ANNOUNCEMENT of our NEW DIRECTION FOR FUNDING THE VISUAL ARTS PROMGRAMMING IN SANTA FE’s PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
Through numerous discussions and careful evaluation, the ARTsmart Board has concluded that to be the most effective in our public school system, we will shift our funding directly to the Santa Fe Public Schools Visual Arts program. SFPS will still maintain a visiting artist program, but it will be fully administered through the SFPS system. Funding received from ARTsmart will be utilized to support visiting artists and be used for immediate need in their programming, providing more responsive support to the needs of visual arts instruction.
We need your continued support to subsidize the visual arts programming in our public schools!
Please contact us to donate:
ARTsmart NM is currently redesigning our website to reflect exciting new changes in our operations. We will continue to provide financial support to Santa Fe Public Schools visual arts programming. Stay tuned!
Apply for the 2025 ARTsmart Art Changes Lives Scholarship!
ARTsmart is excited to announce that the Art Changes Lives Scholarship will now be administered through the Santa Fe Community Foundation and cooperatively with the Michael S. Currier Scholarship Fund. The Art Changes Lives Scholarship will award one outstanding graduating high school senior art student from Santa Fe County to attend up to four years of visual art-related studies at a university or college, including a two-year community college.
The Winning Student will receive $5,000 for the first year and $1,500 for three subsequent years. The award will be given directly to the college or university to pay for student’s related expenses including course credits, room, board, books, supplies, and studio fees.
Apply here and include a cover letter indicating that you are applying for the ARTsmart Art Changes Lives Scholarship
Brought Back In by Sofia Leyba
Congratulations to Sofia Leyba!
2023 Art Changes Lives Scholarship Winner
“For the past three years ARTsmart has held me firmly on the ground. I will always be grateful for your generosity, support, and care in pursuing my dream of becoming a cartoonist.”
– DaYoung Jung, 2007 Scholarship Recipient
Past Scholarship Winners
2022 College Stipend: Jadyn Taylor, Rochester Institute of Technology in New York
2021 College Stipend: Artemisio Romero y Carver, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Books & Materials: Jeanie Vo
2019 College Stipend: Sabrina-Leigh Thomas, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Books & Materials: Abigail Egge-Ogas and Ligaia Meyer
2018 College Stipend: Carly Trujillo, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Books & Materials: Rowen Brown, Holly Roper, and Celine Sandoval
2017 College Stipend: Ezri Horne,
Books & Materials winner and first runner-up, received this scholarship in memory of our 2017 winner Alicia Stewart.
She is attending Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Books & Materials: Lexi Glinsky
2016 College Stipend: Sarah Surprise, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Books & Materials: Asa Benson-Core
2015 College Stipend: Adhilene Rodriguez, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Books & Materials: Raina Wellman
2014 College Stipend: Katarina Pittis, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York, NY
Books & Materials: Dune Alford
2013 College Stipend: Lydia Abernathy, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
Books & Materials: Ravenna Osgood and Anatasia Pittis
2012 College Stipend: Diego Suarez, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
College Stipend: Wesley Carr, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Books & Materials: Sienna Fleming and Blythe Maunders
2011 College Stipend: Cheyenne Catron Cardell, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Books & Materials: Aaron Ross
2010 College Stipend: Rebekah Birken, New York University’s Steinhard School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, NYC
2009 College Stipend: Corey Mandel, Bennington College, VT
2008 College Stipend: Elena Valdez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2007 College Stipend: DaYoung Jung, New York School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY