
Suwanee, GA  30024

(phone) 678-730-0010
(fax) 678-730-0836
Email: hga@weavespindye.org
Website: www.weavespindye.org
 

*Note: Many community foundations administer scholarship funds for students from their area.  Find your local community foundation at:

www.communityfoundationlocator.org/search/index.cfm