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Art History Awards

Best Art History C&I Paper Prize: Grace Fujii ’28 (Engineering major) - Where Are You Really From: Understanding Where Chinese~American Adoptees Are Really Coming From

Best Art History Research Paper Prize: Abigail Rappin ’26 (Communication major & Graphic Design Minor) - Ecofeminism and Kenyan Art

Best Art History Symposium C&I: Lillian Shapona ’28 (English major & Environmental Studies major) - The Sacred Roots of Silk: the Mulberry Tree in Chinese and Italian Art

Katie Ligmond, Calyn Ellacer and Maggie Wander

Best Art History Symposium Presentation: Calyn Gem Ellacer ’25 (Studio Art major & Art History minor) - To Hold Antiquity:  On Domenico Ghirlandaio's Creation of a Classically Influenced Modern Style

Katie Ligmond, Andrea Hu and Maggie Wanders

Recognition for presenting at the Annual Art History Symposium at SCU: Andrea Hu ’25 (Art History major, French & Francophone Studies major & Graphic Design minor) - Space and Memory: The Gendered Remembrance of Funerary Art in Early Renaissance of Florence

Congratulations to all of the 2025 Art History award recipients!


Studio Art Awards

Kelly Detweiler, Lauren Grover and Ryan ReynoldsBest in Show: Places of Peace: California - Lauren Grover

Kelly Detweiler and Gwendolyn Patwardhan
Drawing:
Nostalgia - Gwendolyn Patwardhan


Painting: Aquamarine - Katherine Bahel (no image)


Ryan Carrington and Ren Foster

Sculpture/Mixed Media: Burns - Ren Foster

Pancho Jimenez and Ruby Balbuena

Ceramic Sculpture: Unity - Ruby Balbuena


Photography/Printmaking: Standing Twice - Madeline Patrick (no image)

 

Qiuwen Li and Danica RaeAnne Ibus
Graphic Design: Bear and Butter - Danica RaeAnne Ibus

Qiuwen Li and Ashley ChaAnimation & Illustration: Christmas Tree - Ashley Cha

Katie Ligmond, Ren Foster and Maggie WanderClement Greenberg: BurnsRen Foster


Honorable Mention Awards

Ryan Carrington and Owen Higley

Painting: Sculpture March - Owen Higley


Departmental Awards

Ryan Carrington and Eddie Yardley

Departmental Sculpture/Mixed Media: Quiet Heroes - Eddie Yardley

Qiuwen Li, Marissa Wang and Jess Eastburn
Departmental Digital/Graphic Design: Gǔchéng - Marissa Wang

Pancho Jimenez and Melina Flaum
Departmental Ceramic Sculpture: The Journey of Growth - Melina Flaum


Departmental Mixed Media: Self Portrait - Grace Wong (no image)

Congratulations to all of the 2025 Studio Art award recipients!


Scholarship Awards

Kelly Detweiler, Kendall Havert and Morgan DrakeMary F. Sullivan and Gerald P. Sullivan S.J. Scholarship
Kendall Havert
Morgan Drake

Lauren Grover, David Higley and Ryan Reynolds

Curtis and Joyce Cole Endowed Scholarship
Lauren Grover
David Owen Higley
Ingrid Kindel

Congratulations to all of the 2025 Scholarship award recipients!


Campus Purchases

Irene Bronner and Faith Gonsalves-Edwards

Benson Center Painting Purchases
Irene Bronner - Dreaming
Faith Gonsalves-Edwards - Rows

Library Painting Purchases
Faith Gonsalves-Edwards - Shades of Her
Faith Gonsalves-Edwards - Mixed

Congratulations to the students whose artwork was purchased by the campus community.


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