With so many options for giving to CalArts, we have developed a list of specific fundraising initiatives to assist alumni, parents, and friends in their gift, memorial, endowment or bequest considerations. 

Some of these funding priorities are listed below. Additional areas of focus may be available, so please don’t hesitate to contact Meredith Robbins, Vice President for Development, at 626-372-6115 or email giving@calarts.edu, if you are interested in supporting a specific program or initiative.

The CalArts Fund: provide support where it is needed most

Your gift to the CalArts Fund provides direct support where we need it the most and will help to enable us to provide our students with an innovative learning environment.

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Current Use Giving

Lorraine Wild Scholarship in Graphic Design

Alumni from the Program in Graphic Design have come together to create a scholarship to honor the legacy of faculty member Lorraine Wild, who began teaching at CalArts in 1985. While maintaining an active graphic design practice, Wild is also a distinguished writer and historian. She directed the Graphic Design Program at CalArts for many years, and has been a dedicated teacher and mentor. The recipient of this scholarship will be chosen annually from among the female students in the MFA Graphic Design Program.

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Community Arts Partnership (CAP) Program Fund

Contributions make possible CAP’s impactful youth arts programs throughout Los Angeles. 

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Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund

Honoring the memory of an influential CalArts faculty member, this fund provides grants for students working in the social documentary genre. 

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Endowment Giving

Creating an endowment is one of the most valuable ways to support CalArts, since it benefits students and programs in perpetuity. New endowment funds require a minimum of $50,000 payable over three years. If you are interested in learning more about creating an endowment, please contact Meredith Robbins, Vice President for Development, at 626-372-6115, or email giving@calarts.edu.

 

John Baldessari Memorial Scholarship

Established in honor of John Baldessari, a founding faculty member in the CalArts School of Art and a conceptual artist known for his work featuring photography, text, and appropriated images, to support talented and deserving students who “learn to dream” in the School of Art.

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United Plankton Animation Scholarship Fund

The United Plankton Animation Scholarship Fund was established in 2007 by Karen and Stephen Hillenburg (Film/Video MFA 92) both to honor the tremendous legacy of CalArts animation faculty Jules Engel and to support students in the Experimental Animation Program at California Institute of the Arts. This endowed fund supports students in perpetuity. 

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JJ Adkisson Memorial Scholarship Fund

With unbridled passion, creativity, intelligence and talent—as well as a remarkable work ethic—JJ Adkisson (School of Art-Graphic Design BFA 2) was on his way to becoming an outstanding designer. On July 15, 2016, his life was cut short when he died in tragic car accident with his best friend. In loving memory of JJ, his family and friends have established this endowed scholarship to support exceptional young artists studying graphic design at CalArts. 

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Jory Prum Scholarship for Sounds That Redefine Normal 

Established in honor of, Jory Prum, and his enormous impact as a sound designer and audio engineer, particularly in the film and video game industries, this endowment provides scholarship support to deserving students with financial need in The Herb Alpert School of Music concentrating in music technology and experimental sound practices.

Covey/Brooks Scholarship

Established in honor of Amy Covey, an aspiring photography student at Brooks Institute, who lost her life to cancer before she could realize her dream, along with the many Brooks Institute graduates and faculty who have made positive contributions to the photographic industry, this endowed scholarship supports 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students in the School of Art, Photography program.

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Charlie Haden Jazz Scholarship

In honor of the legendary jazz innovator and founder of the Institute’s Jazz Studies Program, this endowed scholarship enables committed and talented jazz musicians to pursue their creative and career goals with essential tuition support. 

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Loraine E. Tedder Memorial Fund

Established by talent manager Sam Schwartz in memory of a CalArts alumna to support aspiring students in the School of Art. 

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