Useful Links

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - regional and national art and writing competition for secondary school students, grades 7-12. Deadline for entries - beginning of December, annually.

Tombow USA "Create Your Best Artwork" - art scholarship worth $5000. Deadline for entries - beginning of March, annually.

Shirley D. Hobbs Scholarship (Lynchburg Art Club) - Each year a high school senior interested in a degree in art is selected from area schools to receive a four-year college scholarship totaling $4,000. The applicant must have As and Bs in their art courses and have maintained good grades in high school. The application includes an essay and two recommendations. The scholarship gives the one winner of the scholarship $1,000 per year for four years if they continue in their art major, keep at least a B average, and are in good standing with the school. The student’s grades must be sent to the LAC each semester for review to keep their scholarship. We are proud to help and encourage local students to pursue their dreams of working and participating in the art world.

U.S. Presidential Scholars Program - Established by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, this scholarship has honored almost 8,000 outstanding high school seniors. The program has evolved from initial recognition of exceptional SAT or ACT scores, and beginning in 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative, and performing arts. Each year, up to 161 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. To apply for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts program, students must first apply to the National Arts Competition hosted by YoungArts. YoungArts accepts applications in the following disciplines: classical music, dance, design, film, jazz, photography, theater, visual arts, voice, and writing. If accepted as a winner in one of these categories, students may be invited to apply to the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts program. For applications and additional information, visit YoungArts.

All applications to the National Arts Competition by YoungArts must be received no later than October 17, 2024.

Art School Portfolio Days

National Portfolio Day Association - schedule of portfolio event meeting days, where art school representatives will be available to offer information and review students' portfolios. This site also includes a listing of the country's best art schools and universities with reputable art programs - along with majors, minors , concentrations, and post-baccalaureate certificates offered.

Art Schools, in-state

James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA

Longwood University - Farmville, VA

Radford University - Radford, VA

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - Richmond, VA

Art Schools, private and out-of-state

Alfred University - Alfred, New York

California College of the Arts - San Francisco, California

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) - Valencia, California

Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus, Ohio

Cornish College of the Arts - Seattle, Washington

Cranbrook Academy - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Delaware College of Art and Design - Wilmington, Delaware

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) - New York City, New York

Laguna College of Art and Design - Laguna Beach, California

Maine College of Art - Portland, Maine

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) - Baltimore, Maryland

Montserrat College of Art - Beverly, Massachusetts

Moore College of Art - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New York Academy of Art - New York City, New York

Paris College of Art - Paris, France

Parsons School of Design - New York City, New York

Penland School of Craft - Penland, North Carolina

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Pratt - Brooklyn, New York

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - Providence, Rhode Island

Ringling College of Art and Design - Sarasota, Florida

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Rochester, New York

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design - Denver, Colorado

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Lacoste, France; Hong Kong, China

School of Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Tufts University - Boston, Massachusetts

Studio Art College International (SACI) - Florence, Italy

Suffolk University, The New England School of Art & Design - Boston, Massachusetts

The Cooper Union - New York City, New York

Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Temple University - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Artists (noteworthy, contemporary)

Anthony Howe - kinetic sculpture

Carol Long - ceramics, organic design in form and surface embellishment

Christine Gray - painting; alternate universes of unfinished and abandoned craft endeavors, spatial distortions through the manipulation of texture and pattern

Cristina Cordova - ceramics, large-scale figures

Dan Eldon - visual journals

Eloy Morales - painting, hyper-realistic portraits

Jaume Plensa - sculpture, large-scale anamorphic heads

Kehinde Wiley - painting, modern-day portraits executed in an 18th Century European style

Patrick Bremer - collage

Theo Jansen - sculpture, kinetic mechanisms that locomote through space

Wendy Artin - drawings and paintings; highly-realistic figures, landscapes, and still-lifes

Yayoi Kusama - polka dots, pumpkins, installations, and infinity mirror rooms

Galleries/Museums

Academy of Fine Arts Gallery - Lynchburg, Virginia

Bower Center - Bedford, Virginia

Daura Museum of Art, University of Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia

Findings - Lynchburg, Virginia

Fralin Museum of Art, UVA - Charlottesville, Virginia

Goose Creek Studio - Bedford, Virginia

Institute for Contemporary Art, VCU - Richmond, Virginia

Longwood Center for the Visual Arts - Farmville, Virginia

Lynchburg Art Club - Lynchburg, Virginia

Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College - Lynchburg, Virginia

Oxide Pottery - Lynchburg, Virginia

Riverviews Art Space - Lynchburg, Virginia

Taubman Museum of Art - Roanoke, Virginia

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, Virginia

Resources

Mr. Picasso Head - interactive game where you can create abstract faces like Pablo Picasso

Pigments Through the Ages - catalog of pigment names, history of creation and usage, and media produced

Pressure + Ink - demonstration of various printmaking processes

The Art Story - art history guide to artists and movements, Classical to Contemporary

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