Tom Joyner Foundation Offers Fine Arts Scholarships for HBCU Students

The Tom Joyner Foundation (TJF) launched a new scholarship for fine arts scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The TJF Fine Arts Scholarships Program will provide two (2) deserving students at HBCUs a $1,000 scholarship from the Foundation. The program is funded with money from a portion of the proceeds from the art sales on the 2014 Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage.

TJF Fine Arts Scholarship Program

Applications may be submitted starting April 3rd, 2014 on the TJMF website: http://tomjoynerfoundation.org/tom-joyner-foundation-launches
Funds will be awarded for the 2014 fall semester. Winners are expected to be announced May 15, 2014.
The scholarship deadline is May 3, 2014.

TJF Fine Arts Scholarship Requirements

Applicants must be full-time students in good academic standing at HBCUs who are majoring in art, fine arts or art education to be eligible to apply.
Students must submit a 250 word- essay on, “How Art Can Make A Difference In All Communities?”
In addition, students who are visual arts majors must submit a link to a sample of one piece of their artwork or photography via an attached photo. Please include the name of the piece, the inspiration behind the work and if a painting or sketch the medium.