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
- 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
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize in recognition of exceptional development and progress by a first-year student
- Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Prize for excellence in painting
- 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
- Mark Whistler Memorial Prize in recognition of a graphic design student whose dedication has been an encouraging and helpful influence on classmates
In addition, scholarships are awarded to needy students through the generosity of the following endowed funds: Richard “Chip” Benson, Barry Cohen, Doonesbury, Leeds-Marwell, Alfred L. and Nancy Lauter McDougal, James W. Procter, Jr., Sanyu, Charles H. Sawyer, Barry Schactman, Florentine Smith, Amy Tatro, and Richard Dixon Welling.
Traveling Fellowships
The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, established in 1893, the School’s oldest and largest endowed fellowships, are awarded annually to a graduating student in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture for travel and study. In 2008 the following students were nominated for this honor: Graphic Design—Emily K. Larned, Lan Lan Lesley Liu; Painting/Printmaking—Hilary Hanlen Irons, Jason Mones; Photography—Sarah Rebecca Stolfa, Suyeon Yun; Sculpture—Bradlee Crawford Hicks, Dhavid Raphael Streicher.
The Norman Joondeph Traveling Fellowship is given to enable a student to extend his or her studies or research after graduation.
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, 2008
Fellowships
- Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, Lan Lan Lesley Liu, Jason Mones, Sarah Rebecca Stolfa, Suyeon Yun
- Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowships, Dylan Jonah Reed DeWitt, Justin L. Kuhn, Mary Augusta Reid Kelley, Katayoun Vaziri
Scholarships and prizes
- Richard Benson Prize, Bradley Louis Peters
- Richard Benson Scholarship, George H. Awde
- Barry Cohen Scholarships, Wilfredo Ortega, Jr., David Lloyd Yun
- Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, Alexis Leigh Knowlton
- Gloucester Landscape Painting Prize, Kate Elizabeth Mangold
- Al Held Prizes, Aaron Joseph Gilbert, Hilary Hanlen Irons
- Ralph Mayer Prize, Evan Drew Levine
- Fannie B. Pardee Prize, John Dante Bianchi
- Charles H. Sawyer Memorial Prizes, Stina Maria Carlberg, Tomas Celizna
- Barry Schactman Prizes, Vasken Mardikian, Robert Lee Vanderpool
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize, E Roon Kang
- Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Prize, Khalif Jamahl Kelly
- Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, Elizabeth Marie Livensperger
- Amy Tatro Scholarships, Lourdes R. Correa, Laura Lee Marsh
- Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize, Kyungmin Oh
- Ethel Childe Walker Prize, Anna Zhang
- Richard Dixon Welling Prize, Andrew Patrick Lane
- Mark Whistler Memorial Prize, Thomas Arthur Manning
Honorary awards
- Phelps Berdan Memorial Award, Fan Wu
- George R. Bunker Award, Felisa Isabel Funes
- Ward Cheney Memorial Award, Alexandra Rudensky
- Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, I-Ling Eleen Lin
- Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Roxane Zargham
- John Ferguson Weir Award, Bryan Kenneth Graf
- Susan H. Whedon Award, Petrova Giberson
- Helen W. Winternitz Award, Bianca Nova Beck
Announcements
- Leonore Annenberg Fellowship, Richard Bartholomew Mosse
- Gamblin Paint Prize, Whitney Caulkins Claflin
- Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Sarah Elizabeth Lasley
- Tierney Foundation Fellowship, Suyeon Yun
Alumni awards
The following distinguished awards were made to School of Art alumni in 2008:
- Altoid Biennial Prize, Michael Stickrod (M.F.A. Sculpture 2005)
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards, Eric Holzman (M.F.A. Painting 1973), Charles Long (M.F.A. Sculpture 1988), Gordon Moore (M.F.A. Painting 1972), Marc Trujillo (M.F.A. Painting 1994)
- Grange Prize, Sarah Johnson (M.F.A. Photography 2004)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, Robert Feintuch (M.F.A. Painting 1976), Sedrick Huckaby (M.F.A. Painting 1999), Andrew Raftery (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 1988), Enrico Riley (M.F.A. Painting 1998), Sigrid Sandstrom (M.F.A. Painting 2001), Marc Trujillo (M.F.A. Painting 1994)
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants, Judith Bernstein (M.F.A. Painting 1967), James Biederman (M.F.A. Sculpture 1973), Jenny Dubnau (M.F.A. Painting 1996), Barkley Hendricks (M.F.A. Painting 1972), Charles Juhasz (M.F.A. Sculpture 1994), Sigrid Sandstrom (M.F.A. Painting 2001)
- New York Foundation for the Arts Grants, Erica Baum (M.F.A. Photography 1994), Jenny Dubnau (M.F.A. Painting 1996), Bradley McCallum (M.F.A. Sculpture 1992), Gina Ruggeri (M.F.A. Painting 1996), Suzanne Song (M.F.A. Painting 2000), Denyse Thomasos (M.F.A. Painting 1989)
- Rome Prizes, Marie Lorenz (M.F.A. Painting 2002), Matthew Monteith (M.F.A. Photography 2004)
- Smithsonian Lucelia Artist Award, Jessica Stockholder (M.F.A. Sculpture 1985)
- Terra Foundation Giverny Fellowship, Michael Mancari (M.F.A. Painting 1998)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grants, Iona Rozeal Brown (M.F.A. Painting 2002), Wardell Milan (M.F.A. Photography 2004), Wangechi Mutu (M.F.A. Sculpture 2000)
- United States Artists Fellowship, Barkley Hendricks (B.F.A., M.F.A. Painting 1972)
