Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2020 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
JORDAN COTTON, Graphic Design
GD 460 Othello Poster, Visual Communication, 22″ x 28″
MELANIE GRIFFIN, Studio Art
STA 340 Self-Portrait, Raku Fired Ceramics, 6″ x 18″ x 8″
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The Geraldine Potchen Award
MCKENZIE COLLIER, Graphic Design
GD 365 The Canals of Amsterdam, Digital Print, 10″ x 10″
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The Ralph Calder Scholarship
ARIA FRAWLEY, Art History and Visual Culture
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The Jens Plum Award
MADDISON CHAFFER, Graphic Design
GD 303 Human History, Graphite, Ink, Digital Print, 16″ x 20″
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Anna E. Bayha Award
KATARINA GENSON, Apparel and Textile Design
ATD 427 Unzipped, Double Buckle Graffiti Jacket, Midnight Knit Unzipped Sweatshirt, Graffiti Pant, Hand Done Knitwear, Utility Polyester Fabric, Hand Done Knitwear, Utility Polyester Fabric, Nylon Utility Strap, Cotton Polyester Fabric, Spray Paint, and Airbrush Paint
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Anna Creekmore Award
CHANTEL BOOKER, Apparel and Textile Design
ATD 490 Pretty Deadly, inspired by the Fox Theatre in Detroit and the Foxglove plant, 2019
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Ellen B. Judson Award
SKYLA MAGNUM, Apparel and Textile Design
ATD 491T My Size, created using 5 yards of broadcloth cotton, screen printed with measurements 36″-24″-“36, 5’9” and 120-160lbs., Both garments are a size 14
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Joe and Shirley Kuszai Endowed Scholarship
ALLYSSA HARRIS, Graphic Design
STA 491 Future Monuments: Ms. Myrtle Craig, 3D printed sculpture scanned and superimposed on photograph, 2019
GRACE HOUDEK, Graphic Design
GD 465 Calendar Design, Archival Inkjet Print, 5.5″ x 12.5″
JAKE JACQUES, Graphic Design
GD 365 Ligature, Archival Inkjet Print, 11″ x 17″
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Carolyn J. Hook Scholarship
MAY MCCALMON, Studio Art and Art Education
STA 440 Ranch, Soda fired stoneware with celadon glaze inlay, 9″ x 7.5″, 2019
ISADORA VINCENT, Studio Art
STA 440 Body Tower 1 & 2, Terracotta, 2020
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The Ralf Henricksen Award
FRANKIE POTOCHICK, Studio Art
STA 420 Please Take Your Seat, Oil on Canvas, 48″ x 60″
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The Gretel Geist Rutledge Award
MATIAS BRIMMER, Studio Art
STA 491B Duress, Linoleum block print on paper, 4″ x 6″