san antonio college

Scholarship Minimum Requirements:
Scholarships are awarded on a merit basis. Deserving student nominees must demonstrate overall outstanding performance in the studio classroom and produce excellent artwork. Recipients need not necessarily be returning students, but continuing their education at an accredited institution.
The Robert and Laura Fainter Scholarships require recipients must be Fine Art or Digital Design majors in the VAT department in good academic standing at San Antonio College and be nominated by a member of the Fine Art/Digital Design Faculty. Amount may vary annually ($500 and up).

Merit and financial need-based Scholarship.
San Antonio area competition for college and university art students. The Visual Arts faculty nominate one outstanding visual arts/fine art major to represent the department and San Antonio College at the area wide competition.
To be considered, students must be enrolled full-time (12 to 18 hours) in one of San Antonio’s accredited schools of higher education. Visual (fine) art must be the major field of study. Students must also meet an academic level of achievement of 2.5 QPA/GPA or better. Students must be able to demonstrate bona fide financial need and not already be receiving a major grant. One student per school year will be selected by that school’s art department faculty as a nominee. Each nominee will then be interviewed by the Fiesta Commission’s scholarship committee and his or her body of work will be reviewed, along with verification documents of academic achievement and financial need. Award Amounts, Time frame Annual scholarship awards will not exceed $3,500. Scholarship funds will be made payable to the school for application against the awardee’s tuition, fees and books. The award will not be made in cash or directly to the awardee. The Fiesta® San Antonio Commission may also, at its option, purchase an example from the awardee’s body of work for an amount not to exceed $500, paid directly to the awardee.

Bev Coiner scholarships are awarded to VAT Digital Design students that have won a Gold ADDY award in the same year. ADDY awards are given in a student category by the AAF, or American Adverstising Federation. Students compete in the San Antonio Advertising Federation's Annual 10th District ADDY Awards.
The AAF Student ADDY Awards Competition is a unique national awards program designed specially for college students. Work entered at your local level can move up to the regional and national judging, just like the work entered by professionals across the country.
Applicants must be enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited U.S. educational institution.
Bev Coiner Scholarship amount varies.