Scholarships open to students interesting in and/or majoring in fields related to art and design, including art, graphic design, and photography.

NEWH | Dallas Scholarship
Sponsor: NEWH | Dallas
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 26, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to currently enrolled students attending an accredited college in Northern Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, or Kansas. Applicant must have a career objective in one of the areas of the Hospitality Industry (i.e., Hotel/Restaurant Management, Culinary/Foodservice, Architecture, Interior Design, etc.)

Beinecke Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Beinecke Scholarship Program
Amount: $35,000.00
Closing Date: March 27, 2026
Description: Scholarship program is open to college juniors who are currently majoring in the arts, humanities or social sciences and plan to attend graduate school. Applicant must demonstrate superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise. Applicant must attend a participating institution (137 colleges – see website for details) and must be nominated by campus liaison (see website for details).

CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship
Sponsor: Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 27, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to African America and Black graduating high school seniors and current college student pursuing an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degree in visual arts.

Illustrators of the Future Contest
Sponsor: L. Ron Hubbard Library
Amount: $500.00
Closing Date: March 31, 2026
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.

International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students studying interior design.

Jim Boyce Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Accessibility Professionals Association
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 31, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and residents of the U.S. who are current students in good standing at a U.S. institution of higher education with an accredited degree program in architecture, civil engineering, interior design, or other degree programs closely related to accessibility/universal design.

HGA Scholarships
Sponsor: Handweavers Guild of America (HGA)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program in the field of fiber arts.

art + biz Scholarship
Sponsor: Barrel and Flow Fest
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Rolling
Description: Scholarship is open to residents of Western Pennsylvania who identify as Black or African American, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color. Applicant must be currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in a visual arts, performing arts, or culinary arts.