For over 30 years, Gage Academy of Art has centered its mission around educating, enriching, and transforming our community through the visual arts. Gage Academy of Art’s scholarship program supports Gage’s commitment to making arts education accessible and equitable to everyone who wishes to pursue their artistic practice. 

Each year, applications are carefully reviewed and granted by a rotating panel of local and national artists and creative leaders in the greater Seattle area and beyond. 

Our donor-supported scholarships are made possible through the generosity of individual donors within our community. Please contact Sudeshna Dixit, Director of Advancement at dixit.s@gageacademy.org, or Arianna Webber, Advancement Manager, at webber.a@gageacademy.org if you wish to learn more about opportunities to support access to arts education. 

Below are the scholarships available to student applicants for Gage Academy of Art’s 2024-2025 academic year. This year’s application deadline is June 7, 2024. Scholarship awards will be announced during the last week of June. Apply Now!


THE STANLEY R. AND ROBERT E. WRIGHT FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP
One $5,000 award towards any Atelier program 


The Stanley R. and Robert E. Wright Foundation for the Arts Scholarship is a partial scholarship dedicated to the continuation of artistic excellence and the creative pursuit of aesthetic beauty through the fields of fine art, commercial art, and classical music. This scholarship is awarded to a student between 17 and 27 who demonstrates outstanding ability and motivation to pursue a career in their field.  


BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) SCHOLARSHIP FUND 
One $4,500 award towards any Atelier Program 


The BIPOC Scholarship is a partial scholarship designed to empower and support BIPOC students by providing funding to enroll in one of Gage Academy of Art’s renowned Atelier programs during the 2024-2025 academic year. 


THE DENNIS EVANS AND NANCY MEE ATELIER SCHOLARSHIP
Two $2,500 awards towards any Atelier program, or adult classes/workshops 


The Dennis Evans and Nancy Mee Scholarship was established to support Gage students who are experimental and are not afraid to challenge traditional art boundaries within their artistic approach. 


THE MICHAEL AND JAMIE RAWDING ATELIER SCHOLARSHIP
One $2,500 award towards any Atelier program 


The Michael and Jamie Rawding Atelier Scholarship is a partial scholarship for incoming and current students of Gage’s Atelier program. 

  
THE ALLAN AND MARY KOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP
One $1,000 award towards any Atelier program


The Allan and Mary Kollar Scholarship is a partial scholarship designated for a Gage Atelier student. The Atelier program is designed for artists who intend to pursue profound mastery in the disciplines of painting, drawing, or sculpture under the guidance of an internationally renowned teaching artist.   


2024-2025 SCHOLARSHIP JURY 
TO BE ANNOUNCED  

Gage Academy of Art acknowledges the Coast Salish Peoples as the original inhabitants of this area and connecting waterways. We understand the land that Gage occupies is unceded territory and that today many Indigenous peoples live here and without their stewardship, we would not have access to this space. We honor the Coast Salish Peoples’ sovereignty, rights to self-determination, culture and ways of life. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have called this territory their sacred land. We commit to learning, educating others and repairing the legacy of historically harmful relationships between non-Native and Native peoples in King County. In doing so, we will be honest, and recognize the experiences of Native peoples to include genocide, forced relocation, forced assimilation, and land theft. We also acknowledge Native peoples are survivors, present in today’s world, thriving. We encourage everyone here today to ask themselves: what can I do to support Indigenous communities?

In an effort to be transparent, Gage is contemplating this call to action and re-working how to best support Indigenous communities.

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