About Local 14 Scholarships

Local 14 is a group of artists founded in 1967 by 14 women, to help each other promote their pursuit in the arts. It has expanded to a membership of over 45 talented women artists who, along with over 40 guest artists, produce an annual art show and sale showcasing a wide range of art and craft media. This group is dedicated to help encourage women in the arts and has thus created the Local 14 Educational Foundation, founded in 1997, to provide scholarship assistance to deserving women artists. Now we are accepting all genders. Each year, NW artists who are or will be attending art school in the following year bring their art to Lakewood Center for the Arts. A jury uses a high set of criteria to choose winners.

2025 Art Scholarships

Call for Entry
Saturday, May 3, 2025

Up to $6,000 in Awards

Application Requirements:

  • Each applicant must be enrolled in an accredited college art program in the fall of 2025;
  • Artwork must be original work by the applicant in one of the following media: painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, photography, jewelry, leather, basketry, woodworking, blown & fused glass, wearable art, book arts, or textiles, as well as other arts and crafts. Submitted work need not be all in the same medium.
  • Each applicant must deliver three properly prepared pieces of original work to our jury for review on Saturday May 3, 2025  between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
  • The jury review will take place between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM at:
    Lakewood Center for the Arts
    368 State Street
    Lake Oswego, OR 97034
  • Applicants may not be present while the jury is working.
  • All work submitted to our jury must be picked up from this location between the hours of 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM on Saturday May 3rd after the jury is finished.
  • Artwork that receives awards must be available for display during the LOCAL 14 ART SHOW AND SALE which will be held this year at THE WORLD FORESTRY CENTER in Portland, Oregon from Friday October 3rd, through Sunday October 5th, 2025. 

The application form is available for download and printing here, and on jury day at the Lakewood Center.

For questions contact:
Sandy Visse: sandyvisse45@gmail.com
Michelle Lattanzi: michelledennis@yahoo.com
Mary Dennis: maryfdennis@yahoo.com

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Scholarship Winners 2024

Hawk Ferdig

Intermedia
Northwest College of Art, Class of 2026
Jewelry, Digital Photograph, Plate lithography

Connor Ayers

George Fox University, Class of 2025
Film Photography

Juno El Ebrashi

Lakeridge High School
To attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Oil, Gouache and Pastel, Linoleum Block Print

Scholarship Winners 2023

Aspen McCallum

Printmaking
Oregon State University

KaiLee Jones

Screen printing (Silk-screen)
George Fox University

Ella Jones

Painting
Lewis and Clark College

Scholarship Winners 2022

Peggy Hooper

Class of 2022 George Fox University
Medium: Digital Illustration


Igarta Taylor

Senior at South Ridge, will attend U of O School of Art and Design
Medium: 2D Art


Honorable Mentions 2022

Julianna Boyanovsky

Senior at Tigard High School, will attend PCC
Medium: Ink Stippling


Anya Upson

Lewis and Clark College Class of 23
Medium: Ceramic, graphite, digital

Scholarship Winners 2019

Lai Lai – Fiber Arts. Attending PCC, transferring to PNCA.

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Sol Lee – Book Arts. Attending PNCA.

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Honorable Mentions 2019

Gail Booth – Mixed Media. Attending PSU.

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Eleanor Karrick – Mixed Media. Attending PNCA.

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Scholarship Winners 2018

 

Skylar Smith is a student at Sherwood High School, and plans to attend PNCA in the fall. These pieces are Mixed Media.

 		Alani Kai Rathweg attends Oregon College of Art and Craft. These pieces are Book Arts.

 
Danielle Gannett is currently enrolled at Oregon College of Art and Craft. These pieces are Metals and Fiber.Alana (Jojo) Ruby attends Lane Community College. These pieces are pen and ink, and mixed media.