2026 Student Art Exhibit announces its award winners

Out of Bounds: 2026 Studio Arts Student Exhibition featured works from 20 Studio Arts majors who will be graduating in the 2026 calendar year. Other works selected by faculty from department courses are included in In Bounds, located in the Frick Fine Arts Lobby cases. 

Awards from the exhibitions have been announced:
 

Department of Studio Arts Achievement Award
Selected by the faculty in recognition of excellence and promise in the practice of art, as well as leadership within, and contributions to, the life of the department

Emily Matisse

 

A. J. Schneider Awards
Selected artworks are exhibited for one year in the A. J. Schneider Reading Room at Hillman Library

 

Alli Batell

Hui Gao

Cecilia Justine

Kathy Vo

 

Betty Blockstein Levine Awards
Recognize excellence for a single work or an outstanding body of work, determined by the faculty of the Department of Studio Arts

 

Arianna Carpio

Daniel Rieker

Talia Schwartz

 

 

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Awards
Selected by representatives from the Dietrich School Dean’s Office

 

Emily Matisse

Crystal Nunes

Benjamin Rieker

 

 

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Studies Awards
Selected by representatives from the Dietrich School’s Undergraduate Studies

 

Ciara Brand

Alex Kunkel

Benjamin Rieker

 

The Exhibit opened on April 9 and runs through May 1 in the Bellefield Gymnasium. Admission is free. There is also an artist talk on April 23 from noon to 1 pm.