Scholarships

This scholarship honors a great friend and supporter of the school who also contributed to its Weaving program for many years as a beloved instructor. It covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend weaving class.

Generously donated by the beloved friends of the Folk School, Donna and Cliff Brown, this scholarship covers tuition, housing, and meals for a weeklong or weekend class.

Thanks to the Guild, residents of Virginia in need of financial assistance to participate in a clay class may apply for one of these two scholarships covering tuition, housing and meals.

Established by David Pomeroy in loving memory of Cait Pomeroy, his wife of 53 years, to honor her love for the Folk School and passion for cooking. This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing and meals for a weeklong or weekend cooking class.

Generously funded by Carol Newsom and Rex Matthews, this scholarship honors artists Calvin and Nelia Kimbrough for their community service. It supports under-represented makers, specifically persons of color, Appalachian residents, and people under 40 by covering tuition, housing and meals for a weeklong or weekend class.

This scholarship memorializes a friend of the school who made numerous contributions to its Blacksmithing program for many years as a talented instructor. It covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend blacksmithing class.

This scholarship was created by long-time Folk School friends David and Carol Smucker. It provides craft education opportunities for students ages 18-34, especially those looking to build skills in their profession. It covers tuition, housing and meals for a weeklong or weekend class.

Provided by his many friends in memory of dance musician David Kaynor, this scholarship is dedicated to his passion for dance music and for life. It covers tuition for the school’s annual Dance Musicians Week for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

Created by her children in loving memory of Eleanor Cale Demarest, this scholarship recognizes the positive and formative experience she had as a teenager at the school in 1938. This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend class.

This scholarship supports one student and covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend music, dance, or lutherie class.

This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend class for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

Upon taking a weekend enameling class at the Folk School, Beth Bugdaycay, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Foundrae, and Laura Freedman, Founder of Broken English, were moved to donate 10 tuition scholarships for week-long enameling classes to promote this craft to others who may otherwise be unable to attend.

This scholarship donated by Jean Fliess honors Helen Gibson, a talented Brasstown Carver and long-time Folk School Resident Artist. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend woodcarving class.

Created by Janet Davis in loving memory of her husband, Jim, to commemorate his passion for woodcarving and to foster others in the craft, this scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend woodcarving class.

These woodcarving scholarships honor the memory of Jim Davis, who was a long-time supporter of the Folk School and a passionate woodcarver. They covers the cost of tuition, housing and meals to attend a weekend or weeklong woodcarving class.

This scholarship honors the memory of Jim Davis, who was a long-time supporter of the Folk School. It covers the cost of tuition, housing and meals to attend a weekend or weeklong woodturning class.

Created in memory of John Neil Davidson, the son of former Folk School Executive Director Jan Davidson and former Cooking Resident Artist Nanette Davidson, this scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend class.

With this scholarship, Katherine Montgomery honors instructor Judith MacKenzie, who not only loves the Folk School but inspires and encourages her students to reach for new heights. This scholarship covers tuition, housing, and meals for a student in need of financial assistance in order to attend a weaving, spinning, or basketry class.

Kathryn Byrd generously provided for the Folk School’s future in her will and, in her memory, this scholarship provides people who would otherwise be unable to attend the opportunity to experience all that she loved about the school. It covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a week or weekend class.

This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weekend woodturning class, or a tuition scholarship for a weeklong class.

This scholarship, created with support by Lucia Patrick and Ed Bowman, covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend book arts class for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

This weaving scholarship honors the memory of the late Margaret C. Toth, an avid weaver who first learned to weave at the Folk School. It covers the cost of tuition, housing and meals for a weekend or week-long class.

In memory of Mike and Martha Hunter, who were long-time Folk School visitors, pottery collectors, and supporters of the arts, this scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend clay class for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

This scholarship benefits professional interpretive naturalists and environmental educators working at local/community nature centers in the US. It covers tuition, housing, and meals for any weeklong class.

Robert Trout, a talented metalsmith and long-time Folk School instructor, created this scholarship to give others the opportunity to learn metalsmithing at the Folk School. Following his death in 2020, his family and other loved ones contributed in his memory to bring the scholarship fund to fruition. This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong or weekend blacksmithing, coppersmithing, or tinsmithing class.

Created by master woodturner and generous friend of the Folk School, Rude Osolnik, this scholarship is available to residents of Kentucky and/or students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Berea College. It covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals for any weeklong or weekend class.

This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong jewelry class for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

This scholarship covers the cost of tuition, housing, and meals to attend a weeklong metals class for someone who would otherwise be unable to attend.

This scholarship was created by friends of Willard Baxter, a former Resident Artist and long-time instructor at the Folk School, to honor his memory and to promote the woodturning craft he loved. It covers tuition, housing, and meals for any weeklong class.