Scholarship Celebration Day

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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Join us for the Sarofim School of Fine Arts Scholarship Celebration Day —
a dynamic, engaging experience created for our fine arts scholarship recipients, designed to ignite your creativity and welcome you into our vibrant artistic community!

This special event invites you to explore the creative world of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts while discovering opportunities to further support your artistic journey — including the chance to become eligible for additional scholarship funds through active participation throughout the day!

Whether you’re passionate about studio art, music, theatre, art history, or any creative discipline, this celebration day is your opportunity to ask questions, build relationships, and envision your future here.

Take part in hands-on workshops, enjoy inspiring lectures, and learn more about the unique offerings of each of our fine arts departments. Tour our campus and state-of-the-art facilities, visit studios and rehearsal spaces, and get a feel for the community and energy that shape our creative environment.

You’ll meet faculty mentors, connect with current students, and spend time with other scholarship recipients and prospective fine arts students who share your passion. If you’d like an even deeper look at life in the fine arts at Southwestern University, you also have the option to extend your visit to attend performances or sit in on classes.

Come explore, create, and celebrate — your accomplishments have brought you here, and this day may open the door to even more opportunities.

*Registration required*

After you submit your audition materials, if you are offered a scholarship, you will also then receive an email invitation to this event with a link to register.

The music audition at Southwestern serves as both a formal audition into the music major and an audition for the Sarofim Scholarship in Music. For non-majors, it serves as the audition for a performance award.

If you are offered a scholarship after your audition, we also encourage you to visit campus for our Sarofim School of Fine Arts Scholarship Celebration Day, where you can learn more about the music programs and ensemble participation offered, meet faculty, and participate in workshops or lectures from all areas of fine arts to be eligible for additional scholarship funds.

Students who are not admitted into the major program on the basis of the audition are welcome to participate in all activities of the Music Department for which they qualify. If they still wish to pursue the major, they may re-audition for the Music Department after they begin their studies at Southwestern.

Music Scholarships

Prospective students are encouraged to apply for a Sarofim Scholarship in Theatre and submit an audition video or portfolio online. 

If you are offered a scholarship after your audition/portfolio review, we also encourage you to visit campus for our Sarofim School of Fine Arts Scholarship Celebration Day, where you can learn more about the Theatre Department, meet faculty, and participate in workshops or lectures from all areas of fine arts to be eligible for additional scholarship funds.

Auditions/portfolio reviews are NOT required in order to join the Theatre Department or major in theatre at Southwestern. Once accepted into Southwestern, any student can become a theatre major if they choose to do so. Candidates that receive the Sarofim Scholarship are eligible for additional assistance, including Southwestern scholarships.

Theatre Scholarship

The Sarofim Scholarship in Studio Art is given to students showing talent and a desire for growth in this field. The process includes an application and an online portfolio submission to be reviewed by the faculty.

If you are offered a scholarship after your portfolio review, we also encourage you to visit campus for our Sarofim School of Fine Arts Scholarship Celebration Day, where you can get an in depth look into the Studio Art Department, meet faculty, and participate in workshops or lectures from all areas of fine arts to be eligible for additional scholarship funds.

A portfolio review is NOT required in order to join the studio art major at Southwestern. Candidates that receive the Sarofim Scholarship are eligible for additional assistance, including Southwestern scholarships.

Studio Arts Scholarships