Morris Arts Scholarships for High School Seniors – deadline Feb. 4, 2022

Are you are graduating Morris County senior who excels in the arts?

 

Morris Arts is offering the 2022 Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship ($5,000) and 2022 Eugenie Coladarci Arts Scholarship ($1,500) to recognize a graduating high school senior who has exhibited artistic excellence in dance, drama, visual arts, or music. Applicants must be Morris County residents who plan to pursue post-secondary studies at an accredited institution or acknowledged arts school or fine arts program. (Your completed application automatically qualifies you for consideration for either scholarship).

 

How to Apply:
1. Download the application materials
2. Complete the application
3. Scan the completed application materials and then
4. Email the application materials to TWerder@morrisarts.org with the subject line reading “Scholarships.”

 

To download the 2022 application materials, click HERE
Application Deadline: 5pm, February 4th, 2022

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

History
Elaine Ehlers
(1953-2001), a healthcare administrator by profession, had a voracious appetite for all things artistic and musical.  She derived intellectual and emotional sustenance from the arts and she supported programs at many museums and musical institutions.  By establishing this scholarship, an enduring legacy has been created to reward those who possess artistic talent and who plan to further their arts education. The Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship was established in 2002 in memory of Elaine Ehlers (1953-2001), a healthcare administrator by profession, who had a voracious appetite for all things artistic and musical. She derived intellectual and emotional sustenance from the arts and supported programs at many museums and musical institutions. By establishing this scholarship, an enduring legacy has been created to reward those who possess artistic talent and who plan to further their arts education.

Eugenie R. Coladarci, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations at Chase Manhattan Bank, was an active member of Morris Arts for eleven years and was completing her first term as Board Chair when she passed away in 1997.  As a statewide champion of the arts, Gene encouraged the development of young artists and believed in the value of the arts in their quality of life.  The Eugenie Coladarci Arts Scholarship was first awarded in 1999 in her memory. The idea of a scholarship to assist talented young people wishing to continue their studies in the arts was very important to her.

Eligibility
Applications will be accepted from graduating high school seniors who are currently attending public, private, or parochial schools in New Jersey.  Applicants must be Morris County residents who plan to pursue post-secondary studies at an accredited institution or acknowledged arts school or fine arts program, and who have demonstrated artistic excellence.

Children of Morris Arts trustees, staff, and panelists are not eligible.

Note: As of 2014, the Coladarci Scholarship was increased from $1,250 to $1,500.

The Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship ($5,000) and Eugenie Coladarci Arts Scholarship ($1,500) are offered annually by Morris Arts to two graduating high school seniors who demonstrate artistic excellence in dance, drama, music or visual arts and plan to pursue further study in an area related to the arts.