Michael Bates and Jules Bates Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Michael Bates and Jules Bates Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in memory of alumnus Jules Bates (BFA 78) and his father Michael Bates by members of the Bates family. The scholarship provides significant financial assistance to undergraduate Photography and Imaging students demonstrating both merit and financial need.

Bates was a Los Angeles-based photographer who was the photo editor for L.A. Weekly and co-founded Artrouble with David Allen and Phyllis Cohen in 1978. Artrouble was an art collective that created artwork and album covers for punk and new wave bands. Tragically, Bates died in a motorcycle hit and run in 1982. In 2008 he received a posthumous honorary doctorate at ArtCenter.

The Jules Bates Artrouble Center at ArtCenter is a new research space to explore the history of ArtCenter, rare art and design books, the Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s, and other rich archival and primary source materials. At the Jules Bates Artrouble Center, students, faculty, staff, and scholars can view historic photographs and records of ArtCenter, and research a variety of special collections of art and design, rare books, video, graduate theses, oral histories, and artist books.

This scholarship, and all donor scholarships at ArtCenter, is awarded by the Office of Financial Aid through the Continuing Scholarship Review process.