Scholarships and Awards

Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Prize

The Chipstone Foundation supports a graduate student in the Department of Art History at UWM whose scholarly work aligns with their mission to promote and enhance appreciation and knowledge of American material culture, particularly the decorative arts.

The semester-long internship is at the Chipstone Foundation located in Fox Point, Wisc. Using social media platforms is central to fulfilling the Foundation’s mission to communicate new artistic research and innovative interpretative strategies to students, scholars, and the general public. Using Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, the student intern will share ongoing research, scholars’ visits, collections highlights, programming, and more. This work requires researching the collection, brainstorming points of connection between contemporary issues and historical art, writing posts, and maintaining best practices in museum social media strategies. This internship is intended to familiarize graduate students with curatorial practice, research, and programming, with a focus on promoting the Foundation’s work and collection on social media platforms. Students will be supervised by Curator of the Chipstone Foundation Ruth Dibble and will register for ARTHIST 891. Priority will be given to master’s students working toward the Art Museum Studies Certificate.

Chancellor's Graduate Student Award in Art History

Chancellor’s Award for graduate students in Art History as chosen by the Department. Students do not need to submit an application to be considered for this award.

Kohler Foundation Internship Award

The Kohler Foundation periodically provides funding for an Art History graduate student to participate in a summer experiential learning opportunity such as an internship at a museum or gallery.

Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Prize

The Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Prize is given for the best essay written by a graduate student in the Department of Art History. Applications are typically accepted in mid-spring.

Nadine Walter Memorial Scholarship

The Nadine Walter Memorial Scholarship is given to incoming graduate students in the Department of Art History. Awardees are selected based on academic record, achievements and potential in art history. There is no student application. New master’s students who will be beginning their studies in fall will be considered based on their admissions information. Students are selected for the scholarship in late spring each year.

Jeffrey R. Hayes Research Award

This award is for graduate students in the Department of Art History for research support related to thesis or thesis exhibition. Support for research may include travel expenses, research grants, conference fees, fellowships, or thesis exhibition expenses. Awards may also be made to cover travel expenses related to attendance at professional conferences for the purposes of presenting research related to the thesis. The Department strongly encourages MA candidates writing theses to apply for the Hayes Award during their second year in the program. Applying for the Hayes Award provides students with vital experience in grant writing, which is integral to our MA curriculum. Applications are typically accepted from mid-October to early November for projects through April of the following year. A second round of applications may be accepted in April for summer or early fall research.