SVA Departmental Scholarships and Awards
The Visual Arts Foundation provides scholarships for deserving students to study at the School of Visual Arts; supports exhibitions, conferences, and competitions and promotes the study and improvement of the arts; encourages cooperation and exchange among artists, designers, students, publishers and others engaged in artistic activities; receives gifts, legacies and donations; and offers awards, appropriations and scholarships from these resources.
Please Note: All Third Year students are automatically considered for these scholarships except where otherwise indicated.
In order to establish a scholarship, award, or exhibition fund please submit a Letter of Intent including:
- Name of the award
- Purpose of the award
- Number of awards to be distributed
- Frequency of distribution
- Duration of the award
- Amount of each award
- Eligibility criteria for award (e.g. portfolio of work, G.P.A., financial need, college grade level, citizenship, essay, etc.)
- Delegation of responsibility to select grant awardees
- The type of fund to be established:
- An endowed fund, created from a minimum $20,000 corpus, to be invested and maintained by the Foundation. This fund is sustained by investment returns
- A single or annual donation to be disbursed until depleted. The gift may be supplemented over time with additional donations.
Development Program
Office of Admissions
- Samton Scholarship
Support for Freshman and Sophomore Years for outstanding NYC Public High School graduates with a preference for students who participated in the Center for Arts Education’s Career Development Program. - $5000
BFA Advertising & Design Departments | Gail Anderson, Chair
- Adam Zakin & Karen Duthie Zakin Scholarship
- $350
- Craig Adam Budin Memorial Award
- $500
- Frank Camardella Memorial Award
- $750
- Henry Wolf Scholarships in Advertising and Graphic Design
- $25000
- SVA Matching Henry Wolf Scholarships in Advertising and Design
- $25000
- Jerry Ashkinos Scholarship (Advertising Students)
- $1250
- Keith Gallagher Memorial Scholarship (Design Students)
- $500
- Rush Hinsdale Award
- $1000
- Type Directors Club Scholarship (Design Students)
- $1000
- Mitch Shostak Scholarship (Sophomore, Junior & Senior Years of Study)
- $5000
- Billy Sunshine Award
- $1000
BFA Animation Department | Hsiang Chin Moe, Chair
- John Gaug Memorial Scholarship
- $300
BFA Film Department | Mary Lee Grisanti, Acting Chair
- John Lidstone Scholarship
- $1000
BFA Fine Arts Department | Suzanne Anker, Chair
- Pamela Brown Roberts Memorial Scholarship
- $1500
- Society of Scribes Award
- $500
BFA Illustration & Cartooning Departments | Thomas Woodruff, Chair
- Archie Goodwin Memorial Award
- $1000
- Harvey Kurtzman Memorial Award
- $1000
- Joseph Orlando Memorial Award
- $1000
- Robert Eric Farmer Award (Sophomore year of study)
- $2000
- Robert Eric Farmer Materials Award (Sophomore year of study)
- $150
- Lou Stathis Memorial Award
- $1000
- Robert Frankenberg Award
- $2000
- Wally Wood Memorial Scholarship
- $1000
BFA Interior Design Department | Carol Bentel, Chair
- ASID Education Legacy Fund (Open Competition with Other Schools)
- Amounts Vary
- Decorator’s Club (Open Competition with Other Schools)
- Amounts Vary
- IIDA Scholarship Award (Open Competition with Other Schools)
- Amounts Vary
- Donghia Scholarship (Open Competition with Other Schools)
- Amounts Vary
BFA Photography & Video Department | Joseph Maida, Chair
- Alice Beck-Odette Award Scholarship
- $1000
- The Hub Scholarship (Sophomore year of study)
- Amounts Vary
- Robin Forbes Memorial Award
- $500
- The Venus Award
- $1000
MA Design Research, Writing & Criticism Department | Molly Heintz, Chair
- Henry Wolf Scholarships
- $25000
MFA Fine Arts Department | Mark Tribe, Chair
- Frieda Esikoff Scholarship
- $750
MFA Illustration Department | Marshall Arisman, Chair
- Coyne Family Foundation
- Amounts Vary
- Frieda Esikoff Scholarship
- $750
- Robert Weaver Memorial Award
- $500
MPS Art Therapy Department | Deborah Farber, Chair
- Estelle Bellomo Award
- $5000
- Ray Levine Memorial Award
- $2000