Art in Bark Bursary

You can apply for the Art in Bark Bursary via our application process.

Application information

We use the following sections of the application to consider you for this scholarship:

Study details

• Secondary education history
• Program preferences

Achievements

• Referee details: Include a referee report from a teacher relating to your arts practice or a member of your local arts and culture community, such as a curator or prominent artist.

Personal background

• Circumstances: Detail your relocation.

Statements

• Personal statements:
  • Career goals and aims: Outline your career aspirations. Where you would like to see your art practice in five years’ time? Which artist inspires you? Why and how?
  • Scholarship benefit: How would this bursary assist you in your first year of Visual Arts at QCAD?

Supporting documentation

You must upload the following in the supporting documentation section:

• Other: A portfolio of your work (maximum of six images). List the following details about each image:
  • title of the work
  • year the work was made
  • materials used
  • size of the work.

  Please upload the following formats only: PDF, Word, JPEG or Excel. We cannot guarantee other formats will be accepted.

Value

Maximum value is $9,000, paid in instalments. Instalments of $4,500 are payable in Trimester 1 and 2, provided conditions are met.

Payment

Payments are made up to six weeks after the census date subject to the recipient satisfying the scholarship terms and conditions.

This bursary would enable the recipient to:

• buy equipment
• purchase materials such as canvas and paint, rag paper and pens, Perspex and timber
• pay off some of their tuition fees or accommodation expenses.

Above all, the bursary allows the recipient time to devote to study. Many students need to postpone their studies due to their inability to juggle the tensions of paid work and study. This bursary will give a very gifted fine art student from regional or remote Queensland the opportunity to focus on their creative development in their first year of study.

To remain eligible for the scholarship, recipients will be required to:

• remain full-time enrolled in the Bachelor of Visual Arts at Griffith University
• maintain good academic progress at Griffith University.

Other conditions:

• If study is postponed due to extenuating circumstance that are substantiated by a medical certificate, any outstanding monies will be retained in the endowment until the recipient can continue their studies, as long as the deferment does not exceed one year. Thereafter, any outstanding bursary money will be forfeited.
• Recipients will be invited to meet with the donor in Trimester 2 to present their work from throughout the year, and observe an Art in Bark workshop.
• Recipients will be encouraged to remain in contact with the Art in Bark Secretary.

The above conditions are verified each trimester at census date. If a scholarship recipient fails to successfully meet these conditions, scholarship payments may be withheld, or the scholarship may be terminated.

Applications, including referee reports and any supporting documentation, must be completed and submitted by the closing date.

Offers are made via email.

Applicants may be shortlisted and be required to provide additional information.

Griffith University reserves the right to withdraw an advertised scholarship at any time.