DONALD ELLIS Fellowship in Art History, Visual Art and Theory

Award descriptionA $20,000 fellowship has been made available annually through a gift from Donald Ellis for an outstanding M.A., M.F.A. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory who identifies as Indigenous and is studying Indigenous Art. Preference will be given to students studying historical art. Conditional on the recipient's continued satisfactory academic progress, the fellowship may be renewed until the recipient completes their M.A, M.F.A., or Ph.D. requirements. Donald is an internationally renowned art dealer who focuses on historical First Nations art. He established the Donald Ellis Gallery in Canada in 1976, and opened a New York City location in 2004. Donald counts the National Gallery of Canada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Abu Dhabi among his clients. Donald established this award to support and recognize Indigenous students during their graduate curatorial, art history or visual art studies. The fellowship is made on the recommendation of the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.