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Donor-Funded Scholarships at ArtCenter
Creating opportunities for the most deserving art and design students, regardless of economic background, is a top College priority. In addition to federal and state financial aid and institutional scholarship support, the College awards nearly 200 donor-funded scholarships. ArtCenter gratefully acknowledges the alumni, corporations, foundations, parents and friends whose generosity funds these endowed and annual scholarships that are helping to make an ArtCenter education possible for our talented students. The following growing collection represents many of these scholarships and their donors. If you are interested in learning more about creating scholarships at ArtCenter, please visit our Development department here https://www.artcenter.edu/about/support/overview.html.

The donor-funded scholarships below are awarded to students by the Financial Aid Office and through the portfolio review process. Students wishing to receive donor scholarships should participate in their department’s portfolio review and make sure to have a FAFSA on file with Financial Aid. There is currently no need to apply to a particular scholarship directly. For more information, speak to your department and contact the Financial Aid Office directly at 626.396.2215 or finaid@artcenter.edu.

Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 2009 via the estate of Elise Mudd Marvin to benefit any student at ArtCenter demonstrating financial need and academic success. “The Elise Mudd Marvin Memorial Endowed Scholarship is to be used for...

Gavlak-Blumberg Grad Art Scholarship

Gavlak-Blumberg Grad Art Scholarship

The Gavlak-Blumberg Grad Art Scholarship was established by ArtCenter Trustee Sarah Gavlak to support students in the graduate art program.

Hale&Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship

Hale&Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship

The Hale&Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship was established in 2019 to support undergraduate and graduate students in the College’s graphic design program, with a goal of supporting students who enhance the department through their diversity of perspectives. Su Mathews...

Helena Balfour Edwards Endowed Scholarship

Helena Balfour Edwards Endowed Scholarship

The Helena Balfour Edwards Endowed Scholarship was created in 2005 via a generous planned gift from the estate of Helena Balfour Edwards and her husband Henry Edwards to provide full tuition support to deserving students of the college based on need and merit. The...

Henry H. Harada Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Henry H. Harada Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Henry H. Harada Memorial Endowed Scholarship was created in 2020 to honor the life and work of Henry Harada (BFA 49 Photography) by providing scholarship support to students in the Photography & Imaging program who demonstrate both financial need and academic...

Honda Motor Corporation Endowed Scholarship

Honda Motor Corporation Endowed Scholarship

The Honda Motor Corporation Endowed Scholarship was established in 1988 to provide scholarship support to ArtCenter students in any major who demonstrate financial need and academic merit.

Howard B. Zieff Endowed Scholarship

Howard B. Zieff Endowed Scholarship

Alumni Scholarship The Howard B. Zieff Endowed Scholarship was established in 2004 by Howard Zieff (BFA 50 Photography) to provide financial support to undergraduate photography students who demonstrate need and talent. For Zieff, the years spent at Art Center paved...

Inspiring Teachers Endowed Scholarship for Doyald Young and Ted Youngkin

Inspiring Teachers Endowed Scholarship for Doyald Young and Ted Youngkin

The Inspiring Teachers Endowed Scholarship for Doyald Young and Ted Youngkin was established in 2015 to honor these two beloved and inspiring ArtCenter instructors by providing scholarships to students with financial need in Graphic Design, per Doyald Young, and to...

James Powers Endowed Scholarship

James Powers Endowed Scholarship

The James Powers Endowed Scholarship was established in 2004 by James Powers (BS 54 Transportation) to support undergraduate Transportation Design students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit. The Thunderbird...

Janice Feldman Endowed Scholarship

Janice Feldman Endowed Scholarship

The Janice Feldman Endowed Scholarship was established by ArtCenter Trustee Janice Feldman to support Graduate Industrial Design students who demonstrate both financial need and academic merit. JANICE FELDMAN Founder, JANUS et Cie Visionary, entrepreneur, designer,...

Jay Chiat Endowed Scholarship

Jay Chiat Endowed Scholarship

The Jay Chiat Endowed Scholarship was created in 1984 by Jay Chiat to support undergraduate students with demonstrated need and exceptional creative abilities in the Creative Direction program (formerly Advertising) and Graphic Design program, where an interest in...

Jerry V. Johnson Endowed Scholarship

Jerry V. Johnson Endowed Scholarship

The Jerry V. Johnson Endowed Scholarship was established in 2003 to provide support to undergraduate students majoring in Creative Direction (then Advertising), Graphic Design or Illustration who demonstrate financial need. Jerry Johnson is a 1959 graduate of the...

Joe and Rosa Farrer Endowed Scholarship

Joe and Rosa Farrer Endowed Scholarship

The Joe and Rosa Farrer Endowed Scholarship supports continuing undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit. This scholarship honors Joe Farrer (BS 50 Product) who spent almost 50 years teaching at ArtCenter, and Rosa Farrer, who helped...

John and Susan Caldwell Endowed Scholarship

John and Susan Caldwell Endowed Scholarship

The John and Susan Caldwell Endowed Scholarship supports undergraduate transfer students from Pasadena City College (PCC) and was established to honor John and Susan Caldwell’s long-standing commitment to both ArtCenter and Pasadena City College.

