Jan Lopez Wood Fellowship 

With the generous support of long-time benefactors, Jan and Bill Wood, Whittier College has established The Jan Lopez Wood Fellowship in Studio Arts. 

The Woods have created this fellowship to financially support the efforts of committed and high-achieving students in the visual arts. The existence of this fellowship is a statement by the Woods and the College that the visual arts are important in the realm of human endeavor and consequently worthy of support.

Eligibility

  • First years, sophomores, or juniors in good academic standing
  • Open to Studio Art majors or, students minoring in Studio Art 
  • Open to Whittier Scholar Program students with an approved Educational Design that includes at least six studio art classes. Please note: A copy of the Educational Design must be included in the application package.

Selection Criteria

  • Demonstrate academic excellence
  • Demonstrate artistic merit
  • Merit of proposed project

Benefits

An award of $2,000 will be given to one student annually. Typically, the award will go to a new student each year, but past recipients are eligible to apply. The distribution of the fellowship award funds will be as follows:

  • A stipend of $1,000 for project-related costs (usually art supplies, but possibly for project-related travel, living expenses, or other expenditures required by the project).
  • A scholarship of $1,000 will be applied towards tuition upon completion of the project. 
  • The faculty mentor will receive $500 upon completion of the project. 

The most likely departure from this division of funds is reducing the tuition scholarship and allocating those funds to project-related costs. An applicant's project proposal may include a budget adjustment of this type. 

Timeline: Applications are submitted, a selection is made in the spring, and the project is completed the following academic year. It is possible, however, that the project will be conducted during the summer following the selection of the recipient.

Application Documents

Selection Process

After reviewing all applications, the selection will be made by a committee consisting of all full-time studio faculty members in the Department of Art and Visual Studies.

Past Fellows

Lucy Jane Campbell (2024)
Estasia McGlothlin (2023)
Sophie Fudim (2022)
Elisa Marshburn (2021)
Gabriella Rodriguez (2020)
Priscilla Hernandez (2019)
Priscilla Jimenez (2018)