Scholarships – Fall

Last Call for Fall

Partial scholarships with work requirement (work-study) scholarships are still available for the following fall workshops:

Fall Short Session: Iron, Books, Wood
Fall Concentration: Metals, Iron, Hot Glass, Books

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Application will remain open until August 31 or until all remaining scholarships are awarded.

Penland is an intentionally inclusive and dynamic creative community—a community that values the creative energy that arises from diverse artistic visions and approaches. Penland’s scholarship program exists to make our workshops accessible to those who are not able to participate without financial assistance and to create educational opportunities for people who have been underrepresented at Penland and in the craft world. Scholarships are one way we are pushing back on historic imbalances and barriers.

 

Partial scholarship (work-study) students do work for the school during their session, pay a discounted tuition, and receive room and board. Work-study students accept the challenge of balancing studio time with working for the school.

During the session work-study students work 15-20 hours per week and receive an hourly pay rate of $12.50 per hour. Work assignments are a variety of service tasks, usually cleaning, food service support, dishwashing. (Because of the glass workshop schedule, glass students work 8-10 hours per week, and pay a higher fee. Like other work-study students, they  will receive an hourly pay rate of $12.50 ). All work-study students are given a schedule on the first day and generally work part of each day during the session as well as on the day before and after the session. The work is manual labor and the schedule, while reasonable, requires work-study students to carefully balance their time and energy between the studio and their work obligations.

In addition to working during the session, work-study students are required to work from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the day before their session. You are responsible for making travel arrangements that will allow you to meet this requirement. If you cannot meet this requirement, please do not apply.

If you have physical limitations and you are selected for a scholarship, please let us know as soon as possible what kinds of work you can do, and we’ll do our best to make an appropriate work assignment.

NOTE: Before you apply, please read our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines document. Please note that our safety procedures are subject to modification as public health guidance changes.

 

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Fees for students receiving partial scholarships. Applicants also pay a $5 Slideroom fee. Please see note below about compensation for hours worked.

Students who receive a partial scholarship receive shared dormitory housing and meals at no additional charge as part of their scholarship package.

NOTE: tuition now includes the cost of shared materials, instructor demo materials, and hazmat disposal. Students are, however, still responsible for the cost of materials used for their own production. The fee for these materials will be due at the end of the session before departing campus.

 

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Standby Program

Residents of certain counties in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee are offered half-price tuition when they take unfilled spaces less than four weeks before the beginning of a workshop. This offer is also available to all  active, retired, and veteran military personnel, K–12 teachers and college, university, and community college faculty regardless of where they live. For details visit this page: Standby Program