Scholarships
Descriptions & eligibility information
To qualify for School of Art scholarships, you MUST attend NAU full-time during the academic year. Award descriptions and application requirements are listed in the scholarship application 2024 – 2025.
Congratulations to all the 2020-21 scholarship recipients, check out their work in the scholarship gallery.
Pritulsky Fund & Scholarship Accordion Closed
3 opportunities:
- Pritulsky Scholarship (2) $1250 (able to use for tuition and fees). One student will be awarded for Fall, another student for the Spring.
- Pritulsky Gift $2,000 (able to use for travel and conferences). Awarded for Spring.
- Pritulsky Gift $500 (able to use for travel and conferences). Awarded for Spring.
Requirements for all 3 opportunities:
- Full-time Flagstaff Mountain Campus Interior Design major.
- Junior or Senior status during 2020-2021 academic year.
- Grade point average of 3.5 or higher (where 4.0 = A).
- Must submit a 500-word essay and list campus and community extracurricular involvement. Students may choose one of the following topics:
- What is your dream career in Interior Design and why?
- Public perception is not clear concerning the role of Interior Design. How can we better share our professional expertise with others and increase their understanding?
- Must submit at least one letter of recommendation from a School of Art faculty member or advisor.
- Preference for students with demonstrated financial need.
- The essay and letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically to Sara.Maier@nau.edu
Don Bendel Ceramic Art Award Accordion Closed
- Applicants must have a ceramic art emphasis and must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the Department.
- Recipient must be enrolled full-time at NAU.
- Recipient must show promise of artistic ability, determination and potential to succeed in ceramic art.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Harold & Marion Elliott Scholarship for Art Education Accordion Closed
One or two awards are given per year.
- Applicant(s) must be a full-time student at NAU.
- 3.0 or higher GPA.
- U.S. citizen.
- Distinguished in visual art/art education in high school or college.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
J.D. Moller Scholarship Accordion Closed
- Second, third or fourth year recipients must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Applicants must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the program.
- High school students must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Applicants must be registered for at least 9-12 hours each semester.
- Eligibility: Declared BFA major, School of Art. Preference will be given to Bachelor of Fine Art Majors.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Whiteman Family Endowment for the Arts Accordion Closed
- 3.0 or higher GPA.
- Major or minor in fine art (any emphasis).
- Defaults to music if no qualified candidates.
- Preference to Fine Arts students.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Dick Beasley Memorial Art Scholarship Accordion Closed
- Recipient must be a full-time student with a declared major in studio art.
- Recipient must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
- Recipient must be of junior or senior rank.
- Recipient must be a U.S. citizen.
- Recipient must have distinguished himself/herself in some area of visual art.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Eyedazzler Scholarship Accordion Closed
(Established 5/31/96. The Iron Feather, Bruce Kirkpatrick, proprietor; Sedona, AZ)
- Full-time student.
- Fine arts major (any emphasis).
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Byrd Burton Dumas/Ivernia Tyson Endowed Scholarship Accordion Closed
- Applicants must have an interior design emphasis.
- Recipient must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
- Full-time student.
- Students should apply for this scholarship through the office of Financial Aid.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Sedona Hopi Show Scholarship Endowment Accordion Closed
- Applicants must be a student in the School of Performing and Fine Arts and must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the Department.
- Recipient must be enrolled full-time at NAU.
- Recipient must show promise of artistic ability, determination and potential to succeed.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
Robertson-Shindell Accordion Closed
- Applicant must be enrolled as a major in drawing, painting, or printmaking in NAU School of Art.
- Applicant must demonstrate consistently high level of performance in studio art.
- Applicant must have a status of junior or senior and be in good standing.
- Applicants are eligible for continuation of the scholarship through a re-application process provided they continue to meet the eligibility criteria.
Maxine and Ellery Gibson Art Award Accordion Closed
- Art education majors only.
- New or continuing undergraduate at NAU.
- 2.7 GPA or higher.
- Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.