Clone of High School Scholarship Application 2025

2026 High School Scholarship Application

Deadline: April 1, 2026
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society is dedicated to sparking joy, enriching lives, and building community through the practice, teaching, and sharing of art and craft. Located in Lexington Center, LexArt currently has roughly 200 member artists in 9 studios, representing a variety of art forms. LexArt holds a series of exhibits in its newly renovated Molly Harding Nye Gallery year-round, providing an opportunity for members and other local artists to exhibit and sell their work. LexArt also offers ongoing classes and workshop, both online and in-studio, open to artists and aspiring artists including teens.

Each year, since 1960, the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society offers to aspiring artists several scholarships to further their education at accredited art schools and colleges. Most of this funding is awarded to high school seniors, who are selected from candidates recommended by their school Visual Arts Departments. This year, the scholarship is open to high school seniors from Arlington, Lexington, Concord-Carlisle, Bedford, Burlington, Minuteman, Waltham, and Winchester High Schools

Please carefully read the instructions below and make sure you have assembled all the required materials, including the following:
- Personal Statement. One page explaing your plans for your future in art.
- Portfolio
- List of Portfolio works (MS-Word or PDF)
- Recommendation (may be emailed directly)
- Transcript
You may start filling out the application, save it, and finish later.

DEADLINE

Your application and all supporting materials must be submitted by Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 11:45 pm.
PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
- Digital images of a minimum of six (6) but no more than twelve (12) works with titles. May include videos (no more than 5 minutes in length).
- If not included directly with the portfolio image, please also upload a document (*.doc, *docx., or *.pdf) noting the title, original medium & dimensions for each piece.
- If submitting a video with file size exceeding the upload limits, you may instead submit a link to the file using a file-sharing service such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, or WeTransfer. Please make sure that the access allows downloading and remains open through at least June 30, 2026.
QUESTIONS? Contact us at scholarship@LexArt.org.
Your High School*
Expected year of graduation*
Lexington High School Students only: You may not use this application form. You must submit required information via the Naviance system at LHS AND supplemental information to https://bit.ly/LHS-LexArt-Scholar.
Thank you for your interest. This application is only open to high school students who anticipate graduating this academic year. If you expect to graduate in the future, we invite you to apply when you are a senior.

Name*

First NameLast Name
Preferred Pronouns
Email*
Please provide a personal email address that will be available to you following graduation.
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number*
Please enter a valid phone number.

PERSONAL STATEMENT: A summary explaining your plans for your future in art (500 word limit)*

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Please explain your extracurricular activities and interests and why you choose to spend your time doing these things (500 word limit)*

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Are there any unusual family expenses or circumstances that should be considered when reviewing your application? Explain this or any other factor, which you consider important in your situation. (500 word limit)

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PORTFOLIO UPLOAD
- Digital images of a minimum of six (6) but no more than twelve (12) works with titles. May include videos (no more than 5 minutes in length).
- If not included directly with the portfolio image, please also upload a document (*.doc, *docx., or *.pdf) noting the title, original medium & dimensions for each piece.
- Acceptable File Formats: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, csv, txt, rtf, html, zip, mp3, wma, mpg, flv, avi, jpg, jpeg, png, gif.
- File size limit: 10.8 MB. If submitting a larger file, you may instead submit a link to the file using a file-sharign service such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, or WeTransfer. Please make sure that the access allows downloading and remains open through at least June 30, 2026.
File Upload

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Image description information*

Each image in my portfolio has been labelled with the work's title, medium, and size.I have uploaded a separate file with the required descriptive information for each image in my portfolio.
FILE LINK (for large files)
Use of portfolio images. In addition to publicly announcing the recipients of scholarship awards, LexArt publicizes the awards on its webiste, in email and social media, and in press releases to local newspapers and magazines. In these announcements, LexArt typically shares one or more images of each recipient's work. LexArt does not and will not charge or receive any compensation for use of these images.
If I am a LexArt awardee, I agree that one or more of my portfolio images may be used as described above. *

Recommendations

We require a signed letter of recommendation from your art instructor. You may, if you wish, submit a second recommendation from another person.

You may either upload the recommendation(s) here, or have them emailed directly to Scholarship@LexArt.org or mailed to the address below.

Please tell us how you will submit the recommendation(s).
Recommendation Submission*
Recommendation File Upload

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Name(s) and email(s) of recommender(s)
My unofficial high school transcript*
Transcript File Upload

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, 2026

All required materials must be submitted by the deadline. If you have asked others to submit recommendation letters or a transcript directly, please check that they have done so.

Mail to: Scholarship@LexArt.org or 130 Waltham St., Lexington, MA 02421

Awardees will be announced by 5/5/26
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2026 High School Scholarship Application