Financial Aid and Scholarships
The following opportunities are available for students in the art therapy program. Click here for scholarship applications, as well as information on additional scholarship opportunities.
Adrienne Nicole Martin Memorial Scholarship
Named after a former art therapy counseling student, the Adrienne Nicole Martin Memorial Scholarship is a monetary award designated for any second or third year art therapy counseling graduate student who demonstrates a need for financial support to continue to study at SIUE.
Carol Lark Scholarship
The Carol Lark Art Therapy Award will be awarded to a second or third year art therapy master's student who, through utilization of art therapy research, art therapy interventions, or arts based projects or initiatives, has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to engaging a community and/or to addressing a community need.
The student may be nominated by an SIUE professor, an on-site practicum supervisor, another art therapy student at SIUE, and/or any clinical professional who came in contact with the student and witnessed his or her commitment to engage with community through the field of art therapy. After nominations are received, the award recipient will be selected by art therapy faculty.
Wendy Petit Scholarship
The purpose of this opportunity is to provide scholarships for master's students majoring in art and design at SIUE. Recipients of this award will be selected by a committee designated by the dean of the graduate school, which will include representatives from the Department of Art and Design.
Art Therapy Founders Scholarship
Created by the first graduate program director, Dr. Gussie Klorer, the Art Therapy Founders Scholarship is awarded to an SIUE art therapy counseling graduate student who has financial need. Recipients of this $2,500 award will be selected by a committee designated by the chair of the Department of Art and Design.
Graduate Assistantships
Graduate assistantship information can be found on the Graduate School website.
