Attention all High School Students with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at an Illinois public or private High School or College Preparatory School.  No matter what year level, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the first annual Fine Art Finals Illinois High School Scholarship Competition.

Media accepted into Illinois High School Scholarship Competition include:

Drawing   -  graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.

Painting   - oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.

Printmaking  -  etching, lithography, screen-printing, etc.

Sculpture   - clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc.

Digital Art & Graphic Design  - please see information page

 

The Fine Art Finals High School Scholarship Competitions are dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the High School level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement.  Fine Art Finals also awards the Winners' School's Art Program that nurtured those talents.  Finalists and Winners will be selected based on quality, originality, and the creativity of their work.  All works will compete against all other entries, not judged by category.

Scholarship Awards:

First Place: 

$500 to Student & $250 to School Art Program

Second Place:

$250 to Student & $125 to School Art Program

Third Place: 

H.S. Entry Form & Poster Download: