Art Education Scholarships
MSUM School of Art offers a variety of Art scholarships for current and incoming students. Scholarships are listed below. Students can apply for university scholarships through the online scholarship application October 1-February 1. You must submit all required materials while the scholarship application is open. Please review the guidelines for a digital portfolio.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Student will be a junior or senior in the semester following application.
Application Criteria:
- Must have a 3.0 in the School of Art coursework.
- Must be a declared Art major in the School of Art.
- Upload a digital portfolio.
This upperclass scholarship is designated for Art Education students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 who are citizens of the United States. Must have declared Art Education as their major and have a 3.0 GPA overall, and must continue to be involved in the School of Art following the Art Education program requirements while receiving the scholarship. The application includes a written statement describing the importance of Art Education for K-12 students and ten images in digital format.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Fall Semester Junior and Senior class level
- Upload a copy of your current transcript
- Upload a statement describing the importance of Art Education for K-12 students.
- Upload a digital portfolio
- The applicant must be a declared major in the School of Art and have at least one year left (two semesters) of their studies at MSUM.
- The student applying must have a 3.0 in MSUM School of Art coursework and a 2.75 overall GPA in MSUM coursework.
- The applicant must be enrolled full time (12 credits per semester).
- The applicant must have completed at least one introductory course and be currently enrolled in or have finished at least one art studio class at the 303 level or above.
- A student may receive no more than three years of awards from this scholarship.
- Current recipients of this scholarship must reapply each year if they wish to have continued support.
- Award winners will be chosen based on the quality of their artwork and the fulfillment of the application requirements.
- Recipients of this scholarship will be required to give a formal public presentation of recent work at the School of Art colloquium.
- Upload a digital portfolio.
- Upload a letter of application that includes a personal statement regarding your commitment to the study of art.
- Upload an artist statement.
The applicant must be a declared major in the School of Art with the intention of pursuing a degree in the Fine Arts.
- A letter of interest indicating your reasons for pursuing an art degree or career in studio arts.
- One or two letters of recommendation from an art professional such as your art teacher, mentor or other professional in the field of art.
- Upload digital portfolio.