Do you have a talent for art but you’re planning on majoring in something else in college? Well, there are still scholarships out there for students who have a talent for art and they are open to all majors!

If you are planning on a visual arts major in college, there are even more scholarships open to you!

Alaska State Fairgrounds Scholarship
Sponsor: Alaska State Fairgrounds
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 29, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students from the state of Alaska. Applicant must submit an essay or a creative project that addresses one of multiple topics related to the State Fair.

Illustrators of the Future Contest
Sponsor: L. Ron Hubbard Library
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Contest is open to new and amateur artists who have not been professionally published and paid for more than three black-and-white story illustrations, or more than one process-color painting, in media distributed broadly to the general public.

Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
Sponsor: VFW Auxiliary
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to any student in grades 9-12 who are U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals. Applicant must submit a piece of art on paper or canvas – water color, pencil, pastel, charcoal, tempera, crayon, acrylic, pen-and-ink or oil may be used.

Create Real Impact Contest
Sponsor: Impact Teen Drivers
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: April 27, 2023
Description: Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia between the ages of 14 and 22 years of age. Student must submit an original work (social media campaign, video, or graphic design) showcasing their idea for a solution to the very real problem of reckless and distracted driving.

Celebrate the West High School Art Competition
Sponsor: Western Governors’ Association
Amount: Up to $1,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2023
Description: Competition is open to high school students (grades 9-12) in public, private, charter, and alternative schools. Home-schooled students in that age group also may enter. Student must be in a school in a WGA member state: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Applicant must submit a two-dimensional art piece on what their state means to them.