2008 Rumsey Summer Scholarship & Potenza Award
Application Deadline: February 6, 2008, 5p.m.
Overview
The purpose of the Rumsey Scholarship is to provide funding for summer travel to students who wish to further develop their artistic practice. Approximately $3,000 is awarded each year to a student entering their senior year. Applicants must participate in a competitive exhibition, from which the Visual Studies faculty will select a scholarship winner based on the quality of both the exhibited sample work and the accompanying written travel proposal. Scholarship recipients are required to showcase the work resulting from their summer study in a Fall 2008 follow-up exhibition.
Students who participate in the Rumsey Scholarship competition will also be considered for the Sally Hoskins Potenza Annual Award. The Potenza Award will be credited towards tuition. If no tuition is owed, a cash award will be made.
Eligibility
Applicants must be junior-level BA or BFA Art majors with a department GPA of 2.5 or higher. Fourth-year students who have junior-standing in the Art program due to a change in majors are also considered eligible. Applicants must return for a two-semester senior year and must complete all graduation requirements by, but not before, May 2009. The Visual Studies Academic Advisor will verify the eligibility of each applicant.
Travel Proposal
A detailed, typewritten proposal describing your summer travel plan must be submitted prior to the opening of the competitive exhibition. The proposal must be signed by a faculty mentor who supports your plan, and it should include:
- the travel locale and itinerary
- the purpose of study
- a description of how this experience will assist the development of your artwork
- a detailed estimate of travel costs and/or tuition
If the objective of the proposal is not fulfilled, the recipient will be required to return the award.
Application Procedure
Submission of Application: The Rumsey Scholarship application is due in 205 CFA, the Undergraduate Academic Advising office, by February 6, 2008. Applications will not be accepted after this date. The names of eligible applicants will be posted on the Academic Advisor’s bulletin board by February 8, 2008; applicants identified as ineligible will be notified via email. Appeals may be made in writing to the Visual Studies Department Chair within one week of notice.
Submission of proposal: The typewritten proposal and the Submission of Works form, complete with your faculty mentor’s signature, are due in the Visual Studies Department office by February 20, 2008. Applicants who do not submit a proposal by this date will be disqualified from the competitive exhibition.
Submission of artwork: All work for the competitive exhibition must be delivered to the Visual Studies Department Gallery on either February 15th or February 18th. Work submitted after February 18th will not be part of the exhibition.
Exhibition
The opening for the 2008 Rumsey Scholarship and Potenza Award Competitive Exhibition will be held on February 21 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm in B45, the Visual Studies Department Gallery. The exhibit will run through March 20.
Questions
All questions regarding the Rumsey Scholarship and Potenza Award should be addressed to Becky Koenig, 202D CFA.
