Scholarships

There are many scholarship opportunities for art students at UAF.

The first step in the scholarship process is to visit the UAF Financial Aid website and begin the paperwork process. The deadline for this is February 15.

 
 

Art major Joel Isaak positions equipment prior to pouring molten bronze as part of the process of creating a life-sized sculpture for his senior thesis in the UAF Fine Arts complex. | UAF Photo by Todd Paris

Scholarship opportunities within the department

There are various scholarships available to art students. Please contact the department for more information. 

 

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for photography students with financial need at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

$1000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to graduate students majoring in painting or sculpture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per semester, $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for fine art photography graduate students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Minimum award amount shall be $1,000 annually.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for students in art classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year, see agreement & revisions

Purpose: To provide support for students attending the Summer Music Academy and/or the Summer Visual Art Academy or students majoring in the Fine Arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 an academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships, every year, to outstanding UAF students; one a Mechanical Engineering major and second, a Visual Arts major, who are Juniors or Sophomores, who have the highest financial need, and with a preference for those students whose applications reflect a disadvantaged background. These restrictions and purposes will be applied to the use of your fund in the priority order listed, incorporating all that apply.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarship support for Fine Arts students based on merit for those students whose work is in representational art.

Scholarship

To be determined

Purpose: To provide Scholarships, tuition, and workshop production costs for the advancement of fiber arts.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships to recruit freshman students in music or fine arts.

Scholarship

See agreement and revisions for award detail

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to undergraduate students at the sophomore level or higher, or graduate students who are majoring in any of the fine visual arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarship funding for art students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; criteria is based on creative and technical abilities of a UAF art student with preference given to a degree-seeking student working in ceramics in their junior or senior year maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0. Additional consideration will be given to a student who most exemplifies Liz's contributions to the growth and well-being of our community. The selection committee will be the UAF ceramics professor and the UAF Art Dept Chair or his/her designee. They will communicate with the Berry family during the selection process to inform them of the recipient.

Scholarship

$500 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for students (entering 6th grade through having just completed 12th grade) attending the Summer Music Academy at University of Alaska Fairbanks who are not only interested in developing their own talents in any of the arts areas but also are appreciative of and willing to help in the development of others' talents.

 

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to students of the Ceramics Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to students majoring in Art at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Preference will be given to students studying jewelry making/silversmithing.

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for undergraduate declared art majors with sophomore standing or above, with consideration to be given for achievement and/or need, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to outstanding students studying journalism and/or painting at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to undergraduate and graduate students with a Native Art concentration within the Art Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. If no student fits this criterion, the scholarship may support other students in the UAF Art Department.

Scholarship

Minimum $1,000 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships to University of Alaska Fairbanks students who are declared majors in the art program.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year

Purpose: To foster and nurture the Native talent in all forms of the Native arts and crafts.

Scholarship

Minimum $500 per academic year

Purpose: To provide scholarships for art student, preference for those with a ceramics concentration.

Scholarship

See agreement and revisions for award detail

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to art students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts.

Grant

More information available here

Purpose: to recruit and retain students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who exhibit exceptional potential for excellence in the fine arts and to encourage them to further develop their talent while enrolled at UAF.

 

 

 

Kasugahara Miki (left) and Natalie Tan Rei Hsi (right) ice skate on the frozen Tanana Lake with Nanook Recreation on Sunday, February 3rd, 2019. | UAF Photo by Sarah Manriquez
Did you know?

CLA has been the beneficiary of some truly generous gifts from alumni, friends, former professors and staff and other donors. The College of Liberal Arts has many scholarships to offer, from department-specific to college-wide. Why don't you see if there's another here for you?

 

 

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