Friday April 9 Deadline
Each year, The AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts offers US fine arts graduate students, or those who have completed their graduate studies within the past two years, the opportunity to study at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Austria. The AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts is funded through the generosity of AAF trustee Gerhard Seebacher and his wife Angelika. A list of previous AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts fellows can be found here.
Founded in 1953 by world-famous painter Oskar Kokoschka, the International Summer Academy offers an unrivaled environment, at the Hohensalzburg Fortress. This particular international experience gives young artists not only the opportunity to study with well-known and respected international artists from around the world, but also the chance to immerse themselves in a program that is both rich in cultural tradition and academically challenging.
Up to four Seebacher Fine Arts fellows are selected annually by a jury of artists and arts professionals, chaired by the Summer Academy’s Director, Dr. Hildegund Amanshauser. Fellows are invited to attend a specific course at the Summer Academy and participate in daily classes for two to five weeks, depending on the length of the course selected.
The fellowship covers tuition to one Summer Academy course, $1,500 for travel expenses, accommodation at Schloss Arenberg—the AAF’s conference center in Salzburg—and a small stipend for meals.
Application details are available here.
The postmark deadline for applications is Friday, April 9, 2021.
Please note that the 2021 AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts is subject to cancellation at any time due to the ongoing pandemic.
Questions and electronic applications may be emailed to
finearts.prize@americanaustrianfoundation.org.
The AAF and Salzburg International Summer Academy are not responsible for lost applications.
The American Austrian Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1984 by a group of Americans and Austrians with an interest in promoting a positive relationship between the two countries. The AAF organizes postgraduate educational programs and provides fellowships in medicine, media and the arts. The AAF has offices in Vienna, Salzburg, and New York. For more information, please visit our website.