# School of Art 2025–2026

**Source**: https://catalog.yale.edu/art/annual-awards/
**Parent**: https://catalog.yale.edu/art/

# Annual Awards

## Fellowships

The *Dean’s Travel Fellowship* for students representing the values of excellence and exploration that the Dean’s Travel Fellowship hopes to inspire.

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 *Harvey Geiger Fellowship Fund* is a travel and research grant given annually to two photography M.F.A. students for their summer projects between their first and second year of the program and to a Yale College student working in photography at the conclusion of their sophomore or junior year.

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 Dean’s Prize* in recognition of second-year students whose proposed project, body of work, or artistic outlook exemplifies the spirit of the school’s studio-based practice

*Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize* for an individual whose whole person demonstrates a developing consciousness, a personal vision, and a spirit of search

*H. Lee Hirsche Memorial Prize* for exemplary creativity and imagination

*Fannie B. Pardee Prize* for excellence in sculpture

*Charles Sawyer Prize* for distinction in graphic design

*Schickle-Collingwood Prize* in recognition of exceptional development and progress by a first-year student

*Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize* for excellence in painting

*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

*Robert Reed Award*to provide scholarships for students within the school

*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, 2024

### Fellowships

*Dean’s Travel Fellowships*, Fatima Al-Kuwari, Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, Brenda Barrios, Shiyun Deng, Helen Liene Dreifelds, Flores, Jesús Hilario-Reyes, Gozié Ojini, Haejin Park

*Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships*, Vani Bhushan, Taína Cruz, Jiaqian Dai, Luis Manuel Díaz, Katie Johnson

*Harvey Geiger Fellowship Fund*,Christopher Desanges, Leor Miller, Whitney Toutenhoofd

*Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship*, Hafsa Nouman

### Prizes

*Richard Benson Prize*, Pat Garcia

*Dean’s Prize for the Class of 2024*, Earthen Clay, Eloise Hess, Siri Lee, Xinyi Liu, Marcelline Mandeng Nken, Andrew Ordonez, Tanner Pendleton, Mike Picos

*Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize*, Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire

*H. Lee Hirsche Memorial Prize*, Laura Camila Medina

*Fannie B. Pardee Prize*, Baxter Koziol

*Charles Sawyer Prize*, Claire Hungerford

*Schickle-Collingwood Prize*, Claire Chey

*Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize*, Nadir Souirgi

*Ethel Childe Walker Prize*, Nathan Puletasi

### Honorary Awards

*Phelps Berdan Memorial Award*, Sara Linnea Duell

*George R. Bunker Award*, Y. Malik Jalal

*Ward Cheney Memorial Award*, Darby Routtenberg

*Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award*, Louise Mandumbwa

*Rebecca Taylor Porter Award*, Ka Ming Lee

*Robert Reed Award*, Lizzie Conklin

*Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Award*, Haleigh H. Collins

*John Ferguson Weir Award*, Jarod Lew

*Susan H. Whedon Award*, Rachel Youn

*Helen W. Winternitz Award,* Creighton Baxter

### Accolades

*Center for Book Arts (CBA) x SoA Postgrad Fellowship*, Neeta Patel

*Dumfries​ House Residencies*, Bix Archer, Rosa Bozhkov, Claire Chey, Qiang Wang

*Fonderie Darling Montreal Residency*, Y. Malik Jalal

*Horse Island Residency*, Patricia Voulgaris

*Mahler-LeWitt Residency*, Christopher Paul Jordan

**MASS MoCA Residency**, Adam Amram

*Paul Mellon Centre Graduate Summer Programme*, Fatima Al-Kuwari, Purvai Rai, Yi Song

***Henry Moore Foundation Residency***, Purvai Rai

*Pasanella Program*, Bella Convertino, Frantz Patrick Henry

*Peabody Summer Art Fellowship*, Katharen Wiese

*Photography Teaching Fellowship*, Shelli Weiler

*Schneider Museum of Art VAST Residency*, Louise Mandumbwa

*Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture*, Marcelline Mandeng Nken, Louise Mandumbwa

*****SOMA**** Summer*, Maria Paulina Moncada, Chaewon You

*STPI Apprenticeship Programme–Singapore*, Xiwen Zhang

*University of New Haven Teaching Fellowship*, Katharen Wiese

*Yale Pathways Teaching Fellowship*,Lauren Flaaen

******Yale Prison Education Initiative Teaching Fellowships******, Haleigh H. Collins, Claire Hungerford, Orlando Porras

### Alumni Awards

The following School of Art sponsorships were awarded to alumni in 2024.

*Climate Engagement through Art in Cities Fellowship*, Victoria Martinez (M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking 2020), Daniel Pizarro (M.F.A. Graphic Design 2012)

*Lagos G.A.S. Artist in Residency*, Avery Youngblood (M.F.A. Graphic Design 2023)