A fillable application form is at the bottom of the page
The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors is pleased to offer a scholarship award of $1,000.00 to a female student who is a sophomore or junior majoring in art at an accredited Detroit-metro area college or university who is planning to continue her education in the following fields:
Fine Arts • Graphic Design • Ceramics Artistic Welding • Photography • Printmaking • Video and other Visual Arts
To be considered for this award please submit the following to the The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Scholarship Committee:
1. Completed Scholarship Application Form.
2. Personal Statement (not to exceed two typewritten, doubled-spaced pages). Please provide a statement of your educational plans and your career goals. Include motivating factors or important experiences that have helped you shape your personal philosophy and/or your educational plans/career goals. Applications without a personal statement will not be considered.
3. A letter of reference/support from the applicant!s Art/Design/Craft instructor. Reference can be e-mailed directly to the committee and must contain applicant and reference’s contact information.
4. A letter of reference/support from a responsible adult (not related). Reference can be e-mailed directly to the committee and must contain applicant and reference’s contact information.
5. Examples of your work, 5-7 images attached electronically. Applicant’s art work will be reviewed as an example of intention of future endeavors. Applicant must agree that images may be used by the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors for promotional purposes without additional written consent.
Submit the above via e-mail to the DSWPS Scholarship Committee:
scholarship@dswps.org
All applications must be received by March 15th, 2022.
Award recipient will be notified on or before April 4th, 2022.
Scholarship Report - 2022 04 14
Research was conducted to find contact information for instructors and counselors at nine(9) colleges and universities that provide art degrees in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Thirty-seven(37) contacts received scholarship application information. Ten(10) applications, and one letter of reference without an application, were received from four(4) different institutions (CCS, Macomb, Madonna, and OCC). Applications were organized and sent to members of the Scholarship Committee. The Committee (Jan Duscay, Kim Santini, and myself) met via zoom and reviewed all received applications. We distilled the list down to 5 potential applicants and sent them on to Lori Z. And Katie M. for additional comments and review. A final decision was made with the scholarship being awarded to Julianna Sanroman Rojas.
I contacted Julianna’s instructor at CCS and allowed him to make the announcement to Julianna. He was so excited and grateful to be able to break the news to her.
I purchased package certificates (pkg of 15), certificate folders (pkg of 6), and envelopes (pkg of 25) at Office Max (total $49.57). These should last for a few years with no other additional purchases (and then only document folders). The certificates work with an on-line program to print them. I feel this minor expense gives the student something to hold onto long after the check is cashed.
All the stars aligned for Julianna to be at our opening. Susan M let us take some time at the beginning of the award ceremony to introduce Julianna and present her with her check, and many of you had a chance to spend some time with her. It was clear that the committee had made a great choice. Julianna is aware that she will be invited to show with us at the Northville show.
In the future, more academics will be added to our contact list, and as word gets around to the various institutions that we have expanded to include them, I anticipate that there should be a significant increase in applications. I intend to follow-up with an email to all the instructors, references, and applicants thanking them for their participation, and inviting them to join us. I need help with creating and distributing some sort of press release.
I would like to contact as many previous awardees to invite them to join us, perhaps enticing them with waiving membership fees for one year. This is going to involve significant research, since the way the program has been administered in the past, contact information of applicants and awardees is not available.
I hope that you think this has been a successful scholarship season - hopefully, more to come
