Arts Advocates Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2025-2026 Academic Year

Arts Advocates is accepting scholarship applications through February 15, 2025 for the 2025-2026 academic year. Tuition awards are given to students who are pursuing undergraduate studies in the arts, including visual and related arts, dance, creative writing, music, film, theater, architecture, and other arts fields. High school seniors and college students who will major in these fields in the 2025-2026 school year are eligible to apply.

Scholarships are awarded to students planning to have careers in the arts, and are based on artistic talent, family need, character, academic achievement, and appropriate college choice. U.S. citizenship with a one-year residency in Sarasota County or Manatee County is required.

For more information about the scholarship program, including the application, visit HERE.

Arts Advocates was founded in 1969 as The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The mission of Arts Advocates is to preserve Sarasota’s cultural legacy by making its historic collection of works by Florida artists accessible to the public, to raise awareness of arts organizations through programming and exhibitions, and to promote arts education by awarding scholarships to local students pursuing careers in the arts. To learn more, visit artsadvocates.org.

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