Each year, we award a $3,000 stipend to an Arkansas woman student attending a university or college in Arkansas to collaborate with a mentor working in an Arkansas museum, gallery or cultural organization. This award is open to both under-graduate and graduate students.
The internship is designed to give the student an opportunity to learn about and make contributions to the cultural life of Arkansas while enriching her program of study related to the advancement of fine arts, art history or arts administration. Chosen by Committee members from numerous applicants, the internship has enabled recipients to pursue real-life work experiences in the arts.
2025 Internship Award Recipient: Taylor Burton
Taylor Burton is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art, Animation and Simulation Design at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Ark. In collaboration with Magnolia Arts, Burton will create four animated three-dimensional backgrounds for use in the organization’s theatrical productions.
From Taylor
These backgrounds will be shown via projection onto the back of the stage and swapped out according to the setting, to amplify the stage design. My goal for the future is to create captivating environments that elevate any scene taking place in them. Magnolia Arts would, in turn, gain a small library of backgrounds to use for all of their theater productions going forward, elevating their plays to a new level.
Past Recipients
2024
Emily Granderson
University of Central Arkansas
2022
Avery Rudolph
University of Central Arkansas
2021
Marti Boren
Arkansas State University
2020
Laken Dickson
Arkansas Tech University
2019
Lillian Osier
Lyon College