Contact the Arkansas Arts Center for prospectus. Up to 90 scholarships may be awarded annually for attendance at Haystack for a two or three-week summer program offering professional instruction and guidance in the crafts. In-residency courses include blacksmithing, ceramics, glass, jewelry, quilts, weaving, fabric design, printmaking, wood, and papermaking. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Those qualifying as Technical Assistants in a session are offered free tuition plus room and board in dormitory accommodation.
Grantees assist the instructors and support the studio process.
Students who receive Work Study scholarships are expected to work up to three hours a day doing non-studio work on the campus in exchange for full tuition. Six scholarships are awarded each year to students of color from U.S. communities. Each year the Mesa Contemporary Arts, the City of Mesa's gallery of visual arts, holds several national juried exhibitions of contemporary art in a variety of media by emerging and mid-career artists. Contact the Center to receive a season prospectus. Contact the Center to receive a prospectus with deadlines for slide submission.