Awards for current students

Scholarships for AUArts undergraduate students (continuing students) are awarded based on select criteria such as academic and creative achievement, leadership and community engagement. Bursaries are designed to support students with demonstrated financial need. 

While many Awards are open to all undergraduate students, others focus on specific programs or majors, domestic, international and/or Indigenous students. Awards for continuing students are typically offered as tuition credit towards student tuition and fees. 

Awards are advertised annually in the Winter Term. Detailed information on awards and applications is posted on the AUArts Intranet Student Success Centre.

Awards available to students in all programs

  • AUArts Board of Governors Second Year Scholarship, $1,000 x5
  • AUArts Excellence Awards, $1,000 x14
  • AUArts SA Second Year Legacy Award, $600
  • AUArts SA Third Year Legacy Award, $800
  • AUArts SA Fourth Year Legacy Award, $1,200
  • Barbara and John Poole Family Scholarship Fund, $2,000 x10
  • Board of Governors Graduating Student Award, $500 x13
  • Calgary Winter Festival Foundation Scholarship, $800 x2
  • Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, $1,000 x10
  • Ivan Sellers Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • Jenet Mitchell Award (The Calgary Foundation), $500
  • John H. and Kathleen Snow Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • Susanne Agopsowicz Memorial Scholarship, $500
  • The Orinda Dean Scholarship, $500 x2
  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 2022 Indigenous Artists Award, $2,000 x3
  • The Passion Pages, $500

BFA majors

  • Gregory Arnold Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • Ignac and Karla Herskovic Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • The Harley Brown Artistic Endowment, $2,000
  • New Zones Gallery of Contemporary Art Graduating Scholarship, $500
  • The Richard Halliday Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 

Artstream

  • Paul Brace Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Ceramics

  • Monika Smith Ceramics Award, $500 
  • The Rondi Lee Johnson Memorial Ceramics Community Scholarship, $515

Drawing

  • 2nd Year Drawing Scholarship, $500
  • New Zones Gallery of Contemporary Art Graduating Scholarship, $500
  • The Richard Halliday Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 

Fibre

  • Fibre Forward Award, $500
  • The Meredith Helgeson Textile & Fibre Arts Scholarship, $1,500
  • The Rachel Cameron Award, $1,500 x2
  • Wendy Toogood & Don Mabie Scholarship, $1,000 x2

Glass

  • Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Glass Scholarship, $1,000 x2

Jewellery

  • Calgary Hadassah-Wizo Award, $800 x2
  • Jewellery + Metals Leadership Award, $5,000 worth in Gems x10

Painting

  • Arthur and Betty Torode Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • Frank Vervoort Memorial Scholarship, $800 x2 
  • Laura Mae Stillings Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • The Doris Brown Memorial Scholarship, $2,500
  • The John Brocke Memorial Scholarship, $500 
  • The Richard Halliday Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary Art Scholarships Program, $1,000 x2
  • The Ted Helgeson Painting Scholarship, $1,000

Photography

  • Bob Ranson Memorial Award, $1,200
  • Rosalee Hiebert Memorial Scholarship Endowment, $2,000
  • Steve Baylin Legacy Scholarship, Full Year Tuition 
  • The M. James and Elsie Mathieson Scholarship (The Calgary Foundation), $500 x5 
  • The Nicole Jennifer Creig Memorial Scholarship $2,500 x2

Print

  • Printastic Awards, $500 x 2

Sculpture

  • Don & Honey Ray Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 
  • Jenny Belzberg Endowment, $1,500
  • Wendi Jenkins Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x3
  • New Zones Gallery of Contemporary Art Graduating Scholarship, $500

Visual communication design majors

  • Ad Rodeo Scholarship, $1,200
  • Bernard Franklin Stockl Memorial Scholarship Fund, $1,500 
  • DesCan (Design Professionals of Canada) Alberta South Chapter Scholarship, $1,500 x2
  • Eugene Ouchi Memorial Scholarship, $1,200 
  • Henry Clinton Scholarship, $800 x2 
  • Janine Trudel & Steve Coughlin & Family Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
  • Jennifer J. Worley Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 
  • Steve Vadnai Memorial Scholarship, $500 x2

Travel & Experience Awards

  • AUArts International Study Awards, $2,000 x5
  • Brett Robinson Kilroe Scholarship for International Studies, $5,000
  • Carol & Larry Ryder Travel Scholarship, $1,000
  • Continuing Arts Association Travel Scholarship, $2,000
  • Dr. Blythe K.V. Brown Exploration Scholarship, $2,500 x2
  • Dr. J.C. Sproule Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Frances A. Rodgers Excellence Endowment, $1,200
  • Frances A. Rodgers Memorial Scholarship in Ceramics, $500
  • Homesteader's Legacy Scholarship, $2,000 x2
  • Illingworth Kerr Travel/Study Scholarship, up to $2,000 x6
  • Lana Vanzetta and Carl Abad Fashion Photography Award, $2,000
  • Medalta Residency Award, One-month residency + $1,000
  • Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Tuition at Pilchuck
  • Pittsburgh Glass Centre Residency Award, Tuition at Pittsburgh Glass
  • Stanford Perrott Innovative Projects Award, $1,500 x4
  • The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship, Tuition 
  • UrbanGlass Residency Award, $1,000

Bursaries

  • Alberta/NWT Command, The Royal Canadian Legion Bursary, $1000 x 2
  • Art & Culture Bursary, $2,000 x 2 and $1,000 x1
  • AUArts Students' Association Bursary, $500 x3 
  • Deepak Ojha Memorial Bursary, $520
  • IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) Local 212 Bursary, $1500
  • Illingworth Kerr Bursary, $1,000 x12
  • J.M Stanford Bursary, $2,000
  • James & Lillian Budd Family Bursary for AUArts Students with Disabilities (The Calgary Foundation), $1,000 x2
  • James Melville Memorial Bursary, $1,000
  • Janet Mitchell Bursary, $1,500 x10
  • Jason Gogo Memorial Bursary (Painting) $1,000
  • Joyce & Owen Hughes Memorial Bursary, $2,000
  • Murray Hay Bursary, $1,000
  • Rod 'Stu' Stuart Memorial Bursary, $500  x2
  • Rotary Club of Calgary MacEachern Bursary $1,500 x2
  • The City of Calgary Bursary, $1,200 x2
  • The Delwyn Darling Memorial Endowment Bursary, $1,000 x2  
  • The Federation of Canadian Artists Bursary, $1,000 
  • The Owen Bursary (The Calgary Foundation), $500 
  • The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada - Claire Boudreau Bursary, $1,250 x4
  • Wilfred and Elsie Perrott Bursary Endowment $1,000 x4