Alabama Art Education Association

SCAD Launches its Second Annual SCAD Challenge Scholarship Competition. The competition offers high school/secondary school students an opportunity to showcase their talent as the next generation of talented artists and designers. High school seniors, juniors, and students completing their last two years of secondary school compete and may become eligible for scholarships to attend SCAD, the most comprehensive art and design university in the world. The majority of competitions are open to high school seniors, and we are hosting a separate challenge for high school juniors. Senior winners can earn a $3,000 annual SCAD scholarship for first place; $2,000 annual SCAD scholarship for second place; and $1,000 SCAD scholarship for third place. Work by all finalists and winners is posted in an online gallery on the SCAD Challenge website. The 10 competitions reflect some of the unique programs of study that SCAD offers students, from photography and animation to fashion and writing. Students can submit work to each and every challenge. Students can submit work in the following categories: 2-D, Photography or Wild Card. The Wild Card category allows students to submit any work that does not fall into the 2-D or Photography categories. Winning students are eligible to receive a $1,100, $750 or $350 scholarship to attend the SCAD Rising Star summer programs. These programs include a week-long workshop program called SCAD Summer Seminars or a five-week residential program called SCAD Pre-College. You can learn more about SCAD summer programs at www.scad.edu/summer. Deadlines vary depending on medium: Sept. 2, 2011-Feb 3, 2012.