Scholarships

Art Scholarships

The School of Art has the following scholarships available:

• The Mary Cochrane Austin Art Scholarship Fund
  The Mary Cochrane Austin Art Scholarship was established by family and friends of Mary Cochrane Austin to honor her wish to help aspiring art students. The Austin Art Scholarship supports School of Art students majoring in art, with preference given to those preparing for a teaching career.
• The Maud Gatewood Endowed Scholarship in Painting
  Maud Gatewood was a widely recognized United States painter who graduated from Woman’s College (now UNCG) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954.  The Maud Gatewood Endowed Scholarship in Painting supports a third or fourth year undergraduate art student or graduate student who is majoring in painting.
• The Happy DuBose “Kenan” Gray Scholarship
  Harriet “Happy” DuBose came from Columbia, South Carolina in 1932 to attend Woman’s College (now UNCG).  She was a talented painter and also friend and admirer of renowned North Carolina painter and Woman’s College graduate Maud Gatewood.  The Happy DuBose “Kenan” Gray Scholarship is awarded to a second, third or fourth year student in the School of Art.  Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic achievement with financial need as a secondary consideration.
• The Dr. Elisabeth Jastrow Scholarship
  In 1961, friends of Professor Emeritus of Art History Dr. Elisabeth Jastrow, started a scholarship fund in her honor.  The Jastrow Scholarship supports a third year student interested in art history.
• The William Mangum Artistic Merit Award
  William Mangum, a well-regarded Greensboro-based painter who received his BFA and MFA from UNCG, created the William Mangum Artistic Merit Award to assist a fourth-year level BFA Painting student in the creation of a substantive body of work made during the recipient’s final year at UNCG.  The award will support the purchase of art supplies, the cost of a residency program and/or offset the costs associated with creating an exhibition of artwork.  
• Myrtle Spaugh Reeves Scholarship
  Elizabeth Reeves Lyon, Woman’s College (now UNCG) class of 1938, established this scholarship in honor of her mother, Myrtle Spaugh Reeves.  The scholarship supports a female student who is registered or is registering as an art major, and is based on financial need. 
• Betsey Ryder Shelley Scholarship
  The Betsey Ryder Scholarship honors Betsey Ryder Shelley, a 1939 Fine Arts graduate of Alfred University.  In her later career, she worked in the Student Aid office and was always interested in supporting students in the arts.  Shelley Scholarship recipients will be pursuing a field of study in the UNCG School of Art and will be selected primarily on the basis of financial need, with academic achievement as a secondary achievement. 
• Helen A. Thrush Scholarship
  Helen A. Thrush was dedicated to education and the teaching profession.  She received degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University in 1927 and 1930 respectively. The Helen A. Thrush Scholarship is given to third or fourth year art students or graduate art students in order to “assist them in becoming the very best that they can become.”
• Robert Eugene Triplette Endowed Scholarship in Photography
  Robert Eugene Triplette was a Winston-Salem native and successful businessman who discovered a love of photography as a young man. The Robert Eugene Triplette Endowed Scholarship in Photography honors his incredible passion for photography by providing scholarship support for students majoring in photography.  
• Letitia Wilmot Hutton Scholarship in Art
  The Letitia Wilmot Hutton Scholarship in Art was established in memory of Letitia Wilmot Hutton, who earned a BA in Art in 1947 and a BFA in Painting and Printmaking in 1959, both from Woman’s College. After graduating, she moved to New York City and worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art bookstore for 25 years. The award is to help rising third and fourth year students with financial need majoring in the field of Art.
• Nicholas Fragola Memorial Scholarship in Painting
  The Nicholas Samuel Fragola Scholarship was established in 2003 in memory of Grimsley High School Alumnus, Nicholas Samuel Fragola. This $1,500 scholarship supports an artist accepted into UNCG’s BFA Painting Concentration.
• Fred C. Pierce Memorial Scholarship
  Fred C. Pierce was an award-winning BFA student who graduated from UNCG in 1986, and this award was established in his memory. The scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in Art, and resident in NC, with preference given to students exhibiting financial need. The award may follow the student for up to three years, provided they maintain satisfactory progress towards their degree.

To be considered for a School of Art scholarship students must log in to the  Scholarship Universe platform. All scholarship funds require that students be accepted and enrolled in a degree program at UNCG. To be eligible for Art School scholarships students must be enrolled in an Art major and meet the requirement of being a rising second year student. 

School of Art Scholarships are awarded once annually. Applications open to enrolled students at the beginning of the Spring semester each year. Current and incoming students should apply for scholarships starting in January through  Scholarship Universe, UNCG’s scholarship matching platform that pairs student’s profile information with thousands of available scholarships through the university, academic departments, the UNC System, and outside organizations.