John Miles and Carol Spence Endowed Scholarship

John Miles and Carol Spence Endowed Scholarship

The John Miles and Carole Spence Endowed Scholarship supports undergraduate students with financial need and academic merit in the Creative Direction program (formerly Advertising), and the Graphic Design, Illustration and Product Design programs. The scholarship was...

Joseph and Rebecca Lacko Annual Scholarship

Joseph and Rebecca Lacko Annual Scholarship

The Joseph and Rebecca Lacko Annual Scholarship was first established in 2013 by alumnus Joseph (BFA 97 Film) and Rebecca Lacko to provide support to undergraduate or graduate students in ArtCenter’s film program who demonstrate both exceptional merit and financial...

Jo Torrelli Thomas Endowed Scholarship

Jo Torrelli Thomas Endowed Scholarship

The Jo Torrelli Thomas Endowed Scholarship was created in 2018 through the estate of alumna Mary Josephine Thomas to provide financial support to any student at ArtCenter demonstrating financial need and academic merit. Mary Josephine Thomas, a.k.a Jo Torrelli Thomas...

Kenji Ekuan/GK Design Group Endowed Scholarship

Kenji Ekuan/GK Design Group Endowed Scholarship

The Kenji Ekuan/GK Design Group Endowed Scholarship was established in 2005 by alumnus Kenji Ekuan to provide unrestricted scholarship support to continuing undergraduate students in any major at ArtCenter. “Remembering Kenji Ekuan,” DOT Magazine, October...

Kieko Fukui Miller Endowed Scholarship

Kieko Fukui Miller Endowed Scholarship

The Kieko Fukui Miller Endowed Scholarship was created in 2005 by Albert Miller (BFA 76 Illustration) in memory of his wife Kieko Fukui Miller to support students in the undergraduate Illustration program. Albert “Al” Miller is a 1976 graduate of ArtCenter’s...

Kodak Endowed Scholarship

Kodak Endowed Scholarship

The Kodak Endowed Scholarship was created to award excellence in the Photography and Imaging program.

Kristina Weckler Fine Art Memorial Scholarship

Kristina Weckler Fine Art Memorial Scholarship

The Kristina Weckler Fine Art Memorial Scholarship was established in 1977 in loving memory of ArtCenter student Kristina Weckler who passed away tragically in 1977. This scholarship supports undergraduate Fine Art Students.

Kubly Family Endowed Scholarship

Kubly Family Endowed Scholarship

The Kubly Family Endowed Scholarship was created in 2009 to support undergraduate ArtCenter students in any major who demonstrate both financial need and merit. In the 1960s, Don and Sally Kubly built a home in Pasadena that was designed by Craig Ellwood Associates....

Lee Clow Endowed Scholarship

Lee Clow Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1988 by Jay Chiat, chairman and chief executive officer, Chiat/Day, in honor of Lee Clow, president and executive creative director, Chiat/Day L.A., the Lee Clow Endowed Scholarship supports undergraduate Creative Direction (then Advertising) students...

Linda and Kit Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship in Honor of their Mothers

Linda and Kit Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship in Honor of their Mothers

The Linda and Kit Hinrichs Endowed Scholarship in Honor of their Mothers was established in 2005 by Linda (ADVT 64) and Kit Hinrichs (ADVT 63) to support women from Los Angeles County with financial need and academic merit studying in the Graphic Design program, with...

Louis Danziger Endowed Scholarship

Louis Danziger Endowed Scholarship

The Louis Danziger Endowed Scholarship was established in 2014 to provide scholarships to support Advertising (now Creative Direction) students who demonstrate financial need and/or academic merit.

Margaret Browne Reese Endowed Scholarship and Kelsey Browne Hall Endowed Scholarship

Margaret Browne Reese Endowed Scholarship and Kelsey Browne Hall Endowed Scholarship

The Margaret Browne Reese Endowed Scholarship established in 2010 and the Kelsey Browne Hall Endowed Scholarship established in 2020 are awarded together in support of an undergraduate student in ArtCenter’s Fine Art program who has an interest in sculpture and who...

Mark Hughes Foundation Scholarship

Mark Hughes Foundation Scholarship

The Mark Hughes Foundation Annual Scholarship was created in 2020 to enhance the educational benefits of diversity by supporting students with both financial need and demonstrated academic merit in any undergraduate program at ArtCenter. Jeffrey L. Glassman, who...

Marte Foundation Annual Scholarship

Marte Foundation Annual Scholarship

The *Marte Foundation Annual Scholarship *was established by ArtCenter CMF design educator, Kimberly Marte, to support students with financial need and academic merit in the undergraduate departments of Spatial Experience Design, Product Design and Transportation...

Martha Marsh Chandler Endowed Scholarship

Martha Marsh Chandler Endowed Scholarship

The Martha Marsh Chandler Endowed Scholarship was created in 1988 by Martha Chandler, a member of ArtCenter100, to encourage excellence in future design by helping students with need and strong creative potential in any program at ArtCenter. It continued to be...

Martin Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Martin Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Martin Smith Endowed Scholarship was established in 2017 to honor Martin Smith, beloved faculty member and Chair of the Product Design Department. This scholarship supports undergraduate product design students who demonstrate financial need and academic...