Adult Education BIPOC & Financial Access Scholarships
Thanks for your interest in working with clay at Northern Clay Center (NCC)! Applications for fall term are now closed. Winter term class and workshop scholarship applications will open in November 2026.
NCC is committed to maintaining accountability and pursuing action to build meaningful diversity, impactful equity, and genuine inclusivity in the ceramic community. We recognize that there are significant and systemic racial and economic impacts that impede participation in the arts, and resulting financial barriers contribute to further divide. To address and help bridge financial barriers to ceramic education, NCC now offers scholarship options for our education programming. This will open access to the ceramic arts and welcome all who wish to learn, grow as an artist, and participate in the ceramic arts community.
We offer two scholarship options:
-a half-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners with financial need
-a full-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
Scholarships are limited and will be available on a lottery basis for new applicants and for previous applicants for a select number of seats. Previous recipients can apply multiple times per year, though priority will be given to new applicants.
Students are eligible to receive only one scholarship per term. We will do our best to offer students one of their top 3 choices of class or workshop. Once enrolled, all scholarships are non-refundable and non-transferable. Scholarship students are committed to their selected class, and the scholarship cannot be applied to a different class or term. Should a selected class cancel due to low enrollment, students will have the option to transfer classes.
Within 7–10 business days of your application, you will be notified of the status of your application and will be aided in registration from there should you receive the scholarship. We recommend applying ASAP for new applicants, or within the first 7 days of the open application period for returning recipients.
For any questions regarding NCC’s scholarship program, please contact the NCC Education Team, at education@northernclaycenter.org.
NCC is committed to maintaining accountability and pursuing action to build meaningful diversity, impactful equity, and genuine inclusivity in the ceramic community. We recognize that there are significant and systemic racial and economic impacts that impede participation in the arts, and resulting financial barriers contribute to further divide. To address and help bridge financial barriers to ceramic education, NCC now offers scholarship options for our education programming. This will open access to the ceramic arts and welcome all who wish to learn, grow as an artist, and participate in the ceramic arts community.
We offer two scholarship options:
-a half-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners with financial need
-a full-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
Scholarships are limited and will be available on a lottery basis for new applicants and for previous applicants for a select number of seats. Previous recipients can apply multiple times per year, though priority will be given to new applicants.
Students are eligible to receive only one scholarship per term. We will do our best to offer students one of their top 3 choices of class or workshop. Once enrolled, all scholarships are non-refundable and non-transferable. Scholarship students are committed to their selected class, and the scholarship cannot be applied to a different class or term. Should a selected class cancel due to low enrollment, students will have the option to transfer classes.
Within 7–10 business days of your application, you will be notified of the status of your application and will be aided in registration from there should you receive the scholarship. We recommend applying ASAP for new applicants, or within the first 7 days of the open application period for returning recipients.
For any questions regarding NCC’s scholarship program, please contact the NCC Education Team, at education@northernclaycenter.org.
