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OCAF Scholarships

2025 OCEANSIDE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) Scholarships are presented to graduating high school seniors seeking to further their education in the:

  • Performing Arts – theatre, music, or dance;
  • Visual Arts – include paintings, sculptures, stained glass, ceramics, fine jewelry, digital media, and photography.
  • Literary Arts – include prose and poetry

Performing, Visual and Literary applications will be judged based on the students’ experience, contributions in their field, and a teacher’s recommendation and will be juried by professionals in each field. Scholarships to be awarded at the school’s award ceremony.
To be considered for these awards a student must submit a typed 1- or 2-page application which includes the following information:

  1. Name, current telephone number, mailing address, email address, and name of High School.
  2. High School coursework in their perspective arts program, completed and current.
  3. Additional outside or extracurricular arts experience.
  4. Future educational and career goals.
  5. How this scholarship will benefit and/or assist the applicant.
  6. Why this scholarship should be awarded to the applicant.
  7. Applicants must include a Letter of Recommendation from their high school instructor.
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A} Performing Art students should submit a video tape or DVD of the applicant’s performance, no longer than 5 minutes. All Performing Art participants are asked to make sure their music, dance, or dramatic presentation underscores their talents and shows performers at their best. The camera should be focused on the performer rather than a large group. OCAF will not accept audio CDs as the members need to see each performance.
B} The Visual Art students’ projects should have a minimum of three photos of examples of the applicant’s work either on printed photo paper or digital format, such as DVD, SD card or a flash drive. The digital storage media will not be returned. Students are advised not to email photos of their work. All students are advised not to use YouTube as it will not show them to their best advantage
C} The Literary submissions should be 300-500 words. The work may be either prose or poetry. The work MUST be original, no AI help. Each submission must be signed, pledging that the work is original. No more than 2 submissions per applicant.
Online submissions may be sent to meliane2@cox.net,and Cc: ocaf.arts@gmail.com This can include the teacher’s recommendation, as well as the student application form. Visual arts applicants may attach photos of their work. Performance applicants may send a You Tube link, but, be aware that it is not always reliable. Of course, everything may be sent through the mail to the OCAF post box, at OCAF, PO Box 3054, Oceanside, CA 92051.
Application deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025 For questions please email to meliane2@cox.net