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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.

The JR Gaulding III Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The JR Gaulding Ill Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 2006 by John and Rita Gaulding as a tribute to the life of their son John (JR), an exceptional photography student and graduate of ArtCenter. The fund benefits photography students with demonstrated...

The Matthew Rolston Endowed Scholarship for Film and Creative Direction

The mission of The Matthew Rolston Scholarship for Film and Creative Direction was established in 1998 to promote cross-disciplinary practices between the fields of film and creative direction. It is aimed at supporting students with financial need, who meet the...

The Ray Charles Foundation Scholarship

The Ray Charles Foundation Scholarship was created in 2019 to enhance the educational benefits of diversity at ArtCenter by providing support to students in any major at ArtCenter who demonstrate both financial need and academic merit, with a preference for those...

Wallis Annenberg Legacy Scholarship

The Wallis Annenberg Legacy Endowed Scholarship was created in 2002 through the generosity of Mrs. Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation to provide substantial financial assistance to students with exceptional merit and creative promise in the Photography &...

William and Marian Mitchell Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The William and Marian Mitchell Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 1988 to support undergraduate Transportation Design students who demonstrate outstanding potential and financial need. On September 17, 1976 ArtCenter awarded William Mitchell with an...

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Scholarship

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Scholarship was established in 2002 to provide financial support to domestic students with demonstrated need studying in any degree program at Art Center.

Xanthe Hohalek Endowed Scholarship

The Xanthe Hohalek Endowed Scholarship was created anonymously in 2008 in honor of ArtCenter alumna Xanthe Hohalek now Xanthe Wells (BFA 2003 Advertising), to provide scholarship support to undergraduate students in the Advertising (now Creative Direction) program.

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