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, 2025

Fellowships

Dean’s Travel Fellowships, Amy Fang, Vernando Reuben, Alixe Turner, Priscilla Young

Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowships, Amanda Atria, Cameron Patricia Downey, Em Wall, Xiwen Zhang

Harvey Geiger Fellowship Fund, Jasmine Clarke, Michael Paz, Olivia Reavey

Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Kimberly Heard

Prizes

Richard Benson Prize, Leor Miller

Dean’s Prize for the Class of 2025, Fatima Al-Kuwari, Luis Manuel Diaz, Erol Scott Harris II, Tomáš Hlava, Haejin Park, Omer Wasim

Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, Olivia Crumm

H. Lee Hirsche Memorial Prize, Nic[o] Brierre Aziz

Fannie B. Pardee Prize, Jesús Miguel Hilario-Reyes

Charles Sawyer Prize, Jeewon Kim

Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Joy Li

Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, Rose Willow McBurney

Ethel Childe Walker Prize, Gabrielle Uy

Honorary Awards

Phelps Berdan Memorial Award, Jiaqian Dai

George R. Bunker Award, Gozie Ojini

Ward Cheney Memorial Award, Bella Convertino

Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Paulina Moncada Restrepo

Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Coco Shiya Yuan

Robert Reed Award, Thisbe Wu

Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Award, Ana Cláudia de Almeida Santos

John Ferguson Weir Award, Vani Bhushan

Susan H. Whedon Award, Alice Gong Xiaowen

Helen W. Winternitz Award, Jam Yoo

Accolades

Center for Book Arts (CBA) x SoA Postgrad Fellowship, Saskia Globig

Fonderie Darling Montreal Residency, Jesús Miguel Hilario-Reyes

Mahler-LeWitt Residency, Haejin Park

MASS MoCA Residency, Chaewon You

Henry Moore Foundation Residency, Sok Song

Peabody Summer Art Fellowship, Cameron Patricia Downey

Schneider Museum of Art VAST Residency, Bix Archer, Omer Wasim

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Helen Liene Dreifelds, Alixe Turner

SOMA Summer, Amy Fang

STPI Apprenticeship Programme–Singapore, Natalia Padilla Castellanos

Yale Pathways Teaching Fellowship, Christopher Desanges, Lauren Rae Flaaen, Abenda Sohn

Yale Prison Education Initiative Teaching Fellowships, Bix Archer, Rosa Bozhkov