Whitaker Foundation Scholarship Fund

Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker Foundation

The Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker Foundation (The Whitaker Foundation) intends to support art students with a special emphasis on watercolor and museum studies and to help them meet the diverse needs of today’s professional art and museum world. Through the application process facilitated by The Whitaker Foundation, students are required to gain knowledge of the Whitakers’ works through their submitted essays or watercolor paintings. Once the students’ works are evaluated, winners will be selected and the scholarships will be awarded.

All Bachelor of Fine Art applicants MUST submit images of TWO original WATERCOLOR paintings. All watercolor paintings MUST have been painted after January 1, 2018. Applications with only ONE image or MORE THAN TWO images will not be considered.

All Art History and all Museum Studies applicants MUST submit an essay responding to the question asked on the application. The REQUIRED length is 500 to 750 words. Essays outside of this range will not be considered.