Student Resources & Opportunities

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Art News
  • Sarah Manriquez, UAF Photo

    Rising with Resilience

    May 06, 2025

    Sarah Manriquez was awarded UAF's 2025 Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award for excellence, resilience, and service as a nontraditional, multi-degree student.

  • Kevin Carroll at Susan Kuznitsky's workshop, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark at Dakota Pastels, 2025. Photo courtesy of Carroll

    Drawn from Addiction

    May 06, 2025

    BFA student Kevin Carroll wins the People's Endowment for The Sick, a powerful art project exploring addiction through 45 drawings.

  • Opening reception of the 2025 Student juried art exhibition. UAF Photo by Sarah Manriquez

    Artfully Chosen

    April 27, 2025

    Record entries, vibrant turnout, and inspiring student work defined the Spring 2025 Student Art Show, juried by artist Lindsay Saunders.

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Student Clubs

 

UAF houses several active student art clubs including the Student Arts Alliance North, the Student Ceramic Arts Guild (SCAG) and the UAF Sculpture Club. Visit Nanook Engage to join and learn more about meeting information.

 

UAF ceramics students and professor Jim Brashear pose for a portrait in front of the anagama, wood-fired kiln during a firing at the experimental farm early in the morning. | UAF Photo by JR Ancheta

 

 

Funding Opportunities

Student potters’ works of art were on sale for the public during the 2012 Student Artist Ceramics Sale on December. | UAF Photo by JR Ancheta
Scholarship Opportunities

There are many scholarship opportunities for art students at UAF. Visit our dedicated scholarship page to learn about the criteria and application processes for these Art department-specific opportunities!





Tehya McLeod, Interdisciplinary Studies Student, shares their poster with Ellen Lopez, CLA Dean | UAF Photo by Eric Marshall
Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity

The office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity (URSA)  is UAF's resource for the development and promotion of experiential learning activities that engage undergraduate students to support UAF's goal to become a leading student-focused research university.

Undergraduate research and creative activity at UAF covers all disciplines, from climate sciences to music, engineering, anthropology, life sciences, art and theater.