Learn about our Arts Scholarship

EXPRESS YOUR ARTISTIC SIDE

This scholarship supports the development of future professionals by assisting with post-secondary artistic studies.

Program details

Three individual awards of $1,000 are available to high school students in the Regional Municipality of Durham (Ontario) who identify as Black and will be attending an eligible full-time degree or diploma program in a Canadian post-secondary institution.

TO WHOM

To the high school students who identify as Black

FOR WHAT

Attending an eligible full-time degree or diploma program

HOW MUCH

Three individual awards of $ 1000

TO WHOM

To the high school students who identify as Black

FOR WHAT

Attending an eligible full-time degree or diploma program

HOW MUCH

Three individual awards of $ 1000

Eligible arts programs include:

  • Arts administration
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Literary
  • Media arts
  • Museum studies
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Visual arts or curatorial practice

Successful applicants are selected through a competitive adjudication process.

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Eligible arts programs include:

2022 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Adwoa Baah

Adwoa Baah graduated from R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa and will be pursuing a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at Carleton University.

Venus Brown

Venus Brown graduated from Dunbarton High School in Pickering and will be pursuing Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in an Honours Arts Bachelor of Arts Program with Management Option.

Victoria Marshall

Victoria Marshall graduated from Sinclair Secondary School in Whitby and will be pursuing a degree in Dramatic Arts in the School of Fine & Performing Arts at Brock University.

2021 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Aja Young

Aja Young graduated from O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa and will be attending the Theatre Program at York University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in the School of the Arts, Media,

Performance and Design.

Hailey Brady

Hailey Brady graduated from O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa and will be pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at York.

Tori Wanzama

She is a graduate of Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School in Whitby and will be pursuing a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media and Communication Studies as well as a Diploma in Media Communications at the University of Guelph-Humber.

Thank you to our
generous sponsors

Next deadline
May 29, 2023

This scholarship supports the development of future professionals by assisting with post-secondary artistic studies.

Have questions? Please contact:
durhambhm@gmail.com