Available Grants

Grants

League Grants will only be awarded to League members in good standing.

• The Frances S. Bassen Grant for students of traditional figurative sculpture in clay
• Nessa Cohen Grant for students not registered in painting or pastel classes
• The Bruce Dorfman Grant for Assemblage/Mixed Media
• Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant for students of painting for travel and study in Spain
• Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant for unmarried students available for travel and study in Europe
• The Kuniyoshi Award for students of painting or printmaking
• Gregory Lysun Grant for students of painting working in a representational style
• Phyllis H. Mason Grant for students of painting working in a representational style
• Donn Russell Grant for artist materials
• Lloyd Sherwood Grant for a student working in a nonobjective style in oil, acrylic, or mixed media

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Award Criteria

Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant

Two awards of $15,000 and full-time tuition for one class during the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Travel and study in Spain for at least four (4) months
• Open to students whose focus is painting in any medium or style

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Recipients of the Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant must agree to travel to Spain and remain there for study in the field of painting for four (4) months, to begin using the grant prior to August 30, 2026. Recipients must also agree to send progress reports to the Board ofControl.

• Recipients agree to submit a travel itinerary with budget, and a personal statement detailing what they plan to accomplish with the travel grant.

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Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant

One award of $10,000 and full-time tuition for one class during the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Travel/study in Europe for at least two (2) months, to include Paris
• Open to single (unmarried) students working in any medium or style

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The recipient of an Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant must agree to travel to Europe and remain there for study for at least two (2) months, to begin using the grant by August 30, 2026. The recipient must also agree to send progress reports to the Board of Control, including one report from Paris.

• Recipient must be unmarried
• Recipient must agree to submit a travel itinerary with budget, and a personal statement detailing what they plan to accomplish with the travel grant.

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Kuniyoshi Award Painting and Printmaking

Two awards of $7,500 and full-time tuition for one class during the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• This grant is awarded to students of painting or printmaking in any medium or style
• If eligible a student may apply for both awards but may receive only one Kuniyoshi Award
• Past recipients of Mason, Kesson-Masterton, Lysun, Sherwood, or Brody Gaston Grants are not eligible for the painting award
• Past printmaking recipients of the Nessa Cohen Grant or the Will Barnet Grant are not eligible for the printmaking award

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Nessa Cohen Grant

Two awards of up to $5,000 and full-time tuition for one class during the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Open only to students of sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and watercolor
• Students who have won this grant twice are no longer eligible

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The Frances S. Bassen Grant

One award of $3,000 and full-time tuition for one class during the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Open only to students of traditional representational sculpture in clay
• Past double-recipients of the Nessa Cohen Grant and past recipients of the Lucchesi Grant are not eligible for this award

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Gregory Lysun Grant, Phyllis Harriman Mason Grant

One award each of $3,000 and one full-time class for the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Open only to students of traditional representational painting in oil
• Past recipients of the Kuniyoshi, Mason, Kesson-Masterton, Lysun, Roux Grants are not eligible for this award

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Lloyd Sherwood Grant

Two awards of $3,000 and one full-time class for the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Open only to students of abstract painting or mixed media
• Past recipients of the Kuniyoshi, Sherwood, Brody Gaston, or Barnet Grants for abstract painting or mixed media are not eligible for this award

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Donn Russell Grant

One $2,000 award to be used towards artists materials.

• Awarded to a runner-up in one of the painting grants competitions

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Bruce Dorfman Grant for Mixed Media and Assemblage

One $1,000 award of credit to the Art Students League Art Store and one full-time class for the regular school year. In addition to the requirements listed above, the following details are specific to this grant:

• Open only to students of Mixed Media and Assemblage
• Artwork must be mixed media assemblage

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