High School Art Scholarship due April 15: $1,000.00

THE WALWORTH COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 2011
Art Scholarship Award

The Walworth County Arts Council has a long history of encouraging students to expand their learning of arts skills. In the early 1970s, each high school teacher was encouraged to name their three top students. They were then invited to display several pieces of their work as part of an exhibit hung in the courthouse hall ways. These works were then judged and the outstanding artist in the show was awarded a scholarship to attend Summer Studio at Wausau and later at U.W. Green Bay.

The number of opportunities to exhibit increased and participation among the schools waned.

Several years ago the Arts Council Board decided to change direction and began offering a $500.00 Scholarship to a graduating senior who was going to pursue a degree that would lead to a career in some field of art.

The size of the scholarship was increased to $1000.00 because of the ever increasing cost of tuition and art supplies. Please note the deadline for application is April 15th. Click on our Scholarship page for the application form.

The number of applicants varies from year to year depending on the number of graduating seniors in the arts as well as the number who are planning to pursue a career in the visual arts.

Applications have ranged as high as ten as low as three. Quality has always been high.

Please advise your graduating art students of the availability of this scholarship.

Thank you.