FAQ
What is the Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Program?
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 most passionate, best qualified and most promising are awarded funding. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship cannot be used for secondary school or college tuition.
What does the Foundation look for in nominees?
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.
If awarded a scholarship, does the applicant have to apply the funding to a specific program?
Yes. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds must be applied directly to a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program identified by the student on the application. Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds will go toward one program – not multiple programs.
How do I apply?
The applicant and the nominator (a teacher, advisor, or other adult outside the applicant’s family) work on the application together and must provide by the deadline:
- One letter of recommendation, from a teacher, advisor, or other adult mentor outside the applicant’s family, but must be someone other than the nominator.
- Personal Statement (500 words or less): A personal statement should demonstrate what you are passionate about, and why this particular program you are applying to is important to you. What do you hope to accomplish during the program and what do you expect to gain from this program’s instruction’s experience?
- Sample of your work:
- Visual Arts & Design: Please submit between eight to twelve J-Peg images that characterize your work.
- Performing Arts: Please submit up to three samples that characterize your work; no longer than three minutes each and post sample of work on YouTube.
- Media Arts: Please submit between eight to twelve J-Peg images or post samples that characterize your work on YouTube.
- Literary Arts: Please submit up to three writing samples limited to one page each that characterize your work in PDF format.
- You will need to provide proof of application to and acceptance by your program of choice.
- The Anthony Quinn Foundation will only grant scholarships to the one program that you have indicated on the application.
- If you decide this is not the program you wish to attend, you must inform us and your application will no longer be considered.
- The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship requires that all recipients pay the non-refundable deposit fee, if applicable, and submit proof of that payment to the Foundation.
- If you are selected as a scholarship recipient and the costs of your program of choice exceed the scholarship award, you must provide the Anthony Quinn Foundation with a plan for how you will personally fund the remainder of the tuition.
How are scholarship applications evaluated?
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.
If selected for a scholarship, will the student receive the full amount requested?
Not necessarily. Based on the requested amount and the overall cost of the program, the Foundation may award full or partial funding.
Are the funds sent directly to the student?
No. Funds awarded are sent directly to the arts education program of choice, not to the student.
How much is awarded per student?
The Scholarship award amounts are up to $3000 or 50% (whichever is less) of the total tuition cost. Most scholarships range from $1,000-$3,000 but partial funding from another source is encouraged. Based on the requested amount and the overall cost of the recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program the Foundation may award only partial funding. Before the payment of the scholarship funds, the applicant must show proof of acceptance into the program, and that any remaining balance has been paid by the applicant. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship requires that all recipients pay the non-refundable deposit fee, if applicable, and submit proof of that payment to the Foundation. The recipient will need to provide the deadline by which the tuition is to be paid by and request an invoice from their program to be submitted to the Anthony Quinn Foundation Accounting: accounting@anthonyquinnfoundation.org. Scholarship recipients will be required to complete a post program, follow-up survey.
I have decided to apply to two different programs; can I receive a scholarship for both? Or can I split my scholarship monies to pay for the two different programs?
No. The scholarship funds will be for one program.
I stated on the application that I wanted to go to a specific program, but now I have changed my mind and want to apply to another program. Can I apply my scholarship funds toward this new program?
No. Scholarship monies are based on the program that you indicated on your application. If you wish to change programs you must inform us and your application will be taken out of consideration.
What if I don’t get accepted to the program I selected?
Scholarship monies are based on the program that you indicated on your application. If you do not get accepted to that program, you must inform us and your application will be taken out of consideration.
Can I apply to a program that I have already attended?
No. Scholarship recipients cannot use The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds to return to a program that they have already attended in the past (except in the case that the program is at a higher level). The applicant must provide the needed information for The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Committee to discern that this is a different program or at a higher level.
Can the scholarship funds be used for private instruction?
No. Private instruction as a program is not allowed (with the exception of a Master Class). The nominator may not be the instructor for the Master Class. The applicant must provide the needed information for The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Committee to discern that this is a Master Class.
The Applicant has already been attending a program and wishes the scholarship funds to go towards retroactive payments. Can I do this?
No. We will not provide scholarship monies for a program that the applicant has already been attending.
Can the funds be used for travel?
No. The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds may be only used toward tuition costs toward a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program.
Can an organization apply for funding support?
No. The Scholarship Program has been developed to assist individual High School students.
Can the applicant use the funds for next year?
No. All Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship funds must be expended by December 31st of the year in which the funds are awarded.
The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Program aims to perpetuate the legendary actor/artist’s vision for an art-conscious society. Through its scholarship, the Foundation supports high school students’ extracurricular study of Visual Arts & Design, Performing Arts, Media Arts, and Literary Arts. Foundation scholarships may be used for a recognized pre-college, summer or after-school arts education program, but may not be used for either secondary school or college tuition. The application period is now closed. Please click “Learn More” for more details.