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Art & Art History Scholarships

Art & Art History Scholarships

Art Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a portfolio and an interview with each participant. Each year, the Art & Art History Department participates in Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Day to allow prospective students the opportunity to compete for the various financial awards offered by the division. This year's event will be February 8, 2020. 

Portfolios should be brought to the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center on the day of the competition. The portfolio should contain only two-dimensional work. Three-dimensional work and large work should be presented as photographs or on CD/DVD. The portfolio should be no larger than 30 inches on either side. 

The portfolio should include:

  • Short written artist statement
  • Perspective from life, not from a photograph
  • Still life drawing in line
  • Still life drawing in value
  • Still life in color
  • Portrait or self-portrait in graphite from life, not from a photograph
  • Hand or foot from life, not from a photograph
  • In addition to the required basic drawings, please include sketch books and/or examples of work done in disciplines other than drawing, such as paintings that fit within the 30-inch maximum size, photographs, prints, or mixed-media work.


Art History Scholarships
 are awarded on the basis of a writing sample and an interview with each candidate. The writing sample should be a one- to two-page visual analysis of an artwork of the student's choosing, and should include a scanned or photocopied reproduction of the artwork analyzed. Writing samples should be brought to the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center on the day of the competition.

Tours of the Azar Art Studios, Durbin Gallery, digital computer lab, and campus tours will be offered, as well as the opportunity to talk informally with current students, recent graduates, and parents of art students.

For more information, contact Judy E. Pandelis at (205) 226.4928 or [email protected] or any of the Art & Art History professors.

For information concerning admissions applications, please contact the Birmingham-Southern College Admissions Office at (205) 226.4969.