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2025 Scholarship
Application Form #1

After you submit Form #1, you will be redirected to Form #2.
Please submit BOTH forms for your application to be complete.

2025 Applicant Information - Form #1 of 2

Please read through the application and have your documents and necessary information available.
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Yes or no?

Sorry, only citizens of the United States are eligible to apply.

Please confirm that you are a resident of Sarasota or Manatee counties for at least one year.

Sorry, only residents of Sarasota and Manatee counties are eligible to apply.

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School Transcripts

Transcripts must be submitted by the School either by mail to Arts Advocates (address below), or submitted electronically to scholarship@artsadvocates.org.

If the School is mailing the transcripts, they must be sent to the following address and postmarked no later than February 15th.

Arts Advocates
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota, Inc.
ATTN: Scholarship Committee
PO Box 1432
Sarasota, FL 34230-1432

College students only may provide login information below.

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Federal Tax Forms

Mail pages 1 & 2 (only) of IRS Form 1040 to the following address postmarked no later than February 15th.

Please remove or black out any Social Security numbers prior to submittal to us.

Arts Advocates
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota, Inc.
ATTN: Scholarship Committee
PO Box 1432
Sarasota, FL 34230-1432


Grants, Scholarships and Loans

Document all grants, scholarships and loans pending or received for the upcoming year.

Grants/Scholarships

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Loans

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If needed, we reserve the right to request your FAFSA EFC Form as well as a Financial Awards Letter from your college/university for the upcoming year or previous year, whichever is available at that time.


Applicant Headshot Photo & Consent

Please upload a high-resolution headshot of yourself for use in Arts Advocates marketing materials, such as brochures and on our website.

These photos will NOT be provided to the scholarship committee as part of your application.

Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Arts Advocates/FASS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote appreciation of the arts; to establish for public exhibition a permanent collection of works by artists of the State of Florida; and to provide awards for talented residents of Sarasota County for study in the field of Fine Arts.

In furtherance of these purposes, Arts Advocates/FASS publicizes its activities in its own publications and through its announcements released to print and broadcast media. Arts Advocates/FASS wishes to include in such dissemination information about scholarship winners, their study plans, their past achievements, and their aspirations in their field of art.

By consenting below, you agree to grant Arts Advocates/FASS permission to make such use of your photographs and/or information about you as described above.

Please upload a photo of yourself to be used for publicity and social media purposes.

By submitting this application, the undersigned agrees that the applicant waives any claim to any mark, patent or any claim of original materials and that the material submitted is for use of evaluation of the materials. The undersigned further agrees that by this submission, the applicant disclaims any license or any other type of protection for such property.

Please check the box to grant Arts Advocates/FASS permission to use your photographs.

Click Submit to go to Form #2

After you submit Form #1 you will be automatically redirected to Form #2.
You may complete Form #2 at a later time by clicking on the link in the email you received.

You must submit BOTH forms for your application to be complete.