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Department ofArt and Art History

Student Awards

Art History Awards

Riva Mikhlin with Heather Clydesdale and Andrea Pappas

Best Art History Research Paper - First Prize: Riva Mikhlin ’25 (Economics) - Papal Politics and the Portrait of a Samurai: Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome

Best Art History Symposium Presentation: Riva Mikhlin ’25 (Economics) - Papal Politics and the Portrait of a Samurai: Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome

Recognition for presenting at the Annual Art History Symposium at SCU: Riva Mikhlin ’25 (Economics) - Papal Politics and the Portrait of a Samurai: Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome

Katherine DeRitis with Andrea Pappas and Heather Clydesdale

Best Art History Research Paper - Second Prize: Katherine DeRitis ’24 (Art History) - Picturing the Unseen: The Sultanate of Women’s Influence on Renaissance Visual Culture

Henry Gewecke with Heather Clydesdale and Andrea Pappas

C&I First-Year Research Accomplishment: Henry Gewecke ’27 (Business) - A Cumulative Examination of Item I-61 with Respect to the History of Basket Creation in Indigenous California


Studio Art Awards

Ava Rathenberg and Qiuwen Li

Best in Show: Innocent Guardian - Ava Rathenberg

Nicola Simmons with Ryan Carrington and Danielle Heitmuller
Drawing:
Self-Portrait - Nicola Simmons

Natalia OZ with Ryan Carrington and Danielle Heitmuller
Painting: To the Sea - Natalia Ochoa-Zavalia

Nina Glick and Takeshi Moro
Photography: Alone - Nina Glick

Dalia Suszko and Danielle Heitmuller
Digital: 100 Things I Like to Draw - Dalia Suszko

Sara Wheeler with Qiuwen Li and Danielle Heitmuller
Graphic Design: Quill Construction - Sara Wheeler

Pancho Jimenez and Gina Hack
Ceramic Sculpture: Toxic Cycle - Gina Hack

Kendall Havert and Kelly Detweiler
Mixed Media: Shrine to America - Kendall Havert

Kira Ackerman and Ryan Carrington
Sculpture: Evolution - Kira Ackerman

Ava Ravenberg with Heather Clydesdale and Andrea Pappas

Clement Greenberg: Fish Symphony - Ava Rathenberg

Honorable Mention Awards

Painting: Duality of Homeless Man and Cop - Ria Purisai
Graphic Design: Black Men Speak Redesign - Kidus Solomon
Ceramic Sculpture:
 Kabisera Lopez - Briana Guingona


Departmental Awards

Departmental Pictorial: 95053 - Maya Feit
Departmental Painting: The Infinite Lantern Effect - Briana Roberto
Departmental Photography: Life - Alejandro Mata
Departmental Design: The Dream Project - Ashley Cha
Departmental Ceramic: Common Ground - Charlie DiNapoli
Departmental Mixed Media: Dolly Parton Shrine - Julia Lagosity
Departmental Sculpture: Floating City - Payton Stewart
Departmental Special Recognition: Trailblazer - Simon Lanzoni
Departmental Special Recognition: Service as SCUSAL President - Lydia Kim


Scholarships & Fellowships

Kelly Detweiler with two student recipients

Mary F. Sullivan and Gerald P. Sullivan S.J. Scholarship
Yasmeen Ali
Lauren Grover


Benson Purchase Awards

Kelly Detweiler with three student recipients

Rebekah Kim
Briana Roberto
Alexa Esposito

Congratulations to all of the 2024 award recipients!

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