Give the Gift of Education
Thanks to the generosity of the design community, we met our $50,000 goal towards the annual #AIGATogether campaign! All funds support students creating change through AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships, a longstanding commitment to make design education accessible. Together, we can create equitable opportunities for photography, illustration, and design students in need so they can achieve their educational goals and give back to the community through their work. Your support today helps us continue this important work.
AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships
Featured Work
Work by Brea' Williams. “Is This What Life's Become?” (2021), Gouache and Ballpoint Pen 24 x 18 inches.
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2022–2023 Scholarship and Honorable Mention Recipients
This year, 13 scholarships and 5 honorable mentions awards were granted to applicants whose work focuses on social, environmental, and cultural impact. Each student has demonstrated talent along with a commitment to giving back to their community through their work. They are creating books that present and embody the mostly-forgotten native Filipino language; exploring topics surrounding ethnical identity, embracing black designers who are responsible for much of our fashion, culture, and trends today and applying it to school magazine spreads; advocating for cultural, ethnic, sexual, and gender identity; situating representations of social injustices and resilience within intimate, reform-driven pieces; volunteering digital media support for anti-oppression organizations; using art as a way to heal, relate, and re-imagine the life around us; and more. Meet this year's recipients!
Graphic Design
Simon Charwey
Graduate Student, Yale School of Art
Illustration
Sierra Cole
Freshman, New York University
Graphic Design
Kristian (KC) Craig
Freshman, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Graphic Design
Jeff Deng
Sophomore, Pratt Institute
Photography
Tshiela Donald
Freshman, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Photography
Mitra Ghaffari
Graduate Student, University of California Santa Cruz
Photography
Esmeralda Ignacio
Freshman, Montclair State University
Photography
Alaina Lurry
Freshman, Maryland Institute College of Art
Illustration
Daniel Montifar
Freshman, Ringling College of Art and Design
Illustration
Belle Motter
Freshman, University of Colorado Boulder
Graphic Design
Nicolette Peji
Junior, University of Southern California
Graphic Design
Keymoni Sakil-Slack
Senior, North Carolina State University
Illustration
Tiffany Tawil
Sophomore, Savannah College of Art and Design
Graphic Design
Elton Tinoco
Junior, ArtCenter College of Design
Photography
Ciarra K. Walters
Graduate Student, Maryland Institute College of Art
Illustration
Brea' Williams
Freshman, School Of Visual Arts
Graphic Design
Dariia Zamrii
Graduate Student, California Institute of the Arts
This scholarship has also shown me that my endeavors to create cultural bridges through my artwork and scholarship are valid. This is the first step in my journey as an academic and I am very grateful to AIGA for making this opportunity possible.
Kofi Bazzell-Smith
2021–2022 AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship Recipient
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Increasing Access to Design Education for More Than 25 Years
Your support has an immediate and lasting impact; it provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged backgrounds with positive social agendas to achieve their educational goals and give back to communities through their work.
I'm attracted to design, particularly interaction design, for its ability to combine art and engineering and psychology into one discipline that can create quantifiable social change. I want to leave the world a better place than I found it, and as a designer, I feel like I can do that.
Olivia Quesada
2021–2022 AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship Recipient
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“Thanks to your generous gift, I will be able to lessen my financial burden, allowing me to concentrate on what really matters: learning.”
Keymoni Sakil-Slack
2022–2023 AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship Recipient
![[field.undefined]](https://www.aiga.org/sites/default/files/styles/one_fourth_width_320/public/Keymoni Sakil-Slack-02-self-portrait_square.jpg?itok=o_N0k7Lj "Keymoni Sakil-Slack, Senior, North Carolina State University")
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