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Deadline: January 29, 2010
In the spring of 2009, the Department of Visual Art awarded 37 scholarships to undergraduates through its annual competitions for sophomores and juniors. The total amount awarded was $31,000.
The scholarships available to students with junior standing include general scholarships (the Elsa Ulbricht Memorial Scholarship, the Ester C. Waldheim Scholarship, the Frederick R. Layton Scholarships, Awards and Fellowships, the Lawrence Rathsack Scholarship, the Mary E. Van Deven Memorial Scholarship, the Rorabeck Memorial Scholarship, the Visual Art Scholarship and the Alumni Scholarship) and three specialized scholarship opportunities: the Art Education Scholarship, the Clarice George Logan Travel Scholarship, and the Racine Art Guild Scholarship.
For the 2010-2011 academic year, a faculty jury will award approximately half of the total scholarship funds available to sophomore and junior students: students in the middle of their course of study who have completed their visual art Foundation requirements but have not yet reached their senior year. Individual scholarship awards will range from $250 to $2,500.
Students with Junior standing who wish to be considered for a scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year, or for travel funds beginning in the summer of 2010, must complete an online application AND participate in the Junior Art Scholarship Competition scheduled for February 2010. Begin by CAREFULLY reading the guidelines and directions on this page and then fill in the online application below. Please note that the Logan Travel Scholarship requires additional application materials; you are responsible for delivering all supplementary materials by the appropriate deadline.
Remember, the only way to guarantee that you will not be awarded a scholarship is to fail to apply! Think of this as a good opportunity to see your own work from the audience's perspective.
All questions and concerns about the scholarship process, student status or the Junior Scholarship Competition should be directed to the scholarship committee through art-info@uwm.edu.
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY.
Good luck!
Kay Knight
Student Status & Eligibility
Scholarship Competition
Deadlines
General Scholarships
Art Education Scholarship
Logan Travel Scholarship
Racine Art Guild Scholarship
Announcement & Distribution of Awards
Awards Exhibition
Apply Online
Student Status & Eligibility
To be eligible for a scholarship, students must be:
- Majoring in the Department of Visual Art
- Of Junior student status
- Enrolled for the spring 2010 semester
Specific eligibility requirements for the Art Education Scholarship, Logan Travel Scholarship and Racine Art Guild Scholarship are listed below. Students who meet eligibility requirements may apply for all of these scholarships.
Students may receive a scholarship in the Junior status category once. However, if you apply and don't receive a scholarship in the Junior status category, and are still eligible by credit hour count the following year, you may apply again in that category.
Determining Your Status
Students who have completed 39-57 Department of Visual Art credits. These credits may include Art Survey; Art History credits do not apply.
Students must confirm their status by accessing their transcript on PAWS:
http://www4.uwm.edu/current_students/records_grades/transcripts.cfm#unofficial
Count credits through fall 2009 (do not include spring courses). If you are only minimally over the credit limit in this category and/or are still considered within that category within your area of concentration (i.e. you have over one year of studio credits to complete after spring 2010), contact the scholarship committee through Prof. Kay Knight at kayk@uwm.edu for a ruling.
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Scholarship Competition
Presentation of your work is left to your discretion, however, the jurors expect to see Junior level work in the Junior competition. If you have concerns about what work to present, ask a faculty member.
And remember, if you enter, please put your work up. Some other student might have wanted that space!
Installation, Jurying & De-installation
Junior Competition
Installation: Monday & Tuesday, February 22 & 23, 9 am-5 pm
Jurying: Wednesday & Thursday, February 24 & 25, 9 am-5 pm
De-installation: Friday, February 26, 9 am-5 pm
Location of Gallery
The Inova/Arts Center Gallery is located on the second floor of the Arts Center. A campus map is located at http://uwm.edu/map
Gallery Space Allotment
If you apply for the competition, assume you are exhibiting work unless notified otherwise (you will not receive confirmation from the Scholarship Committee).
Gallery space will be assigned on the day of installation and posted in the gallery. Bring your work on the appropriate date(s). There will be a list of names with their assigned spaces. In addition, students' names will be on each space. Please leave name tag on assigned space during the competition.
Each applicant will have the choice of either a wall space 6 feet wide (and high as you like, though work may not protrude more than 2 feet from the wall); or a floor space 6 feet square. Floor space is limited and must be requested in advance. Applicants using floor space must supply their own pedestals.
Inova/Arts Center Gallery Guidelines
All applicants must abide by the following Institute of Visual Arts (Inova) Gallery Guidelines when installing their work:
- Students must deliver and install work on time.
- Students must remove all works on time.
- Students must bring their own tools and nails.
- Any special installation needs are the responsibility of each student, and may require prior approval.
- Students must dispose of any debris they bring into the gallery.
- Inova staff are responsible for all lighting.
- Under no circumstances may students supply their own lighting.
- Students must supply their own pedestals.
- Work must be securely hung. If work is not hung properly, the gallery retains the right to remove the work from competition. Tape should not be used for attaching to flat walls.
- De-installation: You must leave the space in the same (or better) condition in which you found it.
- If you have any special request or questions concerning installation and/or de-installation please contact: art-info@uwm.edu.
- Do not move to another space without Scholarship Committee permission. Please do not infringe on other students' spaces.
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Deadlines
All online applications must be submitted by 5 pm on Friday, January 29, 2010.
