TMA scholarships are intended to provide an understanding and appreciation of the arts to a wide demographic range who might not otherwise be financially able to attend Museum classes, and to recognize and encourage artistically gifted students. The Museum offers two types of scholarships:
Art Class Tuition Scholarship: Scholarships, awarded based on financial need, cover 50% of the tuition fee for most classes.
Palmer Scholarship: This scholarship provides funding for travel to pursue a course of study in an art-related field. The award recipient(s) receives up to $8,000 toward the costs of travel , either domestic or abroad, to enhance his/her studies in an art-related endeavor.
Recipients of the 2011 Palmer Scholarship are:
| 2011 RECIPIENT | PROJECT |
| Elizabeth Wise | Interdisciplinary professional development: Art & chemistry |
| Jennifer Leszczyniski | Color theory & the illusion of light |
| Joshua Torres | Haiti’s condition a year after the earthquake |
| Grace Engel | Reinvent Lewis Carroll’s classic text Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
| 2011 RECIPIENT | PROJECT |
| Elizabeth Wise | Interdisciplinary professional development: Art & chemistry |
| Jennifer Leszczyniski | Color theory & the illusion of light |
| Joshua Torres | Haiti’s condition a year after the earthquake |
| Grace Engel | Reinvent Lewis Carroll’s classic text Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |