Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2022 Michigan State University, Department of Art, Art History, and Design undergraduate awards and scholarships. Each spring the faculty comes together to nominate exceptional undergraduate students from across the department for these honors. Thanks to generous support from endowments and donations, we are able to celebrate the resilience, creativity, ingenuity, and scholarly pursuits of these outstanding students.


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Marta S. Hentschel Schafer Endowed Scholarship in Art

JESSE AMBURGEY, Studio Art

Liminal, Oil on Canvas, 2022

AMYRE TIGUE, Studio Art

Celebration, Oil on Canvas, 2022

DANA HOLT, Graphic Design

The Tempest, Digital Design, 2021

VALENTINO ORLANDO, Studio Art

Freedom Runners, Oil on Masonite, 2021


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The Geraldine Potchen Award

MAXWELL DALTON, Graphic Design

2022 US Open Surfing, Digital Mockups, 2022


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The Ralph Calder Scholarship

JESSE AMBURGEY, Studio Art

Liminal, Oil on Canvas, 2022

AMYRE TIGUE, Studio Art

Celebration, Oil on Canvas, 2022

LAINE LORD, Art History and Visual Culture


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The Jens Plum Award

NATALIE PARK, Art Education

Precedence and Promises of Motherhood
Oil on Canvas
STA 420
2022


Anna E. Bayha Award

SAMANTHA HUYLER, Apparel and Textile Design


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Anna Creekmore Award

KAYLA MURPHY-DUBOIS, Apparel and Textile Design

Knit Dress, Yarn, 2022


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Ellen B. Judson Award

HAYDEN STARR, Apparel and Textile Design

Fall ’21 Evening Wear Collection, Marker & Pen on Paper, 2021


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Joe and Shirley Kuszai Endowed Scholarship

KATIE WHITE, Graphic Design

AAHD HAVC Symposium Poster, Digital Design (Adobe Illustrator), 11″ x 17″, 2021

EMMA SIETSEMA, Graphic Design

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Digital Book Cover, 2022

KAITLYN KWON, Graphic Design

Saving Water Infographic, Digital Design (Adobe Illustrator), 2022


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Carolyn J Hook Scholarship

MELANIE GRIFFIN, Studio Art

Image of gallery from choose touch cherish solo BFA exhibition
2022
Stoneware and Porcelain, Soda Fired
Image courtesy Alex Nichols


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The Ralph Henricksen Award

SYDNEY WHARRAM, Studio Art

The After Party, Oil on Masonite and Canvas, 2022