For Australian curator, cultural producer and writer Pippa Mott, receiving the American Friends’ AusArt Scholarship has been instrumental in enabling her to complete an MA in the History of Art & Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), New York University (NYU).

The first year of Mott’s program was supported by scholarships from NYU and Fulbright Australia. ‘However, my second year wasn’t funded,’ says Mott. ‘There was a big question mark hanging over it. Without the AusArt Scholarship I wouldn’t have been able to stay on in New York and finish my degree.’

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