Performing Arts Scholarships

Do you enjoy playing a musical instrument, dancing or acting?

Would you like to develop and refine such skills as well as expand your knowledge about the historical and theoretical aspects of music, dance or theater?

If so, the performing arts scholarships are exactly what you are looking for!

Aimed at providing significant financial support to both artists and critics/theoreticians, these scholarships will offer you access to fine arts colleges and universities where the performing arts are studied both in pragmatic terms, as skills to be mastered and employed, and in their complex historical and theoretical dimensions.

The Japanese American Citizens League is there to protect the civil and human rights of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, so its aim is to promote and preserve the heritage and legacy of the Japanese American Community. They are helping students achieve their educational dreams with the Na...
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Students seeking admission to the University of Alabama at Birmingham [UAB] can benefit from this scholarship worth $1,000. The scholarship award is intended for students enrolled for performing arts courses. Special consideration is given for students enrolled for music courses.
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Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship provides curatorial training. The fellow has to devote his or her time to a specific Met project and will get the opportunity to undertake an independent project in consultation with his or her supervising curator. The Scholarship is provi...
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A $1000 annual scholarship for U.S. current undergraduate or graduate students majoring in Graphic Arts & Design or a related field, and enrolled in an accredited college, university or other higher-learning institution.
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Since its establishment in 2000 in honor of the late Curtis Mayfield, this foundation has the aim to ensure that African-American or Black students pursuing a degree in the performing arts receive financial assistance and they manage to achive it through their scholarship program.
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The CINTAS foundation in partnership with the Miami Dade College offers scholarships for the media arts. The fellowships offered are non-academic in nature, and are intended to nurture artistic talent among Cubans. The foundation categorically aims to support architectural, literature, and vis...
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Several merit- and need-based scholarships to undergraduate full-time students who plan to major or minor in a music or theatre related area of study at the Colorado Christian University.
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California State University, Bakersfield is committed to academic excellence and it offers a number of advantages over other universities through their high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs as well as great financial aid designed for their students. The Armand Hammer Fine Arts Schol...
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California State University, Bakersfield is the education institution which is continuously growing and this regional university is not only committed to transforming the lives of its students and community through its established excellence in academia, diversity, service, and community engageme...
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F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship is there to support the Arts students who have financial difficulties which affect their higher education process. The main aim of this award is to enable deserving students reach their goals, as the founders have noticed the importance of giving support to you...
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The Francis D. Lyon Scholarships are designed so as to help students of film making who have financial issues which affect their further education. The scholarship is created in honor of Mr. Lyon, who was a distinguished motion picture and television editor, director and producer. He is fam...
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Northwest Watercolor Foundation is an arm of the Northwest Watercolor society. The foundation offers a scholarship worth $2,000 each year in support of the visual arts. Qualified applicants are selected on merit.
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The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids Minority Scholarship is designed to help students with financial need to boost on their path through college and achieve higher education goals. The great thing is that once you fill out the general application, there is a possibility of getting numerou...
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The Grand Rapids Combined Theatre Scholarship Fund is there to support young learners who are majoring in theatre arts and who unfortunately experience financial issues. The fund exists since 1985 and awards college scholarships annually.
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Since its creation in 1946, the JACL has been helping students achieve their educational dreams with the National Scholarship and Awards Program. National JACL scholarship offers up to $5000 to one outstanding student and that way the Japanese American Citizens League wants to secure and safeg...
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The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund was established in honor of the late Anna Lee Stacey. The scholarship worth $5,000 is divided among two or more scholars, who are interested in the pursuit of careers in art.
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The Marcia Quick Gard Theatre Arts Scholarship is there to give an opportunity for serious acting students to get financial assistance which will be used toward their education as a professional actor. The scholarship application process begins each December and eligible students may register ...
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The Frederick Layton Art scholarship foundation grants scholarships worth $3,000 to deserving students. The award supports needy but academically and artistically talented students.
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The Educational Theatre Association offers a variety of scholarships and one of them is the Robert L. Johnson/Hector S. Cruz Scholarship. The aim of the organization is to recognize student achievement through its scholarship opportunities and to help students with financial need achieve their...
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The Glenview Art League seeks to encourage the pursuit of visual art-related careers through award of this scholarship. The $1,000 award prize is awarded as a one-time cash award for use at the beneficiary's discretion. However, the organization encourages the use of the fund for the facilitat...
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The Mary Doctor Performing Arts Scholarship Fund is proud to announce their annual award available to two Charlotte Region high school seniors. The award is amazing $10,000 each and the aim is to help those students with financial need.
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The Miranda Scholarship is created in the honor of Lin-Manuel and his work. He is famous due to the fact that he is an award-winning composer, lyricist and performer who always wanted to help younger generations interested in achieving higher education related to performing arts.
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is awarding numerous scholarships to deserving students since its foundation. This is a professional association which is doing its best to achieve the advancement of television and related electronic media. The Academy sponsors scholarsh...
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program offers scholarships in support of visual arts and art history. The scholarship fund gives scholarships in various categories, respective of the demands of the highlighted visual arts course. To date, the fund has issued financial aid totaling...
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The Zinggia Ohio art scholarship is dedicated to the promotion of the visual arts. High school students with the intention of pursuing visual art related courses can benefit from this annually recurrent $2,000 scholarship fund.
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