Annual Awards
The following fellowships and honorary awards are made each year by the faculty and the dean to enrolled students, on the basis of professional promise:
- Phelps Berdan Memorial Award for distinction in painting/printmaking
- George R. Bunker Award in recognition of an outstanding student in painting/printmaking
- Ward Cheney Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in performance and composition
- Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award for outstanding achievement in drawing or painting from nature
- Rebecca Taylor Porter Award for distinction in sculpture
- Ely Harwood Schless Award for excellence in painting
- John Ferguson Weir Award in recognition of an outstanding student in the School
- Susan H. Whedon Award in recognition of an outstanding student in sculpture
- Helen Watson Winternitz Award in recognition of an outstanding student in painting/printmaking
Scholarships and Prizes
The following prizes are awarded annually to enrolled students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement:
- Richard Benson Prize for excellence in photography
- Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize for the woman whose whole person demonstrates a developing consciousness, a personal vision, and a spirit of search
- Gloucester Landscape Painting Prize for excellence in landscape painting
- Al Held Prizes for Painting providing residencies at the American Academy in Rome
- Ralph Mayer Prize for proficiency in materials and techniques
- Fannie B. Pardee Prize for excellence in sculpture
- William Pardee Prize for excellence in publication
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize in recognition of exceptional development and progress by a first-year student
- Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for excellence in painting
- Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize for consistent excellence in graphic design
- Ethel Childe Walker Prize in recognition of exceptional artistic development by an undergraduate student majoring in art
Traveling Fellowships
The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, the School’s oldest and largest endowed fellowships, established in 1893, are awarded annually to a graduating student in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture for travel and study. In 2011 the following students were nominated for this honor: Graphic Design—Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, Ji-Eun Rim; Painting/Printmaking—Abigail Dawn DeVille, Erin Nicole Kaczkowski; Photography—Soyoung Park, Terttu Uibopuu; Sculpture—Nancy Marie Lupo, Zeinab Shahidi Marnani.
The Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowships are awarded annually to painting/printmaking students for travel abroad between the first and second years of the program.
Award Recipients, 2011
Fellowships
- Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, Abigail Dawn DeVille, Erin Nicole Kaczkowski, Soyoung Park, Zeinab Shahidi Marnani, Terttu Uibopuu
- Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowships, Beverly Dominique Acha, Thomas Jordan Betthauser, Doron Langberg, Jennifer Marie Packer, Kenneth Christian Rivero
Scholarships and prizes
- Richard Benson Prize, Heyward Glover Hart
- Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, Brandi Jeanne Twilley
- Gloucester Landscape Painting Prize, Ronny Quevedo
- Al Held Prizes, Christian Eric Flynn, Clynton Bryan Lowry
- Ralph Mayer Prize, Caroline Wells Chandler
- Fannie B. Pardee Prize, Catherine Telford-Keogh
- William Pardee Prize, Benjamin Ely Critton
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Thomas Edward Gardiner
- Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Prize, Francesca Lo Russo
- Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, Njideka F. Akunyili
- Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize, Brian Scott Watterson
- Ethel Childe Walker Prize, Sofia Ortiz (B.A. in art)
Honorary awards
- Phelps Berdan Memorial Award, Sara Miles Hartman
- George R. Bunker Award, Adam Tyler Gordon
- Ward Cheney Memorial Award, Victoria Sarah Hely-Hutchinson
- Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Rachel Shapira Schmidhofer
- Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Juan Astasio Soriano
- John Ferguson Weir Award, Matthew Booth
- Susan H. Whedon Award, Nancy Marie Lupo
- Helen W. Winternitz Award, Nicole Marie Maloof
Announcements
- Fulbright Scholarship, Barkev Philip Gulesserian
- Gamblin Paint Prize, Jennifer Marie Packer
- Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Gideon Arlie Barnett
- Tierney Foundation Fellowship, Terttu Uibopuu
Alumni awards
The following distinguished awards were made to School of Art alumni in 2011:
- Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Grant, Ann Hamilton (M.F.A. Sculpture 1985)
- Detroit Institute of the Arts Alain Locke Award, William T. Williams (M.F.A. Painting 1968)
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants, Curtis Mitchell (M.F.A. Sculpture 1983)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowhips, Richard Mosse (M.F.A. Photography 2008), Katharine Turczan (M.F.A. Photography 1990)
- International Center of Photography Infinity Award, Abelardo Morell (M.F.A. Photography 1981)
- National Medal of Arts, Martin Puryear (M.F.A. Sculpture 1971, D.F.A.H. 1994)
- Rome Prizes, Jiminie Ha (M.F.A. Graphic Design 2007), Mary Reid Kelley (M.F.A. Painting 2009)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, Erin Shirreff (M.F.A. Sculpture 2005)
- United States Artists Fellowship, Michael A. Smith (M.F.A. Photography 1981)
- Whitney Biennial, Kate Levant (M.F.A. Sculpture 2010), Joanna Malinowska (M.F.A. Sculpture 2001), Michael E. Smith (M.F.A. Sculpture 2008)
