Sandpiper offers art scholarships to area students

Sandpiper Art Gallery & Gifts in Polson is accepting applications for their art scholarship program.

Each year, the gallery offers scholarships to deserving students who reside in Lake and Sanders counties. 

The non-profit gallery began over 50 years ago in Polson with a mission to encourage and promote appreciation and participation in the arts, make art available to people and to promote art as a career.

The gallery uses proceeds collected from their Polson summer art festivals to fund scholarships for students accepted or currently enrolled in college, specialized art schools, and vocational institutions.  Applicants must meet criteria of majoring in art forms such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, jewelry, photography and film, fiber art, and graphic art. 

Criterion also includes professional careers in art education, art history, restoration, scientific or medical art illustration, digital art and design, archeology, and museum curatorship. 

Applications are available at area high schools, by email at [email protected] or from the website, Sandpiperartgalleryandgifts.com/scholarships.  Students who have won an award in the past are eligible to reapply.

Students must submit applications with required documents and art samples no later than March 31 to [email protected]  (subject line “Attention Scholarship Committee), or mail or deliver them to Sandpiper Art Gallery & Gifts,  ATTN: Scholarship Committee,  P.O. Box 1163, Polson, MT 59860.

For additional information on scholarships visit Sandpiperartgalleryandgifts.com/scholarships, email [email protected] or call 406-883-5956.