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Scholarship Programs

The Huntington Arts Council is proud to announce three scholarships this year in the arts. One visual arts scholarship and two dance scholarship opportunities for 2023.


Meld by Benjamin Schlaich
2022 Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship recipient

The Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship 2023

The Joan Aboff Memorial Art Scholarship is a competitive visual arts scholarship to Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. It is for 10th,11th and 12th grade students residing in the town of Huntington. The scholarship is funded by the Aboff family. Deadline for submission is April 4, 2023

The scholarship is to Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts for the 4 Week Session B Portfolio Development class 7/24 – 8/18 and a value of $4950.

About Joan Aboff

This award is being given in honor of the late Joan Aboff. Ms. Aboff was a strong supporter of local arts organizations and was very involved with her community. She volunteered frequently with the Huntington Arts Council and the Art League of Long Island. We appreciate her passion and dedication for the arts. 

About Usdan 

Usdan is an award-winning not-for-profit day camp for the arts and has been named a “Best Of” camp by TimeOutNY/Kids, and by NY Metro Parents. Diverse and playfully rigorous, for over fifty years we have brought world-class teachers and visiting artists – actors, directors, playwrights, painters, sculptors, musicians, composers, dancers, poets and novelists – to teach and collaborate with Usdan campers ages 5 to 18. On 140 acres of natural beauty, students find the literal and metaphoric space to push their existing talents and delve into new ones. With nearly 50 classes and 1,300 students each summer, every camper from beginning to advanced is guided on a path of individual creative growth by a team of artists and talented arts educators. Our alumni include Natalie Portman, Jackie Hoffman, Olivia Thirlby, Stacey London, and Lisa Gay Hamilton; singers Jane Monheit, Taylor Dayne, and Mariah Carey; award-winning playwright Michele Lowe, Grammy-Award winning producer Adam Abeshouse, Broadway personality Seth Rudetsky, Juilliard conductor Adam Glaser, and members of major American orchestras, dance and theater companies. https://www.usdan.org/

Deadline for submission is April 4, 2023

Download details on the scholarship and the endorsement form here.

Click here to apply for the Joan Aboff Memorial Scholarship 2023

Jared Alequin 2022 Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance recipient. Photo by Chris Zenyuh

Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance 2023

The Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance is a competitive scholarship for Nassau and Suffolk High School Graduating Seniors who are pursuing a four year college degree with a major or minor in Dance. The scholarship is funded by the Long Island Dance Consortium and the Jacobs Family. One award of $1000 will be given in 2023. Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2023

About Rea Jacobs

Rea Jacobs dedicated over 60 years of her life to working in and supporting the arts in all its forms. She was well known and respected for directing innovative theatre productions and creating and producing the Performing Arts Series on Long Island and in Middletown, NY where she was the Director of the Orange County Arts Council. She was also the creator and director of the International Jewish Arts Festival, the largest of its kind in the world, which ran joyously for 19 years in Commack, NY. She served as the Long Island Dance Consortium’s Festival Coordinator and dedicated the last 12 years of her life to helping to create and direct LIDC’s “Celebration of Dance” performances as well as performances at the Huntington Arts Council’s Summer Arts Festival at Heckscher Park. It is a great honor for her family to be a part of this scholarship in order to continue her support of the consortium and young artists and to help her legacy live on.

About the Long Island Dance Consortium

Long Island Dance Consortium consists of members of the Long Island dance community committed to provide education, develop awareness and increase understanding of all forms of dance in order to expand and cultivate the dance audience on Long Island. Members include dance companies, dance professionals, dance advocates, dance studios and Arts Councils. LIDC is an IRS 501© 3 non-profit organization. www.longislanddance.org

Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2023

Download details on the scholarship and the endorsement form here.
Click here to apply for the Rea Jacobs Scholarship for Dance 2023

Nathaniel Eck 2022 Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance recipient. Photo by Marisa Comple

Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance 2023

The Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance is a competitive scholarship for Suffolk & Nassau High School Graduating Seniors who are considering furthering their education in dance, but not necessarily in an accredited program.  One award of $1,000 will be given in 2023. This scholarship is funded by Sandi Bloomberg. Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2023

About Sandi Bloomberg

Sandi Bloomberg has had a distinguished career in the arts, especially in dance.  For 25 years she owned and served as Artistic Director of the North Shore Studio of Dance in Huntington Station.  She has been director/choreographer of her own company, the North Shore Dance Theatre, a not-for-profit company featured annually at the Huntington Summer Arts Festival in Heckscher Park, as well as many Long Island schools and libraries. She is also founder of The Red Hot Mamas, a senior troupe of tap dancers ages 60 to 87 who perform all over Long Island.

Ms. Bloomberg is a former Radio City Rockette, who holds a B.A. degree in English and Theater Arts from Adelphi University, and has recently had her poetry and short stories published in several literary magazines.  She has six published children’s books which she reads in schools and libraries. She brings the stories to life engaging the young readers in creative movement.

She continues to help the Huntington Arts Council to keep the arts alive in Huntington, and fosters an appreciation of the arts in the young people of the community.

Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2023

Download details on the scholarship and the endorsement form here.

Click here to apply for the Sandi Bloomberg Scholarship for Dance 2023

For questions, contact: Arts in Education Coordinator sgutierrez@huntingtonarts.org
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