Arts Scholarships

3392 scholarships

$250,000 largest award

Nov 07, 2026 next deadline

Our catalog lists 3392 active awards for Arts students — scholarships, grants, fellowships, and other student funding. Awards range up to $250,000. Each listing links to the official application so you always apply through the real sponsor — never a paid middleman.

Arts scholarships and grants often reward more than grades. Professional associations, employers, and university departments fund students who show genuine commitment to the field — through projects, internships, competitions, or community work. Tailor each essay to the sponsor's mission rather than reusing one generic statement.

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowships — due Nov 07, 2026
Regeneron Science Talent Search — due Nov 12, 2026
Catarino and Evangelina Hernández Research Fellowships in — due Nov 15, 2026
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship — due Nov 15, 2026
VSA Emerging Young Artists Program — due Nov 16, 2026

Arts scholarships

Jake Gilbert Memorial Culinary Arts Scholarship — Main Street Community Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-01

Gregori Jakovina Scholarship — Pride Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline January

SPE Student Awards for Innovations in Imaging — Society for Photographic Education

Up to $500 · Deadline —

San Diego Chapter AIWF Scholarship — American Institute of Wine & Food-San Diego Chapter

Up to $3,000 · Deadline —

Leslie B. Durst Scholarship and Shirley S. Durst Scholarship — Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

Up to $4,000 · Deadline —

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts Scholarship Program — Auguste Escoffier School

Up to $500 · Deadline —

Native Hawaiian Visual Arts Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Up to $2,150 · Deadline December 15.

American Culinary Federation Nutrition-Focused Scholarships — American Culinary Federation

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2027-04-01

American Culinary Federation Scholarship — American Culinary Federation

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2027-04-01

Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association Scholarship — Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

Star-Ledger Scholarships for the Performing Arts — New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Amount varies · Deadline —

Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Scholarship — Illinois Restaurant Association

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-05-01

Study Scholarship for Artists or Musicians — Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst

Amount varies · Deadline —

The Beinecke Scholarship Program — The Sperry Fund

Up to $35,000 · Deadline —

Dr Fletcher L Gamble Scholarship — Bold.org

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-04-30

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Doodle for Google — Google

Up to $30,000 · Deadline 2027-03-14

Dorothy and Dick Burgess Scholarship — Jackson Community Foundation

Up to $4,000 · Deadline —

Larry McDonald Scholarship — Pride Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline January

Dorothy L. Maddy Academic Scholarship — Stained Glass Association of America

Up to $1,000 · Deadline —

Dorothy L. Maddy Workshop/Seminar Scholarship — Stained Glass Association of America

Up to $600 · Deadline —

Lykes/Darden Scholarship — Headwaters Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline —

Wellington Art Society Scholarship Program — Wellington Art Society

Amount varies · Deadline March

Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship — Gallery Collection

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

Maine Graphic Arts Association Scholarships — Maine Graphic Arts Association

Amount varies · Deadline —

Bodie McDowell Scholarship — Outdoor Writers Association of America

Up to $5,000 · Deadline March

The Jack K. & Gertrude Murphy Award — San Francisco Foundation

Up to $40,000 · Deadline April

Western Governors' Association "Celebrate the West" High School Art — Western Governors' Association

Up to $1,000 · Deadline April

Catarino and Evangelina Hernández Research Fellowships in — Texas State Historical Association

Up to $1,000 · Deadline November 15.

Heart Stroke Foundation Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars — Heart Stroke Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

The S.F. Humanities, Inc: Leo Hills Scholarship — Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

Up to $1,000 · Deadline —

Salt Lick on Salt Creek Dream Big Scholarship — Salt Lick on Salt Creek, LLC

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-05-29

Ula Baker Sheecha Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

History of Art: Institutional Fellowships — Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Up to $30,000 · Deadline November 30.

Theatre Guild Scholarship — Theatre Guild of Simsbury

Amount varies · Deadline —

CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship — CBC Spouses

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-27

$2,000 John S. Renner Memorial Scholarship — Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County

Up to $2,000 · Deadline 2027-02-01

Beinecke Scholarship Program — The Beinecke Foundation

Up to $34,000 · Deadline —

Fugazzotto Scholarship Fund for Visual Arts Students — Grand Haven Area Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowships — Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Up to $8,000 · Deadline November 7.

