• Students seeking scholarships for art and photography have many options.camera image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com
  
  There are a number of scholarships that are available to assist students pursuing studies in art and photography to pay for college. Many of these are available from private endowments or associations that honor the memory of artists and photographers that have died. These scholarships are awarded on the basis of not only academic achievement, but also the quality of the applicant's submitted art and photos.
  
  

The San Francisco Foundation Art Awards

• The San Francisco Foundation provides a number of scholarship awards to art and photography students with a connection to the state of California. The James D. Phelan Art Awards are open to all artists who were born in California and offer prizes of $5,000 in categories of film, photography, printmaking and video. The San Francisco Foundation also offers a number of fellowships to art students who are pursuing postgraduate studies at any of several art colleges in the state of California. These awards are in the amount of $3,500. Interested students should visit the San Francisco Foundation website for more information.
  
  The San Francisco Foundation
  225 Bush St., Suite 500
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  415-733-8500
  sff.org
  
  

John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund for Art Education

• The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund for Art Education provides scholarship money to art students in the amount of $5,000. The funds are normally disbursed in four equal amounts over the course of a year. In order to be eligible, a student must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and must be committed to making art in accordance with Western classical tradition. Interested students should visit the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum website for more information.
  
  National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
  1700 NE 63rd St.
  Oklahoma City, OK 73111
  405-478-2250
  nationalcowboymuseum.org
  
  

The Alfred G. and Elma M. Milotte Scholarship Fund

• The Alfred G. and Elma M. Milotte Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to photography and art students living in the state of Washington. These one-time scholarships are awarded in amounts of up to $4,000. In order to be eligible, a student must have lived in Washington state for at least five years prior to applying and must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. According to the Milotte Scholarship Fund website, a student is eligible if he is a careful observer of nature that has expressed those observations "in an artistic way that engages the everyday person." This may be in images, song, words or modern technology. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Interested students should visit the Milotte Scholarship Fund website for more information. The annual deadline for application is March 31.
  
  The Alfred G. & Elma M. Milotte Scholarship Fund
  Bank of America
  715 Peachtree St., 8th Floor
  Atlanta, GA 30308
  milotte.org