Visual Arts Fellowship

About the Program

The Fellowship Program was established in 1940 through a generous contribution made by the late John Lee Pratt of Fredericksburg. The year 2026 marked the program’s 86th anniversary. Fellowships are still largely funded through the Pratt Endowment and supplemented by the J. Warwick McClintic Jr. Fellowship Fund.

Fellowship Disciplines

Fellowship applicants may submit work for the following disciplines. Applicants should select the discipline that most closely corresponds to the body of work they are submitting.

Submissions are not judged within these disciplines, but instead within eligibility categories (Professional, Graduate, Undergraduate) across all disciplines.

• Crafts
• Drawing
• Film/Video
• Mixed Media
• New/Emerging Media
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Art History (Graduate Students Only)