Scholarships on Sac State's Scholarship Portal

The Department of Art sponsors several scholarships and awards programs for its students each year. Applications for these awards are accepted starting in October and winners are announced each Spring semester. To be eligible to win one of these scholarships, applicants must be active students and meet that scholarship's individual eligibility requirements during the semester the money will be awarded.

The deadline to apply for these scholarships is March 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm. Both the scholarship and award recipients will be announced at the Annual Awards Show in Spring 2025.

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• The Academic and Creative Excellence Award is a $1000 award to support an outstanding undergraduate or graduate Art major. Open to Sophomore, Junior, Senior, and Graduate students in good academic standing and an overall GPA of 2.0 for Undergrad and 3.0 for Grad.
• The Jeannette B. Yuppa Scholarship is a $1000 award to support an outstanding undergraduate or graduate Art major who has chosen teaching at any level as a future goal. Two recipients are chosen a year.
• The Marla Chicconi Memorial Endowed Art Scholarship is a $1500 award to support an outstanding undergraduate Art major with an interest in teaching. Open to Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students with a declared major in Art and an overall GPA of 2.0.
• The Juanita and Jose Montoya Memorial Art Scholarship is a $1500 award to support an outstanding undergraduate Art major with an interest in teaching. Open to Junior and Senior students with a declared major in Art and an overall GPA of 2.7.
• The Patricia Aeschliman McGreal Memorial Endowed Scholarship is a $800 award to support an outstanding undergraduate or graduate Art major. Open to Sophomore, Junior, Senior, and Graduate students in good academic standing.
• The Ruth Rippon Ceramic Scholarship is a $1000 award offered once a year to an outstanding student majoring in Studio Art, with an emphasis in ceramics, who shows promise in making ceramic art a career.
• The Peggy Saunders Hall Memorial Scholarship is a $5,000 award to support an outstanding undergraduate Art student who has chosen teaching at any level as a future goal.

Awards Available in the Annual Student Award Show

The Department of Art holds their Annual Student Awards Show each spring, where students can win awards and certificates for their artwork. Below are available monetary awards available to students.

• The R. W. and Joyce Witt Scholarship Award in Studio Art for any Sacramento State student with a declared minor or major in Art or Photography. All media are eligible.
• The Frederick M. Peyser, Sr. Prize in Studio Art for any Sacramento State undergraduate. Only two-dimensional media (painting, photography, printmaking, mixed media, and digital, video and interactive works) are eligible.
• The University Art Product Award for works of art in ANY medium that are submitted by Sacramento State undergraduates with a declared major in Art and an overall GPA of 3.0.
• The Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship Award is for classified graduate students in Studio Art. Entries may be in any medium.

R.W. and Joyce Witt Art History Competition

The R. W. and Joyce Witt Art History Competition gives out two awards of $100 each. One prize is awarded in each category.

• Category A: graduate or undergraduate art history research papers.
• Category B: graduate or undergraduate art writing of any genre. Students may submit one entry per category.