DEPARTMENT  OF  FINE  ARTS Scholarships

Music Performance Scholarships are awarded through audition to selected members of University instrumental and vocal performance ensembles. When funding permits, these scholarships are available to interested students participating in the bands and choruses regardless of major. Check out the Choral Program and Instrumental Program pages on this web site, or contact the following for additional information:
 

Fine Arts / Art Scholarships acknowledging exceptional work in the visual arts are awarded as funding permits on the basis of portfolio and other criteria review.
 

Similarly, Theatre Arts Scholarships may be awarded on the basis of interview/audition for those interested in the acting program, or interview/portfolio review for technical or design track students.
 

Work Study Assistantship funds are available for positions ranging from photography and graphics computer lab assistants to theatre shop carpenters. In addition, a wide range of other work study positions are available campus-wide. Students who apply for and receive work study assistantships not only receive financial support, they gain valuable work experience. For more information about the student work study program contact the Department of Fine Arts or the University's Financial Assistance Office.

Fine Arts Scholarships for Visual Arts are awarded to incoming freshmen when available on the basis of portfolio and other criteria review. When submitting work in a portfolio:

• contact Visual Arts faculty to obtain approval for portfolio review and schedule delivery;
• submit only your very best work (10 to 20 examples);
• submit only clean, unwrinkled work;
• submit works on paper matted, if possible;
• drawings or paintings done from actual objects or people are preferable to those done from photographs or cartoons;
• 3-dimensional work may be submitted in the form of slides or photos; and
• noting the level or class on the artwork is helpful.

Academic Awards Day At left, Lawrence Anderson, chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, speaks at the April 2005 FMU Academic Awards Day program.  Standing to his left are Krystal Gause and Bradley Richardson.  Krystal is the recipient of the Peggy Love McLaughlin Art Award, which is given to a senior in recognition of outstanding work in Art Education or Visual Arts.  Bradley is the recipient of the Dr. John W. Baker Fine Arts Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to a junior or senior on the basis of outstanding work in Music or Art. Back to Fine Arts Home Page TOTAL DISCLAIMER: Although every attempt is made within the constraints of time and information available to assure accuracy of material included in the Fine Arts website, errors and omissions are inevitable. Please take this into consideration and take pity on a poor gofer -- let me know when you run across any such errors, and please note the URL for the offending page. Thank you.