SCHOLARSHIPS
MAA awards over $2000 in scholarships yearly. This is supported through our fundraising activities.
High School Scholarship
Every year, MAA awards substantial scholarships to graduating high school students. The scholarship is intended to help students further their education in the visual arts, including but not limited to, photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, art education, set design or film making.
The scholarship committee announces the monetary amount in January when the submission process begins. The scholarship committee chooses the winning applicants.
Eligibility
An applicant must be a resident of Connecticut, be a graduating high school senior and attend school East of the Connecticut River. The student must be accepted at a 4 year accredited college for the fall.
Application
Applications for the 2026-2027 school year is now closed.
Deadline
Decision letters were mailed by May 6, 2026.
Contact Veronique Fournier-Wynne
at 860-930-4461.
The 2026 MAA High School Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to our two scholarship winners, both from Manchester High School. Nadia Jones is going to Bennington College in Vermont, and Syed Alif is going to UConn. We wish them the best of luck and welcome them as MAA members! Interestingly, Jacqueline Sweeney (left, above), the art teacher at Manchester High School, received a scholarship from MAA in 2008. Thank you to Veronique Fournier-Wynne for chairing the scholarship committee.
