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)