Linehan Artist Scholars Program

Open for Fall 2025 Incoming Freshmen ONLY

This is a four-year scholarship for students who enter UMBC as freshmen majoring in Dance, Music, Theatre, or Visual Art and distinguish themselves academically and artistically through their craft. Scholars are selected through an audition/portfolio review process overseen by each of the four arts departments.

The Linehan Artist Scholars Program is for talented students serious about pursuing art in a university setting. The program’s collaborative culture challenges and supports artists to push the boundaries and make significant breakthroughs. The Artist Scholar experience centers on broadening your connection to the arts. Challenging coursework in the Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts departments prepares you for success in your chosen field, while the Linehan program expands your skills, perspectives, and imagination so that you can succeed in whatever you set out to do as a maker, educator, advocate, or leader in your art.

UMBC provides a strong liberal arts education and is home to a faculty of composers, choreographers, directors, designers, photographers, computer artists, painters, filmmakers, video animators, art historians, and performers who actively engage students in creative and analytical work. A generous gift from Earl and Darielle Linehan supports the Linehan Artist Scholars Program.

For additional information, visit the Linehan Artist Scholars Program website.

Please note that if you are selected as a finalist, you will be invited to attend a Scholar Selection Day on Saturday, February 22, 2025. During this program, you will participate in an interview and have a chance to meet other finalists. Please be sure to save this date in your calendar.