Beinecke Scholarship Program — Beinecke Scholarship Program

Up to $34,000 · Deadline —

UAA Friends of the Performing Arts Scholarship — University of Alaska Anchorage

Up to $500 · Deadline —

UAA Kimura Scholarship Fund for Illustration — University of Alaska Anchorage

Up to $500 · Deadline —

Adobe Creativity Scholarship — Adobe

Up to $25,000 · Deadline —

Adobe Design Circle Scholarship — Adobe / Institute of International Education (IIE)

Up to $25,000 · Deadline —

UCSD Black Alumni Scholarship for Arts, Humanities & Social — The San Diego Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

UCSD Black Alumni Scholarships for Math, Science & Engineering — The San Diego Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

ARFUTURE — ADHE Scholarship Application Management System (SAMS)

Amount varies · Deadline —

CardsDirect Future Designer Scholarship — CardsDirect

Up to $2,500 · Deadline May

Papy Wellington Saygbay Scholarship

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-02-27

Gerrit R. Ludwig Scholarship Fund — Hawaii Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Manzer-Keener-Wefler Scholarship Fund — Stark Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline April

Marcia S. Harris Legacy Fund Scholarship — Restaurant Association of Maryland Education Foundation

Up to $500 · Deadline April

National Sculpture Society Participation Scholarships — National Sculpture Society

Up to $150 · Deadline —

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Scholarships360

Up to $12,500 · Deadline —

Graham Hackley Scholarship — Headwaters Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline —

LGBTQIA Arts and Personal Development Scholarship — Thomas Obershaw

Up to $1,375 · Deadline 2027-05-01

NCRLA Golden Corral Scholarship — North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association

Up to $4,000 · Deadline —

Classic Center Cultural Foundation Visual Arts Scholarship — Classic Center Cultural Foundation

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program — Office of Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education

Amount varies · Deadline —

Albinas Elskus Scholarship — Stained Glass Association of America

Up to $1,000 · Deadline —

Lewis Hollins Memorial Art Scholarship — Shannon Bradford

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-05-25

Waters' Family Scholarship — Grand Haven Area Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Superior Seating Scholarship — Superior Seating

Up to $1,500 · Deadline November

Web Design Scholarship — Bowen Media, Inc.

Up to $1,500 · Deadline —

Alfred T. Granger Student Art Fund Scholarship — Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline —

WebstaurantStore Food Service and Hospitality Scholarship — Fastweb

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Helen R. (Finley) Loescher and Stephen B. Loescher Scholarship — Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

Amount varies · Deadline —

AI Microcredential Grant for 2025-2026 — Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE)

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-05-30

Against the Grain Artistic Scholarship

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-05-31

Northwest-Shoals Community College Fine Arts Scholarships - Drama — Northwest-Shoals Community College Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Artist-in-Residence Workspace Grant — Center for Book Arts

Up to $1,500 · Deadline —

Friends Of The Black Scholarship — Friends of the Black Scholarship

Amount varies · Deadline —

Daledancescholarship — Bold.org (Donor: Dale Sterling)

Amount varies · Deadline —

NROC Art Scholarship — Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Up to $3,000 · Deadline —

Nyrie Sevan Gharibian Scholarship — Gay and Lesbian Armenian Society

Up to $1,000 · Deadline —

Arts & Entertainment Scholarship (HBCU Week) — HBCU Week

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-02-16

Antonio Cirino Memorial Scholarship — Rhode Island Foundation

Up to $12,000 · Deadline —

NGA Conservation Fellowships — National Gallery of Art

Amount varies · Deadline —

Ed Hasnerl/WKVI Scholarship — Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline July

Art Council of Princeton Scholarship Program — Arts Council of Princeton

Amount varies · Deadline —

Donald Wills Jacobs Scholarships — University of Alaska

Up to $500 · Deadline February

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Scholarships — Arts Foundation of Cape Cod

Amount varies · Deadline —

Polaire Weissman Fund Fellowship — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amount varies · Deadline —

VSA Emerging Young Artists Program — VSA

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2026-11-16

Eric E. Smoker Memorial Scholarship — Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline July

