Huntsville Festival of the Arts

Huntsville Festival of the Arts is committed to providing free or low-cost educational opportunities to our community. We offer diverse workshops facilitated by professional artists and educators, our annual scholarship program, and a number of mentorship & volunteer opportunities that facilitate learning.

  • Since 1997, we have directly engaged over 10,000 students in arts education opportunities
  • We Budget approximately $8,000.00 each year to support arts education
  • We have awarded scholarships for further training to 45 senior performing artists
  • We proudly award a $1,000 scholarship for Visual Arts to a Huntsville High School student each year.
  • We have welcomed over 4,000 students to the theatre to enjoy upcoming musicals in order to immerse them into the world of musical theatre.

 

The Scholarship Awards foster the development of performing arts talent in our community by increasing accessibility to performing arts education. The program provides financial assistance for youth who are currently studying or who plan to pursue studies in music, theatre, or dance. Individual candidates may be awarded $1,000 (senior scholarship) and $250 (junior scholarship). The total contribution to the program is $4,500.

In 2023, Senior scholarship award winners included:
– Simon Johnson who will continue his studies in violin with the Huntsville Suzuki School of Music
– Silas Knappet who will continue his studies in percussion through private lessons with private teacher Richard Jackson
– Gwynne Daynard who will be using the funds towards tuition at Humber College in the Vocal Jazz Program
– Evin Park who will be using the funds towards Univeristy Tuition

Junior Scholarship winners each receive an award of $250. The 2023 recipients include:
– Patricia Mann who will be using the support to cover piano lesson fees with Sarah Spring.
– Samantha Beattie who will put her funds towards tuition fees for studies in Musical Theatre at Hub Productions
– Rachel White who will use the funds towards furthering her studies in music

Since 1997, a total of $11,800 has been awarded to 60 Senior candidates in addition to $15,500 awarded to 38 recipients of Junior and Intermediate Scholarships over the same time period.

KAREEN BURNS HFA SCHOLARSHIP

HfA is proud to support a visual arts student through the Kareen Burns HFA scholarship administered through Huntsville High School. The 2022 award went to Sydney Brinklow who is studying drawing and painting at OCADU.

This award is in honour of Kareen Burns who was a past HfA Board member and valued member of the Huntsville Community. Her spirit of creativity, imagination and ingenuity continues to make a positive impact on our community.

 

MARCH BREAK DRAMA CAMP –  MARCH 14-18 – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

DISCO DUCKS – February 9-March 9 – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

TPAN (Teen Performing Arts Program) – October 26-June 28 – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

HfA SUMMER DRAMA CAMP – August 16-21 – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO