We support Florida high school seniors who excel in the visual and performing arts with scholarships.
Apply for a ScholarshipArts for Life! recognizes the creativity and artistic talents of high school students throughout Florida. Annually, Arts for Life! awards $1,000 scholarships to 25 Florida high school seniors who demonstrate academic and artistic excellence in creative writing, dance, drama, music or the visual arts.
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Columba Bush’s passion is the arts. As First Lady of Florida, she visited classrooms throughout the state, experiencing first-hand the incredible influence of the arts on the lives of students. She especially enjoyed meeting high school students and learning more about their dreams and desired career paths. So, with the support of Governor Bush and many fellow arts advocates, she started Arts for Life! in 1999 to help high school seniors pursue their dreams in the arts after graduation.
Since then, Arts for Life! has awarded more than 600 scholarships to help Florida students pursue their artistic dreams. Many past scholarship recipients have gone on to become professional actors and actresses, singers and musicians, dancers, artists and art educators.
Arts for Life! annually awards $1,000 scholarships to 25 graduating high school seniors in Florida who demonstrate excellence in creative writing, dance, drama, music or visual art. Launched by former First Lady Columba Bush in 1999, the program has awarded scholarships to more than 600 gifted high school seniors.
Apply for an Arts for Life! scholarship online or download the application.
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Congratulations to Katerina McCrimmon, 2016 Arts for LIfe! winner in drama, who will star as Fanny Brice in the upcoming tour of Funny Girl.
Congratulations to Jessica Chancey, 2015 Arts for Life! winner in music. She recently won a seat in the Louisville Orchestra as the orchestra’s third flute and principal piccolo.
Help support a new generation of artists by becoming a patron of Arts for Life! Your contribution will support the Arts for Life! student scholarship program, which helps offset college expenses for young Florida artists who demonstrate extraordinary talents in creative writing, dance, drama, music or the visual arts. View our uniform disclosure statement.
The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd) thanks the following sponsors for their support of the 2023 Arts for Life! program:
Patrons of the Arts
Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah
The Cobb Family Foundation
Kathleen Shanahan