Awards & Scholarships
Art Talent Award Scholarship
The Studio Art Department of Willamette University offers the Art Talent Award Scholarship, a merit-based, recurring scholarship offered to applicants with a serious commitment to studio art.
Joy Lorraine Hayhurst Award
This award was established by Joy Hayhurst ‘84 to honor outstanding academic achievement and contributions by seniors to the Department of Art and Art History. Recipients are chosen by the faculty. They each receive a plaque to keep, and their names are placed on a permanent plaque in the Art Building.
Hallie Ford Art Scholarship
This fund was established by Mrs. Ford, who has been a Willamette University trustee for many years and a generous benefactor to the University. This is an academic scholarship for female art majors who are Oregon residents, with a 3.00 or higher cumulative GPA. Recipients are chosen by the faculty.
Esther Wright Huffman Art Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Norman A. Huffman in memory of his wife, Esther, who taught art at Willamette from 1947 to 1951. It is given annually to an Art Studio or Art History major to be held during his or her junior or senior year. Recipients are chosen by the faculty.
Internships
Art students have many internship opportunities to take advantage of. Some recently completed internships include collaborations with:
- Roger W. Rogers Gallery Assistant (through the Studio Art Department)
- Independent Study with Faculty in the Studio Art Department
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art
- Salem Art Association
- Buzz Monkey Software
- Mary Lou Zeek Gallery
- Oregon Arts Commission
- Salem-Keizer Public Schools