Sewanee Art and Art History Scholarship

The Guarisco Scholarship is endowed for students who intend to pursue art or art history at the undergraduate level and who have demonstrated extraordinary promise in artistic endeavors. On Sewanee’s gorgeous 13,000-acre mountaintop campus and around the world, Guarisco Scholars will have the resources to study and advance art. Guarisco Scholars will receive full funding for four years of study at Sewanee as well as stipends for research, internship, and study abroad opportunities.

Benefits

- Total cost of college attendance: tuition, room, and board
- Funded internship and study abroad opportunities
- Funded faculty/student research

Application

- Common Application (http://commonapp.org; due by December 1)
- Guarisco Application (https://engage.sewanee.edu/register/guariscoapplication; due by December 15)
- Optional Supplemental Materials (electronic upload portal available October 2012; due by December 15)

Selection Timeline

- Top 15 applications selected by the Office of Admission (late December)
- Top 15 applications reviewed by the Art and Art History Department (late December)
- 10 out of the 15 applicants assigned The Box Project (January 5)
- The Box Project due (January 21)
- 1 student (2 alternates) offered the Guarisco Scholarship (January 29)

The Box Project

For this portion of the application, you will be sent an 8.5 inch by 11 inch black folio, with which you may do whatever you wish. You are encouraged to think creatively and showcase your own ideas and attitudes toward art. You may include art work, images or transform the box itself. You may also submit a written essay, perhaps including but not exclusive to a description of a significant experience you have had with a work of art, or critical analysis of an exhibition or one or more works of art. Boxes must be completed and received by January 21. Please keep in mind that the box will not be returned.

Expectations

- Major in Art or Art History.
- Maintain a GPA of 3.1 freshman year; 3.2 thereafter.
- Participate in a study abroad program.
- Participate in an internship.
- Carry out a faculty/student research project and presentation.

Contact

Sarah Butler
admission.sewanee.edu/apply/guarisco