APPLY NOW TO THE 2024 STEPHEN D. PAINE SCHOLARSHIP HERE.

Congratulations to 2023 Award Recipients

Julie Francois, Fallon Lavertue, Guadaloupe Najar, Carter Powers, Keith Truong, Leon Vicaire

Juror: Kate Gilbert, Executive Director of Now + There

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENTS AND THEIR WORK

 The Stephen D. Paine Scholarship

Established in 1999 by the Boston Art Dealers Association, The Stephen D. Paine Scholarship is designed to support students who are entering their final year in studio art programs at colleges in the city of Boston. As young artists conclude their undergraduate studies, the Boston Art Dealers Association (BADA) would like to extend financial assistance in order to support their commitment to the making of art.

The scholarship is established in memory of Stephen D. Paine, who died in the fall of 1997 at the age of 65. Stephen was passionate about the visual arts and dedicated to supporting arts education through his involvement with numerous Boston-area institutions. In his capacity as a founding partner at Wellington Management in Boston, he formed an extensive corporate art collection that includes the work of scores of artists with ties to Boston. With his wife Susan W. Paine, he built an impressive private collection, supporting the work of both emerging and established artists. Together, these collections stand among the most important in the Boston area. Stephen was a friend and ally to artists, students and art professionals. BADA is honored to celebrate his life and his passion through this scholarship.

The Paine Scholarship is sustained by the generous contributions of our supporters. Please help support the fund, which provides financial assistance to young artists as they launch their careers.

To donate by mail, please make checks payable to the BADA TRUST/ SDP Scholarship and mail to:

Stephen D. Paine Scholarship
Boston Art Dealers Association
PO Box 170449
Boston, MA 02117

PAST EXHIBITIONS

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOLARSHIP ARE NOW CLOSED.

To be eligible, an applicant must be found eligible for financial aid by the school. Applicants must be entering their final year in a studio art program or studio art major and may be working in any visual art medium. It is expected that available funds will permit two (2) scholarships of $4,000 to be awarded in the form of cash grants to the recipients. Up to four (4) prizes of $1,500 will also be awarded as honorable mentions.

The jurying process is managed by the Boston Foundation. Applications will be reviewed anonymously by a juror who will be encouraged to make awards based on the recognition of talent and of the promise for making important work in the future. Awards will be announced by the end of the year. The Stephen D. Paine Scholarship was established in conjunction with the yearlong project 1999: Celebrating Boston's Artists.

PAST JURORS

2023 Kate Gilbert, Executive Director, Now + There
2022 Jessica Roscio, Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University
2021 Lauren Szumita, Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum
2020 Ellen Tani, independent art historian, curator, critic and former assistant curator at ICA, Boston
2019 Reto Thuring, then Beal Family Chair of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2018 Sarah Montross, Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2017  Judith Dolkart, then Mary Stripp & R. Crosby Kemper Director, Addison Gallery of American Art
2016  Mary Tinti, then Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum
2015  Christopher Bedford,then Director, Rose Art Museum
2014  Jennifer Gross, then Chief Curator, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2013  Trevor Smith, Curator of the Present Tense, Peabody Essex Museum
2012  Al Miner, then Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2011  Dina Deitsch, then Curator of Contemporary Art, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2010  Katherine French, then Director, Danforth Art
2009  Edward Saywell, Chair, Contemporary Art and MFA Programs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2008  Bill Arning, then Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center
2007  Anne Hawley, Director and Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
2006  Ted Stebbins, Curator of American Artr and Virginia Anderson, then Assistant Curator of American Art, Fogg Art Museum
2005  William Stover, then Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2004  Jill Medvedow, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2003  Joe Ketner, then Director, Rose Art Museum
2002  Nick Capasso, then Curator, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2001  Linda Shearer, then Director, Williams College Museum of Art
2000  Joe Thompson, Director, MASS MoCA