Supplementary materials for the Logan Travel Scholarship (proposal, itinerary, budget and letters of recommendation) are due by Monday, February 15, 2010 by 5 pm. They may be dropped off in Art 251 or may be submitted to art-info@uwm.edu in a single e-mail with "Logan Scholarship" in the subject line.
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General Scholarships
The majority of scholarship funding at the Junior level is awarded through participation in the Junior scholarship competition. By applying online and participating in the competition, you will be considered for General Scholarship funds.
There are also three specialized scholarship opportunities available to Junior students: the Art Education Scholarship, the Clarice George Logan Travel Scholarship, and the Racine Art Guild Scholarship.
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Art Education Scholarship
While art education students may choose to compete for general scholarship funds, art education majors are also eligible for the Art Education Scholarship.
Purpose
Making connections between personal art production and pedagogical practice is an important means by which art educators may maintain a high level of vitality and creativity in both areas of their work. The process begins with ideas. Themes that run through your own work can be brought into your classroom and shared with your students. In this way, a kind of creative collaboration occurs among your ideas and those of your students.
In order to communicate to your students the conceptual depth inherent in visual art production and consumption, you must be able to articulate the connection between art and your students' lives. One of the most potent ways to do this is to maintain an identity as an artist and to allow that identity to inform your teaching practice. This year the art education scholarship award (s) will give recognition to those students who demonstrate an ability to make and articulate such connections.
Eligiblity
Students wishing to participate in the Art Education scholarship competition must be enrolled in 300 level Art Education methods courses, because of the nature of the requirements for art education scholarship competitors. Regardless of class standing, art education scholarship competitors will participate in the Intermediate Competition.
Application/Exhibition Requirements
To apply for this scholarship, you must begin by filling out the online application form below.
In addition to exhibiting artwork in the Junior Competition, applicants must also develop and display a Thematic Unit Plan that makes a connection between the themes and ideas explored in your art and your teaching practice. The unit plan must be mounted and displayed alongside your artwork. The plan may or may not include use of the same or similar media and/or techniques. In addition to the strength of the connection between your art and your unit plan, assessment criteria for the unit plan will be the same as those used in art education methods courses.
As always, particular attention should be given to your rationale for teaching the unit so that you can be sure that you have developed a meaningful learning experience for young people.
Any questions regarding the Art Education Scholarship should be directed to Dr. Kimberly Cosier at kcosier@uwm.edu.
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The Clarice George Logan Travel Scholarship
Purpose
A scholarship fund has been established in the memory of Clarice George Logan, an outstanding artist and 1931 graduate of the Milwaukee State Teachers College, a predecessor institution of UWM. As a student, Logan's work greatly benefited from her opportunities to travel after her junior year. The Logan family wished to award this scholarship as a tribute to her. Therefore, preference will be given to an outstanding female student in Art Studio, Graphic Design and Art Education. Decisions are based on the quality of the written materials and the work submitted to the Intermediate Competition. The Award will be in the amount of $2,500 and is to be used for travel between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011.
The winner will be expected to give a slide talk about their travel experience to potential applicants at the workshop offered to help students prepare the Logan application. This workshop will be held toward the end of the fall semester in 2011.
Eligibility
This award is open to Junior students:
- With an overall GPA of 2.75 or better
- With a GPA of 3.2 or better in art courses
Application Requirements
Applicants must
- submit the online application (below) with required information about GPA, the number of years you have been at UWM, and the number of credits completed in Art and overall (deadline: January 29, 2010).
- participate in the Junior Competition.
In addition, they must submit the following no later than February 15, 2010 at 5 pm:
- Statement of Intent: A one-page typewritten statement describing your proposed travel plans and how this travel would enrich your education. (Awards will not be made for travel to attend classes or workshops.)
- Itinerary and Budget Proposal: A one-page typewritten itinerary, specifically outlining when and where your travel would take place during the award year. Your itinerary must include a budget proposal, supplying itemized estimated costs for travel and transportation, lodging, meals and miscellaneous expenses. Add up your expenses for a total estimated cost.
- Letters of Recommendation: Two letters of recommendation from any UWM Visual Art Faculty.
Materials must reach the Art Office (Art 251) by the deadline. You may submit hard copies in a bound folder OR you may submit all documents in a single e-mail to art-info@uwm.edu. Please put "Logan Scholarship" in the subject line. Please note that documents submitted via email will be printed out in black and white, so if color is essential to your proposal, you should deliver a hard copy.
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Racine Art Guild Scholarship
The Racine Art Guild Scholarship is available to Junior students who are residents of Racine County. Winners may be contacted by the Racine Art Guild and be asked to attend an awards ceremony. To be considered, you must enter your permanent Racine County residence in the online form (below) if you are temporarily living outside Racine County.
Announcement & Distribution of Awards
Scholarship recipients will be announced in March 2010. The department will review transcripts before awards are made to insure accuracy of all winning applications.
Scholarships are disbursed in two payments, one for each semester of the 2010-2011 academic year. Scholarship recipients who do not remain enrolled in UWM during the 2010-2011 academic year may forfeit all or part of their scholarship.
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Awards Exhibition
All 2010 scholarship recipients will be invited to participate in Crossing Over, the annual scholarship/fellowship exhibition to be held in the Student Union Gallery in October 2010 in conjunction with the University's Open House.
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Apply Online
The application system is now closed.
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