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. In 2017 the following students were nominated for this honor: Graphic Design—Nathan Jeffrey Barros da Costa Pyper, Christine Fae Zavesky; Painting/Printmaking—Ilana Savdie, Vaughn Spann; Photography—Penn Chan, Lacey Lennon; Sculpture—Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman, Ian Page.
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; the prize includes a one-term teaching fellowship in 2018
- 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, 2017
Fellowships
- Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman, Lacey Lennon, Nathan Jeffrey Barros da Costa Pyper, Vaughn Spann
- Critical Practice Research Fellowship, Ernest Arthur Bryant III
- Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Felipe De Jesus Baeza
Prizes
- Richard Benson Prize, Matthew Thomas Leifheit
- Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, Selva Aparicio
- Gloucester Landscape Painting Prize, Johnathan Robert Payne
- Ralph Mayer Prize, Charlotte Magdeleine de Larminat
- Fannie B. Pardee Prize, Erica Peters Wessmann
- Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Dannielle Nicole Bowman
- Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, Josephine Lyons Messer
- Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prizes, Benjamin Michael Ganz, Ayham Taysier Ghraowi
- Ethel Childe Walker Prize, Tea Beer
Honorary awards
- Phelps Berdan Memorial Award, Jacob Hoving, Theodore Anderson Mathias
- George R. Bunker Award, Michael James Eckblad
- Ward Cheney Memorial Award, Farah Fahim Al-Qasimi
- Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Georgia Dare Kennedy
- Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Erik Matthias Freer, Marta Galaz Cancio
- Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Award, Alexander Steven Jackson
- John Ferguson Weir Award, Danna Singer
- Susan H. Whedon Award, Lex Brown
- Helen W. Winternitz Award, Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner
Accolades
- Beinecke Library Research Fellowship, Nathan Jeffrey Barros da Costa Pyper
- Charles Kao Research Grant, Christine Fae Zavesky
- Dumphries House Residencies, Kent Isaac O’Connor, Emma Beatrice Gambier Webster
- Gamblin Paint Prize, Adam Robert Higgins
- Institute of Investigative Living Residencies at A-Z West Joshua Tree, Camille Alice Altay, Nicholas Erik Gaby, Lacey Lennon
- Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Laura Ann Coombs, Lucy Frances Verne Lindsey
- Leroy Neiman Foundation Fellowship at Ox-Bow, Erica Peters Wessmann
- Skowhegan Residencies, Mohammad Hussain M. Al Mohsin, Michael Jevon Demps, Hasabie Kidanu
- Harriet Hale Woolley Residency in Paris, Isaac Soh Howell
Alumni awards
The following distinguished awards were made to School of Art alumni in 2017:
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Art, Sedrick Huckaby (M.F.A. Painting 1999)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, Dave Hardy (M.F.A. Sculpture 2004), Chris Larson (M.F.A. Sculpture 1992), Kristine Potter (M.F.A. Photography 2005), Margo Sawyer (M.F.A. Sculpture 1982)
- William H. Johnson Prize, Lauren Halsey (M.F.A. Sculpture 2014)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellows, Njideka Akunyili Crosby (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2011), Dawoud Bey (M.F.A. Photography 1993)
- NADA Artadia Prize, Farah Al Qasimi (M.F.A. Photography 2017)
- Prix Pictet, Richard Mosse (M.F.A. Photography 2008)
- Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Art, Didier William (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2009)