Fellowships
The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, the School’s oldest and largest endowed fellowships, established in 1893, are awarded annually for travel and study.
The Critical Practice Research Fellowship is awarded to a distinguished student in the Critical Practice course, for the purpose of attending critical contemporary art exhibitions and events abroad between the first and second years of study.
The Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship is awarded annually to a painting/printmaking student for travel abroad between the first and second years of study.
Prizes
The following prizes are awarded annually to enrolled students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement:
- Richard Benson Prize for excellence in photography, leadership within the program, and a desire to teach
- 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
- H. Lee Hirsche Memorial Prize for exemplary creativity and imagination
- 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
- 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
Honorary Awards
The following 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
Award Recipients, 2018
Fellowships
- Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, Dho Yee Chung, Felix Davey, Alfredo Diaz, Kanthy Peng
- Critical Practice Research Fellowships, Genesis Baez, Phoebe Helander, Willis Kingery, Suzanna Zak
- Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Esteban Ramon Perez
Prizes
- Richard Benson Prizes, Dannielle Nicole Bowman, Penn Chan, Kathryn Elizabeth Harrison
- Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, Camille Alice Altay III
- Gloucester Landscape Painting Prize, Blair Whiteford
- Ralph Mayer Prize, Alexandria Lyn Mento
- Fannie B. Pardee Prize, John Drue Scott Worrell
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Azza El Siddique
- Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, Maya Grace Strauss
- Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize, Christine Fae Zavesky
- Ethel Childe Walker Prize, Caroline Tisdale
Honorary awards
- Phelps Berdan Memorial Award, Matthew Taylor Wolff
- George R. Bunker Award, Brian Dario
- Ward Cheney Memorial Awards, Jennifer Helene Calivas, Daniel James Swindel
- Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Wyatt Lasky
- Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Bryce Sutton Wilner
- Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Award, Daniel Joseph Ginsburg
- John Ferguson Weir Awards, Jillian Germaine Freyer, Lucas Libera Moore, Evelyn Louise Pustka
- Susan H. Whedon Award, Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman
- Helen W. Winternitz Award, Natalie Marie Ball
Accolades
- Beinecke Library Research Fellowship, Soomin Shon
- Dumphries House Residencies, Emilie Gossiaux, Emma Gregoline
- Fondazione Antonio Ratti, CSAV Artists Research Laboratory, Petra Hjartardottir
- Gamblin Paint Prize, Kimberly Altomare
- Institute of Investigative Living Residencies at A-Z West Joshua Tree, Rosa McElheny, Diego Palacios, Tajh-Jamal Rust
- Toby Devan Lewis Fellowships, Kenturah Davis, Justine Melford-Colegate
- Le Scuola di Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy, Simone Cutri, Ian Page
- SOMA Summer, Mexico City, Mexico, Leila Seyedzadeh
- Yale Prison Education Initiative Teaching Fellowships, Ernest Arthur Bryant III, Daniel Joseph Ginsburg, Clare Kambhu, Nathan Jeffrey Barros da Costa Pyper, Julia Ann Frances Rooney
Alumni awards
The following distinguished awards were made to School of Art alumni in 2018:
- Art Matters Foundation Grants, Natalie Ball (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2018), Lauren Halsey (M.F.A. Sculpture 2014), Titus Kaphar (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2006)
- Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, College Art Association, Howardena Pindell (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 1967)
- W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, Harvard University, Kehinde Wiley (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2001)
- Frieze Artist Award, Lauren Halsey (M.F.A. Sculpture 2014)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, Titus Kaphar (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2006)
- Mass Cultural Council Fellowship in Sculpture, Lucy Kim (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2007)
- Mohn Award, Hammer Museum, Lauren Halsey (M.F.A. Sculpture 2014)