GOYA Opportunity Award

The GOYA Opportunity Award provides fine art juniors and seniors up to $14,000 to engage in a valuable and ambitious summer fine art experience of their own design. The goal of this award is to make meaningful learning experiences possible that might otherwise be unattainable. While travel is not required, the GOYA Award hopes to make national and international opportunities more accessible. 

The award is generously provided by the Macks Foundation and Martha Macks-Kahn of Goya Contemporary.  The award will be given to student(s) who propose a substantive creative opportunity in the fine art field. Award funds will help support living expenses and transportation costs allowing students to seek competitive internships and opportunities. 

Be inspired by past award recipients who pursued opportunities in Italy, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, El Salvador, Spain, Puerto Rico, California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Vermont

2025 Deadlines:

May 11, 2025 Final Application Deadline 

May 23, 2025 Awardees Announced       

Selection Criteria & Considerations:

• Demonstrated financial need in order to pursue the opportunity

• Feasibility of the opportunity and relevance to career goals

• Student is engaging in an ambitious, substantive, and unique fine art opportunity that will advance their artistic practice and career in the fine arts. Past examples include internships with practicing artists, galleries, studio apprenticeships, artist residencies, etc.

• Academic achievement, preparedness and GPA

• Selection Committees will prioritize non-MICA affiliated opportunities
  (MICA as the host organization or supervision by MICA faculty or staff)

Student & Experience Eligibility:

• Fine art undergraduates from the following year levels:

  • Junior level graduating in Spring 2026, Summer 20266 and Fall 2026

  • Senior level students graduating in Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025

  • A fine art major from: Ceramics, Drawing, Fiber, General Fine Art, Interdisciplinary Sculpture, Painting, Photography or Printmaking

• Juniors should be actively enrolled at the time of their application and also in the fall semester following the internship; enrollment not required for graduating seniors

• Student is in good academic and community standing with the college (2.5 GPA or higher)

• The opportunity must take place during the summer 

• For juniors, if the opportunity is an internship, it must qualify and be registered for school credit (not required for graduating students)

• Student must authorize access to financial aid information
  
  

Application Components:

• Review on the Application Page
  
  

Additional Fellowship Expectations:

• Recipients must complete a thank you letter to the funder

• Provide a written summary of their experience and photographic documentation

• Recipients may receive a site visit from the Career Development team during their experience

• Recipients will be asked to give a presentation to current fine art students during the fall semester following the experience.