Today’s art students are tomorrow’s fine artists. Krylon Products Group is proud to invest in the future of art by awarding scholarships to help promising art students with rising tuition costs.Krylon Products Group Clear Choice Art Scholarships are available to high school seniors (graduating before July 1, 2012) and college freshmen and sophomore students in the U.S. and Canada. Students must be enrolled or accepted and seeking a degree at a U.S. or Canadian university, college or art school as a declared major in a visual arts program such as painting, drawing, sketching (excluding graphic design, fashion design, interior design, film, music or the performing arts).
Canadian students must be attending a designated educational institution while enrolled or accepted into a qualifying educational program. Employees of The Sherwin-Williams Company and related companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Scholarship checks are sent directly to the university, college or art school, where the student will study, to be used for qualifying tuition expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment) required by the educational institution. Distribution will not be made directly to scholarship recipients.
The scholarship submission consists of a completed application form (attached), portfolio on CD, portfolio images printout, artist’s statement, letter of recommendation and transcript(s).
PORTFOLIO
The portfolio should include 3 – 6 images of artwork on CD, as well as a thumbnail or full-sized printout of images. Portfolios will be accepted on CD only – DO NOT submit originals as they will not be accepted. All artwork should be labeled with artist’s name, title of artwork, media, dimensions, and year completed either in the image file name or in a separate Word document on the CD. Portfolio artwork may include drawings, paintings, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, and other studio artwork (excluding graphic design, digital artwork, photography, film, interior design, etc.). No graffiti submissions will be accepted.
These electronic submissions cannot be returned. By submitting these examples of your work, you are granting Krylon Products Group the right to use and publish these submissions, with attribution to the artist, for the promotion of their scholarship program in any media without further payment or consideration. All work must be your original work without any assistance from a third party and has not been previously published or produced. Your work cannot and will not be sold, marketed, copied or copyrighted in any way by Krylon Products Group. Your acceptance of this provision is considered granted by signing and submitting your scholarship application form and samples of work.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The Artist’s Statement should include your reasons for wanting to be an artist, why you are seeking this scholarship, what art means to you, what do you want to learn, why you are committed to art, and what your academic and career plans are. Your statement should be 300-500 words in length, typed, double-spaced.
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
A letter of recommendation from a current or past instructor familiar with your artistic qualifications should be included with the application.
TRANSCRIPT(S)
Copies of your official high school and/or college transcripts should either be submitted with the application or mailed by your school to the address listed below.
DEADLINE
Applications should be submitted with portfolio on CD, portfolio images printout, artist’s statement, letter of recommendation and transcript(s) by May 31, 2013 to Krylon Clear Choice Scholarship, 101 W. Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attn: Sylvia Sabo. Be sure to send all materials together in one package with your name on each piece (transcripts may be sent separately by school). Questions may be sent by email to ArtScholarship@krylon.com. Applications, artwork, etc. will not be accepted by email. Scholarship recipients only will be notified in writing by July 31, 2013.
SELECTION
Selection will be determined by all images and information submitted with the application form, with emphasis on the Portfolio and Artist’s Statement.
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
Five (5) $1000 non-renewable scholarships will be awarded to the top five applicants to be used towards tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment required by the educational institution for the upcoming school year starting in Fall 2012. Krylon Products Group will notify scholarship recipients, and distribution of the scholarship amount will be made directly to the university, college or art school indicated on the application form. Scholarship recipients will also receive a package of Krylon® Artist Sprays for use in their work, with an approximate retail value of $70. In addition, the high school that the student graduated from will receive $500 for their art program, as well as a package of Krylon® Artist Sprays, with an approximate retail value of $250. Krylon Products Group will also provide product only awards in the same amounts as stated above to the next top ten (10) applicants and their high schools. Scholarship recipients in Canada will receive a T4A statement at the end of the year and depending on the student’s educational status, will need to report some, all or none of the scholarship amount reported on the T4A.
