Visual Arts Foundation 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 $25,000 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
BFA Advertising and BFA Design Departments | Gail Anderson, Chair
- Adam Zakin & Karen Duthie Zakin Scholarship
- $500
- Craig Adam Budin Memorial Award
- $500
- Frank Camardella Memorial Award
- $750
- Henry Wolf Foundation Scholarships
- $25,000
- Ruth & Ken Deardoff Scholarships in Advertising Three awards per year
- $5,000
- Jerry Ashkinos Scholarship Advertising Students
- $1,250
- Keith Gallagher Memorial Scholarship Design Students
- $500
- Rush Hinsdale Award
- $1,000
- Type Directors Club Scholarship Design Students
- $1,000
- Mitch Shostak Scholarship Sophomore, Junior & Senior Years of Study
- $10,000
BFA Animation Department | Hsiang Chin Moe, Chair
- John Gaug Memorial Scholarship
- $500
- Heroes of Color Grants Up to five awards of $200
- $1,000
BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects Department | Jimmy Calhoun, Chair
- Billy Sunshine Award
- $500
BFA Film Department | Mary Lee Grisanti, Acting Chair
- Dr. John Lidstone Scholarship
- $1,000
- Diana King Memorial Scholarship Five awards per year
- $3,500
BFA Fine Arts Department | Suzanne Anker, Chair
- Pamela Brown Roberts Memorial Scholarship
- $1,500
- Society of Scribes Award
- $750
BFA Illustration and BFA Comics Departments | Viktor Koen, Chair
- Archie Goodwin Memorial Award
- $1,000
- Harvey Kurtzman Memorial Award
- $1,000
- Joseph Orlando Memorial Award
- $1,000
- Robert Eric Farmer Award Sophomore year of study
- $5,000
- Robert Eric Farmer Materials Award Sophomore year of study
- $1,000
- Lou Stathis Memorial Award
- $1,000
- Robert Frankenberg Award
- $2,000
- Wally Wood Memorial Scholarship
- $1,000
- Thomas Woodruff Scholarship For outstanding third-year project
- $10,000
BFA Interior Design: Built Environments Department | Carol Bentel, Chair
- Neville Lewis Memorial Thesis Award
- $1,000
- 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 and Video Department | Joseph Maida, Chair
- Alice Beck-Odette Award Scholarship
- $1,000
- Robin Forbes Memorial Award
- $1,000
- The Venus Award
- $1,000
- Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Award
- $1,000
- The Darrel Ellis Memorial Award Rising Junior or Senior
- $2,500
- Marc Levine '80 Mets Photography Internship Summer internship with the NY Mets for a Rising Junior or Senior
- $10,000
MA Design Research, Writing & Criticism Department | Molly Heintz, Chair
- Henry Wolf Foundation Scholarships
- $25,000
MFA Design | Randy Hunt, Chair
- Paul Rand Thesis Venture R & D Awards
- $1,000
- Eva Doman Bruck Award
- $5,000
MFA Fine Arts Department | Mark Tribe, Chair
- Frieda Esikoff Scholarship
- $750
MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department | Riccardo Vecchio, Chair
- Marshall Arisman Scholarship Fund Financial assistance in times of need
- Amounts Vary
- Coyne Family Foundation Award
- Amounts Vary
- Unalane Foundation Award
- Amounts Vary
- Frieda Esikoff Scholarship
- $750
- Robert Weaver Memorial Award
- $500
MPS Art Therapy Department | Deborah Farber, Chair
- Estelle Bellomo Award
- $5,000
- Ray Levine Memorial Award
- $2,000
- Irene Rosner David Medical Art Therapy Scholarship
- $1,000
- Valery Daniels Memorial Lecture
- Amounts Vary
MFA Photography, Video and Related Media | Charles Traub, Chair
- MFA Photography Fund Faculty and student support and development
- $5,000