Scholarships, Workshops, Residency and Internship Opportunities

Departmental Scholarships

Below are the Departmental Scholarships.

Gene Hatfield Scholarship – Fall $750; Spring $750

Yvonne Disterheft Scholarship – Fall $600; Spring $600

Doris Curtis Scholarship – Fall $500; Spring $500

Windgate JR/SR Scholarship – Fall $2500; Spring $2500

Windgate Freshman Scholarship – Fall $2000; Spring $2000

George Anderson Scholarship (Interior Design) – Fall $500; Spring $500

For more information about Departmental Scholarships, please contact the Department of Art and Design Office at 450-3113.


Arrowmont Workshop Application

APPLICATION DUE DATE: Second Monday in February by 5:00 PM

WORKSHOP APPLICANTS: The workshop scholarship is open to all students within the Department of Art and Design. UCA has partnered with the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts to establish a scholarship to support at least TWO students to attend workshops at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, Tennessee for summer 2023.

The scholarship has an approximate value of $1300 and includes the one-week course fee, application fee, meals & housing in dormitory style facilities (student may upgrade their housing for an additional charge), and a $300 stipend that may be used for travel and materials fee. If a two-week class is selected, the recipient is responsible for the additional course fee and meals/housing costs.

If you are selected for this scholarship you will need to then fill out the registration form which will be sent to you with your departmental acceptance letter, and return it to Arrowmont by mail, email or fax on or before Arrowmont’s deadline. Upon receipt of the completed applications, they will process the registrations and send the appropriate information to the student prior to their class.

The Arrowmont process requires that you list your top three workshop choices in order of preference. This is also required on your departmental scholarship application form along with a description of the impact of these three choices in the Justification of Worth section of this application. To see workshop listings go to
https://www.arrowmont.org/workshops-classes/

It is required that you complete the entire application correctly to be considered for this scholarship. If you have questions about this process please contact Professor Liz Smith, well in advance of the deadline, at lizs@uca.edu and put “scholarship question” in the headline of your e-mail.

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Windgate Scholarship Recipient Report

DUE DATE: First Monday in April

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: For full-time or part-time art majors that have been awarded the Windgate Scholarship and require renewal.

AWARD: $2500 up to $5,000 per semester in the junior/senior year, based on amount of financial need

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Internship Scholarship Application

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME AS THE INTERNSHIP APPLICATION

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INTERNSHIP APPLICANTS: The internship scholarship is open to those students completing the ART 4375 or ART 4675 course for BA or BFA students. Funding can be used for travel, food and lodging. It is required that you complete the entire application correctly to be considered for this scholarship. If you have questions about this process please contact Professor Liz Smith, well in advance of the deadline, at lizs@uca.edu and put “scholarship question” in the headline of your e-mail.

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Art and Design Alumni Residency

Application Deadlines:

  • Fall applications are due the second Monday in April.
  • Spring applications are due the second Monday in October.

For information :  Alumni Residency Application