Activist Artist Scholarship
Direct application
$5,000
Eligibility
Location
New Hampshire
Major
Visual Performing Arts
Education level
High school
Year of study
Final year
About this scholarship
New Hampshire high school seniors may enter the Lantos Foundation Activist Artist Scholarship, an annual competition funded by Bank of New Hampshire. Category 1 applicants write a 600 to 1,000 word essay on an activist artist's human-rights impact. Category 2 applicants submit original activist art plus a 250 to 500 word museum-style explanation.
First-place awards are $5,000, with additional recognition at lower tiers. The number of scholarships depends on the applicant pool each round.
The competition honors activist artists worldwide and challenges students to examine how artists use their medium to influence, inform, and inspire action on human rights.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Either a 600-1,000 word essay on an activist artist's human-rights impact, or an original activist artwork with a 250-500 word museum-style explanation
- Open to high school seniors
- Two mutually-exclusive categories: applicant chooses EITHER Category #1 (essay) OR Category #2 (original creative work + museum plaque)
- Category #1 essay range: 600-1,000 words
- Category #2 museum plaque explanation range: 250-500 words
- Applicants encouraged to draw inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Applicants choose one of two mutually exclusive competition categories.
- Original creative work category must focus on a human-rights issue.