Art Scholarships

The Community Arts Center of Cambria County is pleased to announce its annual Scholarship Award Program for senior art students residing in Cambria County. 

The Community Arts Center of Cambria County Art Scholarships are comprised of funds from Abe, Janet and Blanche Beerman, Mary Burkhart, Gretchen Pollak, Richard G. and Wanda I. Baker Endowment, Community Arts Center of Cambria County, and the 1st Summit Bank Employee Foundation. 

This year, the Community Arts Center has available to award four (4) scholarships:

• Community Arts Center of Cambria County Art Scholarship Award of $1,500
• Community Arts Center of Cambria County Art Scholarship Award of $1,000
• Richard G. and Wanda I. Baker Community Arts Center Scholarship Fund Award of $2,000
• 1st Summit Bank Employee Foundation Scholarship in Memory of Elmer C. Laslo Award of $1,000 (Sponsored by 1st Summit Bank Employee Foundation) For the past 22 years, the 1st Summit Bank Employee Foundation has donated an annual art scholarship to the Community Arts Center. In honor and memory of 1st Summit Bank's late CEO & President, Elmer C. Laslo, a special $1,000 scholarship will be presented to a high school senior who plans to continue his/her formal education in an artistically driven field. By naming this art scholarship after Mr. Laslo, the Foundation will remember the many contributions he made to the Community Arts Center as a member of the Board of Directors for over 30 years. Mr. Laslo was committed to preserving and expanding the arts in the Greater Johnstown community; and 1st Summit Bank Employee Foundation strives to build upon the legacy he leaves with this scholarship.

Scholarships will be awarded at the discretion of the Juror. The eligibility requirements are: (1) the senior student must plan to continue a formal education in the field of art, as his/her primary major, immediately after graduation and must be able to do so financially, and (2) the senior student must present a portfolio for judging. 

*Forms may be downloaded at the bottom of this page!*

Any high school senior student who plans to continue formal education by majoring in the field of art is invited to apply. Art is to be the primary major, not secondary. If student changes his/her major, the remaining portion of the scholarship will be void. 

To apply: Download and complete the application form (located below) and forward to the Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15905. 

Application form must be received at the above address by Friday, April 25th, 2025 by 5 PM.

Once the application form has been received, an appointment will be arranged for Saturday, May 3, 2025. The applicant will present a portfolio of artwork for jurying. On this day, students will have an oral interview and the juror will evaluate each portfolio. Each appointment will last 15 minutes. Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment time. The decision of the juror will be made solely on the artistic merit of the works included in the portfolio. (A portfolio may include a range of media presentations.) 

Scholarship Award winners will be notified of the juror’s decision within a week after jurying.