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Scholarships

Descriptions & eligibility information

To qualify for School of Art scholarships, you MUST attend NAU full-time during the academic year. Award descriptions and application requirements are listed in the scholarship application 2025 – 2026

Congratulations to all the 2020-21 scholarship recipients, check out their work in the scholarship gallery.

Pritulsky Fund & Scholarship Accordion Closed

3 opportunities:

  1. Pritulsky Scholarship (2) $1250 (able to use for tuition and fees). One student will be awarded for Fall, another student for the Spring.
  2. Pritulsky Gift $2,000 (able to use for travel and conferences). Awarded for Spring.
  3. Pritulsky Gift $500 (able to use for travel and conferences). Awarded for Spring.

Requirements for all 3 opportunities:

  • Full-time Flagstaff Mountain Campus Interior Design major.
  • Junior or Senior status during 2020-2021 academic year.
  • Grade point average of 3.5 or higher (where 4.0 = A).
  • Must submit a 500-word essay and list campus and community extracurricular involvement. Students may choose one of the following topics:
    • What is your dream career in Interior Design and why?
    • Public perception is not clear concerning the role of Interior Design. How can we better share our professional expertise with others and increase their understanding?
  • Must submit at least one letter of recommendation from a School of Art faculty member or advisor.
  • Preference for students with demonstrated financial need.
  • The essay and letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically to Sara.Maier@nau.edu

Don Bendel Ceramic Art Award Accordion Closed

  • Applicants must have a ceramic art emphasis and must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the Department.
  • Recipient must be enrolled full-time at NAU.
  • Recipient must show promise of artistic ability, determination and potential to succeed in ceramic art.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Harold & Marion Elliott Scholarship for Art Education Accordion Closed

One or two awards are given per year.

  •  Applicant(s) must be a full-time student at NAU.
  •  3.0 or higher GPA.
  •  U.S. citizen.
  •  Distinguished in visual art/art education in high school or college.
  •  Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

J.D. Moller Scholarship Accordion Closed

  •  Second, third or fourth year recipients must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
  • Applicants must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the program.
  • High school students must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
  • Applicants must be registered for at least 9-12 hours each semester.
  • Eligibility: Declared BFA major, School of Art. Preference will be given to Bachelor of Fine Art Majors.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Whiteman Family Endowment for the Arts Accordion Closed

  • 3.0 or higher GPA.
  • Major or minor in fine art (any emphasis).
  • Defaults to music if no qualified candidates.
  • Preference to Fine Arts students.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Dick Beasley Memorial Art Scholarship Accordion Closed

  • Recipient must be a full-time student with a declared major in studio art.
  • Recipient must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  • Recipient must be of junior or senior rank.
  • Recipient must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Recipient must have distinguished himself/herself in some area of visual art.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Eyedazzler Scholarship Accordion Closed

(Established 5/31/96. The Iron Feather, Bruce Kirkpatrick, proprietor; Sedona, AZ)

  • Full-time student.
  • Fine arts major (any emphasis).
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Byrd Burton Dumas/Ivernia Tyson Endowed Scholarship Accordion Closed

  • Applicants must have an interior design emphasis.
  • Recipient must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  • Full-time student.
  • Students should apply for this scholarship through the office of Financial Aid.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Sedona Hopi Show Scholarship Endowment Accordion Closed

  • Applicants must be a student in the School of Performing and Fine Arts and must complete a School of Art application form and all necessary requirements established by the Department.
  • Recipient must be enrolled full-time at NAU.
  • Recipient must show promise of artistic ability, determination and potential to succeed.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.

Robertson-Shindell Accordion Closed

  • Applicant must be enrolled as a major in drawing, painting, or printmaking in NAU School of Art.
  • Applicant must demonstrate consistently high level of performance in studio art.
  • Applicant must have a status of junior or senior and be in good standing.
  • Applicants are eligible for continuation of the scholarship through a re-application process provided they continue to meet the eligibility criteria.

Maxine and Ellery Gibson Art Award Accordion Closed

  • Art education majors only.
  • New or continuing undergraduate at NAU.
  • 2.7 GPA or higher.
  • Applicant must attach a signed copy of NAU’s Scholarship FERPA statement to the application.
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Room 211 Building 37A
Fine Arts
1115 S Knoles Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6031
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Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6031
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