Grant and Scholarship Competitions 2008
The League's annual grant and scholarship competitions will be held the week of May 12th in the League's gallery. (The application deadline for the grants and merit scholarships was Friday, April 11, 2008.) The judging of the competition is not open to the public and the gallery will be closed for the event from May 12 to 16.

Grants/Scholarships

Grants
Nessa Cohen Grant Open to League students not registered in oil painting or pastel classes.

Xavier and Ethel Edwards Gonzalez Grant Open to League students of painting for travel and study in Spain.

Phyllis H. Mason Grant Available to a League student working in a representational style.

Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant Open to unmarried League students available for travel and study in Europe.

The Alma Schapiro Travel Grant Open to a League student working in the classical realist tradition.

Lloyd Sherwood Grant Open to a student working in a nonobjective style in oil, acrylic or mixed media.

Scholarships (Tuition Only)
Board of Control (Work-Study) Based on documented need and talent. Recipients are required to work four hours a week at the League.

Merit Scholarships
Joseph Bartnikowksi Scholarship

William Bradley Bettridge Memorial Scholarship for artists working in line or with urban themes

The Leonard and Ruth Bocour Scholarship

Ethel J. Bowen Scholarship for a female artist over age 35

Glenn Dodds Scholarship for drawing, painting, or mixed media students

Janet and Russell Doubleday Scholarship

The Joe Eula Scholarship for artists whose work focuses on drawing

Vivian A. Frankel Scholarship for sculptors

Anthony Gennarelli Scholarship for sculptors working in clay, wood or stone

Trudy and Henry Gillette Painting Scholarship

Trudy and Henry Gillette Sculpture Scholarship

Stella Stember Goldsmith Memorial Scholarship

John Gordon Memorial Scholarship

Janice Grad Memorial Scholarship for painters working in an abstract style

Margo L. H. Hammerschlag Scholarship

John Hultberg Memorial Scholarship for painters working in an abstract or semi-abstract style

James C. Johnson Scholarship for sculptors

Gerda Karr Scholarship for sculptors

Suki Kurjian Memorial Scholarship

Richard Lahey and Carlotta Gonzales Lahey Memorial Scholarship

Richard Lillis Memorial Scholarship

Reginald Marsh and Felicia Meyers Marsh Scholarship

The Henri Matisse Estate Scholarship

John Cullen Murphy Scholarship for drawing

Anthony Palumbo Scholarship for figurative drawing

Charlotte Howard Porter Scholarship

George A. Rada Memorial Scholarship for artists working in the realist tradition

The Harriette Soboloff Riemer Arts Scholarship for female sculptors

Martha T. Rosen Memorial Scholarship

Joan M. Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship

Richard W. Sanders Scholarship for painters

Hyman Stenzel Scholarship for artists working in pastels and/or a realist style

Maria Vejnar Memorial Scholarship for older female painters

Ventura Family Scholarship for printmaking

Gail von der Lippe Scholarship for artists whose work focuses on painting or drawing

Vaclav Vytlacil Memorial Scholarship gift of Dr. Harry L. Segal and Evelyn Buff Segal

Special Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Programs
Ric Del Rossi Summer Scholarship established by Andrew Lukach

Nabeela George Memorial Scholarship for physically disabled students

Susan Mitnick Memorial Art Scholarships for young people

Newington-Cropsey Foundation Scholarships for students working in metal

Michael Ponce de Leon Printmaking Award

The Prescott Fund for Children and Youth Summer Scholarships
Prescott Scholarship 2008 Application (PDF)

Financial Aid
Students in full- and part-time classes are eligible to apply for financial assistance through the League's own financial aid program. The League does not participate in financial aid programs sponsored by the federal or state government.

Financial aid is available to students enrolled in full-time and part-time classes in the form of work-study scholarships, grants and merit-based scholarships. Eligibility requirements and a list of available scholarships and grants may be obtained in the office of the League or below.

Work-study scholarships are based on documented financial need and merit and require four hours of work per week. Jobs are assigned by the scholarship coordinator and are all on campus. Grants are based on juried competition and plans of study, and require specific advanced registration at the League.

Work-Study scholarships: Tuition scholarship requiring students to work in order to pay for their class(es) on a month-to-month basis. Students may apply for work-study scholarships based on documented financial need and merit. Work-study scholarships require four hours of work per week. Jobs are assigned by the scholarship coordinator and are all on campus.