Scholarships

Opportunity Scholarship

This photography scholarship was established in 2021 by Heather Mattera and StrudelmediaLive to provide a range of photographers the chance to develop their creative expression and refine their visual practice by taking a class of their choice with our accomplished international teachers. StrudelmediaLive believes that a diverse group of students enriches the learning experience for everyone involved, and this scholarship — open to anyone around the world — works toward that goal by providing tuition assistance to students who wouldn’t normally be able to afford our classes. Included with this scholarship is a private mentoring session with Anja Hitzenberger, and inclusion in our scholarship student feedback group for ongoing support.

The Opportunity Scholarship is typically offered to two students three times per year; in addition, a special part of this scholarship is earmarked for previous scholarship recipients to continue their studies with StrudelmediaLive. There is no application fee for this scholarship.

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Mentoring Scholarship

Many photographers and media artists working on a longterm project — whether it’s a documentary project, a more conceptual piece, working on a photobook, preparing for portfolio reviews or an exhibition — often need additional outside support to find their way through.

This mentoring scholarship — established by Heather Mattera and StrudelmediaLive in summer 2024 — aims to provide photographers who are working on a project a chance to go deeper with an individual mentorship, to study one-on-one with one of our accomplished international teachers, over the course of three sessions held on Zoom. Additionally, recipients are included in our scholarship student feedback group for ongoing support. This scholarship is offered three times per year and there is no application fee.

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Creative Growth Scholarship

  The StrudelmediaLive Creative Growth Scholarship is made possible by donations from the StrudelmediaLive community. It provides a limited number of partial and full scholarships throughout the year to students, whether they’ve studied with us before or not. Open to photographers around the world of any age, this need-based scholarship provides tuition assistance for one of our classes, making it possible for the selected students to expand their artistic practice and grow as photographers. There is no application fee for this scholarship.

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