Phillip Morales Memorial Art Scholarship

Amount varies · Deadline —

Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Scholarship — Entertainment Software Association (ESA)

Amount varies · Deadline —

CBC Spouses Heineken award

Amount varies · Deadline —

Charles "Chuck" Makanui, Jr. Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Grants to Artists — Foundation for Contemporary Arts

Up to $40,000 · Deadline —

Aurelio J. Barrera Memorial Arts Scholarship — Barrera-Villegas

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2027-04-14

Plan NH's Scholarship and Fellowship Program — Plan New Hampshire

Amount varies · Deadline April

Portfolio Award — Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

Naomi Rabb Winston Scholarship in Two-Dimensional Art

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-02-01

Helen Woo Scholarships Awards — Academy of Special Dreams

Amount varies · Deadline —

Smithsonian Minority Awards Program - Visiting Student — Office of Fellowships and Internships Smithsonian Institution

Up to $600 · Deadline —

Prescott Fine Arts Association Scholarship Program — Prescott Center for the Arts

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

Art Therapy Scholarship — Unknown

Amount varies · Deadline —

Academy of Special Dreams College Scholarship Fund — Academy of Special Dreams

Amount varies · Deadline —

Quality Bath.com Scholarship — QualityBath.com

Up to $1,500 · Deadline —

James P. and Joy Y. Zana Scholarship — Greater Grand Island Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Reat Griffin Underwood Memorial Scholarship — Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Up to $2,500 · Deadline —

Jeff MacNelly Art Award — Headwaters Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline —

Robert W. and Bernice Ingalls Staton Scholarships — University of Oregon

Up to $6,550 · Deadline March 1; April 1.

Arts & Entertainment Scholarship (HBCU Week)

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-02-16

John and Reiko Kuga Phillip Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

"Creativity Takes Courage" Scholarship for Art Students — Scholarships360

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-04-15

Kamehameha Schools Class of 1963 Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December

Ken Gray Endowment Scholarship Fund — University of Alaska Anchorage

Up to $500 · Deadline —

Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest — Duck Tape

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Scholarships — National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-01

Also open to Arts students

Coca-Cola Scholars Program — Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

Horatio Alger National Scholarship — Horatio Alger Association

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-10-25

Gates Scholarship — Gates Scholarship Program

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-09-15

Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship — Elks National Foundation

Up to $7,500 · Deadline 2026-11-15

Dell Scholars Program — Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship — Jackie Robinson Foundation

Up to $30,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Ron Brown Scholar Program — Ron Brown Scholar Program

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-01-09

Buick Achievers Scholarship — General Motors

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-02-28

Courageous Persuaders Video Scholarship — Detroit Auto Dealers Association

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-02-08

Profile in Courage Essay Contest — John F. Kennedy Library

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-12

VFW Voice of Democracy — Veterans of Foreign Wars

Up to $35,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

VFW Patriot's Pen Essay Contest — Veterans of Foreign Wars

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship — Amazon

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-02-16

Google Lime Scholarship — Google / Lime Connect

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

Unigo $10K Scholarship — Unigo

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2026-12-31

Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team — Phi Theta Kappa / Coca-Cola

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Point Foundation Scholarship — Point Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar — Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

UNCF General Scholarship — UNCF

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-31

Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship — APIA Scholars

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-01-19

National Merit Scholarship Program — National Merit Scholarship Corporation

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-10-01

QuestBridge College Prep Scholars — QuestBridge

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-03-20

GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship — GE Foundation / Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-05

AEA Teachers' Children Scholarship — American Education Association

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-03-15

National Eagle Scout Association Scholarship — Boy Scouts of America

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Girl Scouts Gold Award Scholarship — Girl Scouts of the USA

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

National FFA Scholarship Program — National FFA Organization

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

SkillsUSA Scholarships — SkillsUSA

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-01

Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship — Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Up to $55,000 · Deadline 2026-11-18

Cameron Impact Scholarship — Bryan Cameron Education Foundation

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-09-09

Burger King Scholars Program — Burger King Foundation

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2026-12-15

Carson Scholars Fund — Carson Scholars Fund

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-01-09

Heisman High School Scholarship — Heisman Trophy Trust

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-10-21

Foot Locker Scholar Athletes — Foot Locker Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2026-12-18

Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship — Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2026-12-05

Regeneron Science Talent Search — Society for Science

Up to $250,000 · Deadline 2026-11-12

Davidson Fellows Scholarship — Davidson Institute

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-02-11

Coolidge Scholarship — Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Up to $80,000 · Deadline 2027-01-22

Equitable Excellence Scholarship — Equitable Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2026-12-18

TheDream.US National Scholarship — TheDream.US

Up to $33,000 · Deadline 2027-02-26

APIA Scholars Scholarship — Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholars

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

Society of Women Engineers Scholarships — Society of Women Engineers

Up to $15,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

NSBE Scholarship Program — National Society of Black Engineers

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

SHPE Scholarship Program — Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-30

AISES Scholarships — American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-05-31

ACS Scholars Program — American Chemical Society

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

AMVETS National Scholarship — AMVETS

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-04-30

American Legion Oratorical Contest — The American Legion

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition — C-SPAN

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-20

DECA Scholarship Program — DECA Inc.

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-17

Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship — Taco Bell Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-21

McDonald's HACER National Scholarship — McDonald's

Up to $100,000 · Deadline 2027-02-05

Hagan Scholarship — Hagan Scholarship Foundation

Up to $60,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Elks Legacy Awards — Elks National Foundation

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-02-02

BigFuture Scholarships — College Board

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-06-30

Scholarships for Military Children — Fisher House Foundation

Up to $2,000 · Deadline 2027-02-13

Folds of Honor Scholarship — Folds of Honor Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-31

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation — Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

DAR General Scholarships — Daughters of the American Revolution

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Optimist International Essay Contest — Optimist International

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-02-28

ASHRAE High School Senior Scholarship — ASHRAE

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-05-01

SAE Engineering Scholarships — SAE International

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-03-15

AFCEA STEM Majors Scholarship — AFCEA Educational Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-14

HOSA Scholarships — HOSA - Future Health Professionals

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-13

Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards — Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-10-15

Dream Big Scholarship — Big Sun Athletics

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-06-19

Ayn Rand Institute Essay Contests — Ayn Rand Institute

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-04-24

John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest — JFK Library Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-12

We the Students Essay Contest — Bill of Rights Institute

Up to $7,500 · Deadline 2027-04-15

Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship — Vegetarian Resource Group

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-02-20

Stuck at Prom Scholarship — Duck Brand

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-06-03

QuestBridge National College Match — QuestBridge

Up to $80,000 · Deadline 2027-09-26

Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway — Dr Pepper

Up to $100,000 · Deadline 2027-10-15

AFSA High School Senior Scholarship — American Fire Sprinkler Association

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-04-01

Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship — Gen and Kelly Tanabe

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-07-31

NSDA Academic All American Scholarship — National Speech & Debate Association

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-03-20

AACN Nursing Student Scholarship — American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

YoungArts National Arts Competition — National YoungArts Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-10-13

Morehead-Cain Scholarship — Morehead-Cain Foundation

Up to $100,000 · Deadline 2027-10-15

Lost Dreams Awaken Scholarship — Bold.org

Amount varies · Deadline —

QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship — QuestBridge

Amount varies · Deadline —

Quick Apply Scholarships — scholarships360.org

Amount varies · Deadline —

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Scholarship opportunities for students — Scholarships360

Amount varies · Deadline —

Pathways to Careers Scholarship Fund — CECU Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline January

Women in HVACR Scholarship — Women in HVACR

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-06-01

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Scholarships — Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-03-01

Ford Auto Tech Scholarship — Ford Philanthropy via TechForce Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline —

Frequently asked questions

Who offers Arts scholarships?

Professional associations, employers, university departments, and private foundations all fund Arts students. We aggregate them so you can apply from one place.

Do I need a declared major to apply for Arts scholarships?

Usually a stated intent to study the field is enough. Many awards accept high school seniors who plan to pursue the major in college.

Does Scholarship Wizard charge to apply?

No. You always apply directly on the sponsor's official page, and legitimate scholarships never charge an application fee. A Scholarship Wizard subscription pays for matching, essay help, and deadline tracking, never for the right to apply.

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