The Anthony Quinn Foundation recognizes that there is a crisis in arts education. The Scholarship Program has been developed to provide financial assistance to high school students who wish to attend a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program. The Scholarship Program is a competitive program and the applicants judged to be the best qualified and most promising are awarded funding. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship cannot be used for secondary school or college tuition.

Scholarships are awarded competitively. Ideal nominees are those who would benefit from financial support and demonstrate exceptional talent and dedication with a strong commitment to personal artistic growth in one of the following areas: visual arts and design, performing arts, media arts, and literary arts.

Yes. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds must be applied directly to a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program.

An applicant must be nominated by a teacher, advisor, or other adult mentor outside the applicant’s family. Additional information will be sought directly from the nominee if he or she is selected as a semi-finalist.

Applications are reviewed by a panel of judges who are practicing artists and/or arts educators whose professional expertise ranges across the spectrum of fields for which scholarships are awarded. The judges are independent of the Foundation’s board and staff and operate under a strict conflict of interest policy.

Not necessarily. Based on the requested amount and the overall cost of the program, the Foundation may award full or partial funding.

No. The Scholarship Program has been developed to assist individual students.

No. Funds awarded are sent directly to the arts education program of choice, not to the student.

Scholarships range from $250 to $3,000 but partial funding from another source is encouraged. Based on the requested amount and the overall cost of the arts education program, the Foundation may award only partial funding.