The Huntsville Festival of the Arts Scholarship Award was introduced in 1997 to foster the development of the performing arts talent in our community.
In 2023, HfA will offer both a Junior (16 & under) & Senior (17 & older) Performing Arts Scholarship.
New this year, the program will also accept applications for technical skills (ie stage management, lighting or sound design).
In 2010, the festival undertook a $1,000 Huntsville Festival Visual Arts Scholarship (formerly The Tobias Award) to be awarded to a graduating visual arts student. Each year the art department at the school identifies a worthy candidate to receive this honour. The 2021 award went to Sage Nakamoto who is studying fashion design at the Ryerson University. 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. In total, HfA has awarded $10,000 to students through the Huntsville Festival Visual Arts Award.
Previous Festival scholarships have been awarded to students pursuing studies in dance, theatre, and music. Scholarship recipients and applicants have participated in a number of performance opportunities over the years, both during main stage concerts at the Festival and Music at Noon concerts. Since 1997, a total of $68,000 has been awarded to 52 Senior candidates in addition to $14,750 awarded to 35 recipients of Junior and Intermediate Scholarships over the same time period. For a list of all Festival Scholarship recipients click here
FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Trio Aqua Dulci featured former Scholarship recipient Sarah Jane Johnston in an exceptional classical evening
2013 Scholarship recipient Gregory Gibson (at the piano) is joined by his brother Alec
