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Educational Opportunities

Louise Flay

Join our free online Art Café with VAA arts marketing expert & mentor, Shirley-Ann O’Neill, where we will discussing how self-representing artists can prepare for 2022 and to find and engage with art buyers in a more meaningful way. This session will include how to increase your visibility and making the most of opportunities. Whether you want to be discovered by art buyers, collectors, galleries or curators, they need to be able to find you and your artwork first.

VAA Art Café: Success in 2022

Laura O'Hare

Join our free online Art Café with VAA arts marketing expert & mentor, Shirley-Ann O’Neill, where we will be discussing how self-representing artists can prepare for 2022 and to find and engage with art buyers in a more meaningful way.

VAA Art Café

Visual Artists Association

Join our free online Art Café with VAA arts marketing expert & mentor, Shirley-Ann O’Neill, where we will be discussing how self-representing artists can prepare for 2022 and to find and engage with art buyers in a more meaningful way. This session will include how to increase your visibility and how to make the most of opportunities. Whether you want to be discovered by art buyers, collectors, galleries or curators, they need to be able to find you and your artwork first.
Shirley-Ann has been working in the Fine Arts sector since 2012 and is a co-founder of the VAA. Presently, Director of the Visual Art Open Prize and Deepbridge Chester Arts Fair, Shirley-Ann has a wealth of experience in selling art and building arts businesses. She has an extensive network including art collectors, galleries, publishers and commercial partners. With over 20 years of experience in marketing, she holds an MA in Marketing and a full CIM chartership. Shirley-Ann has helped hundreds of artists of all levels to navigate the art world, to not only survive but thrive in their art businesses.
This session will share tips and advice covering:
• Self-representation, how to create a success road map for 2022
• The biggest mistakes artists make in trying to find & attract art buyers (how to avoid this)
• How to create partnerships and collaborations to generate income
The Art Café will take place via Zoom Webinar at 14.00 GMT on Thursday 9th December. Spaces limited. 
Get your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vaa-art-cafe-setting-yourself-up-for-success-in-2022-tickets-205615119357


Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, VCCA is proud to offer a rotating selection of fully-funded fellowships at each of our three annual application deadlines (January 15, May 15, and September 15).

At each deadline, applicants will be considered for a VCCA residency and as many fully-funded fellowships for which they are eligible; only one application with a single $50 application fee is required per deadline.

Financial Aid: In addition to the fully-funded fellowships listed on this page, significant financial aid is available throughout the year. Through the support of our funders, all eligible applicants demonstrating financial need are considered for financial aid funding to help cover the cost of their residency.

Please Note: Fellowship details are subject to change as funding priorities shift and new opportunities become available.

VCCA FULLY-FUNDED FELLOWSHIPS

Teoría y práctica del Arte de la Performance o Arte de Acción. A través de ejercicios específicos de autoconocimiento corporal y mental se agudizará la intuición y el sentido de comunidad prestando atención a la parte sensitiva - energética - política de las corporalidades que habitamos.

curso de performance. El mundo de la performance

In accordance with the will, the scholarship, known as “The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund,” is open to United States citizens, both men and women, single or married, irrespective of race, creed, or color. The age limit is between 18 and 35 years. Award amounts vary annually and range from $500 to $5,000 per recipient. At the discretion of the Committee, these may be awarded in quarterly installments.

The Committee reserves the right to disburse funds in whole or in part, as it deems advisable from careful study of the merits of the applicants as shown by their work and personal data. The decision of the Committee shall be final. Also, the Committee reserves the right to withhold appointments if, in its judgment, the work submitted fails to comply with the required standard or is inferior in quality.

The purpose of the Scholarship, in accordance with the clear stipulation of the Stacey’s will, is to foster high standard in the study of form, color, drawing, painting, design, and technique, as these are expressed in modes showing patent affinity with the classical tradition of Western culture.

ONLY THOSE SHOULD APPLY WHO ARE SKILLED AND DEVOTED TO THIS CLASSICAL OR CONSERVATIVE TRADITION.

Types of work that DO NOT meet the qualifications for this award include anime, animation, graphic design, illustration, and photography.

Award amounts vary annually and range from $500 to $5,000 per recipient. At the discretion of the Committee, these may be awarded in quarterly installments.

Stacey Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was established in 1999 with funds from the Alumni Society Golf Tournament and the Alumni Casino Night. The Society supported the establishment of this scholarship in order to assist with the recruitment of talented performing student artists to UAB.

To be eligible for the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Scholarship, applicants must be high school seniors/graduates and accepted to UAB. There are no applications for this scholarship: via audition and testing, the student must prove to be of substantial talent and show promise for continued excellence in music. There will be a strong focus on incoming freshmen; however, current UAB students and transfer students are eligible to apply. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website.

Alys Robinson Stephens Alumni Scholarship

We are privileged to reward students for high school achievement, both in the classroom and on the stage.

ACADEMIC AWARDS
Your Common Application or Hope College Application also serves as your application for academic scholarships at Hope. Academic scholarships are based on your cumulative GPA, SAT, ACT, or CLT scores, and course selection (based on what’s available at your school). Be sure to submit any new academic information for consideration by February 1 of your senior year. Don’t hesitate to send your test scores! You’ll always receive the highest award for which you are eligible, whether it be based on your GPA only or with your test scores.

We will superscore applicant test score submissions, including individual subject tests taken through the ACT, and you may qualify for one of these academic awards. Hope honors talented artists in the areas of creative writing, dance, music, theater and the visual arts. You’ll need to audition or submit a portfolio. Most awards are $3,000 per year, renewable for four years. Most Distinguished Artist Awards (DAAs) can be combined with an academic scholarship.

(per year & up) DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD

Hope College Arts Scholarships

VS Chicago offers scholarships to Jewish students residing in the Chicago metropolitan area (including Lake County, Indiana). Eligible applicants must: were either born and raised in Chicago area or one continuous year of full-time employment in the Chicago metro area prior to enrollment; plan on remaining in the Chicago area after completing school; are entering an accredited graduate program in a helping profession (see website for eligible majors) on a full-time basis for the upcoming academic year or are entering their junior or senior year of an accredited bachelor’s degree program in a helping profession on a full-time basis for the upcoming academic year; demonstrate financial need and career promise; and, are able to interview between March 1 and April 20. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website.

JVS Chicago Scholarship Program

The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke. The Board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Since 1975 the program has selected 680 college juniors from more than 110 different undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any accredited university.

Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduated study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.