Local high school seniors have until Nov. 15 to apply for 2027-28 art and honors scholarships offered by the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.

Honors scholarships are limited to South County seniors who excel academically. Art scholarships are limited to seniors in Southern Santa Barbara County and at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School who excel in the traditional fine arts.

Find complete eligibility requirements and application instructions at www.sbscholarship.org.  

The foundation awarded 22 honors scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year, having received 162 applications.

Honors applicants are evaluated on the basis of academic achievement.

For the current academic year, 20 South County students, from an applicant pool of 63, received art scholarships, as did six of 16 applicants at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School.

Recipients are selected on the basis of submitted works, as evaluated by prominent local artists.

Art submissions must be original works of painting, drawing, sketching, photography, design, furniture, or sculpture.

Applicants selected to participate in the art judging will be invited to submit portfolios after Nov. 15.
               
“These scholarship programs consistently attract remarkably talented young people, and we expect more of the same this year,” said Calen Ouellette, Scholarship Foundation president/CEO. “Our local high schools are clearly doing a wonderful job preparing area students for bright futures.”

The Scholarship Foundation is seeking donors to fund North County art scholarships. To establish an art or honors scholarship for local students, email Nicole Jones, director of development and operations at njones@sbscholarship.org.

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara is the nation’s largest community-based provider of college scholarships, having cumulatively awarded in excess of $175 million to more than 66,000 county students since its founding in 1962. Learn more at www.sbscholarship.org.