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On Thursday, June 4 the Department of Art and Art Hitory hosted its annual BBQ and Awards Ceremony in the sculpture yard at the Fine Arts building. All majors and minors were invited to join this social gathering with faculty and staff in the department. The Juried Art Show and the Art History Student Research award and Paper Prize winners were announced. Another year, another successful event. Thanks to all of majors and minors for coming, but most especially many thanks to all the faculty and staff and student workers for their help in preparing for this annual event.

Congratulations to all of our award and scholarship recipients!

Art History Awards

Marina MacLatchie - Art History Student Research Paper Prize for "Foreign Fantasies: Fabricating the Other in Art Nouveau Jewelry"

Hannah Baker - Art History Student Research Symposium Award for "Fabric on the Fringe: Abstraction and Identity in the Art of Sam Gilliam"

Anna Behrens - Recognition for representing SCU at the Bay Area Undergraduate Research Symposium at the de Young Museum for "Ritual Accumulation: African and European Power Objects"

Samantha Nelson - Art History Student Research Paper Prize Competition: Honorable Mention for "Sparkling Ammunition: Suffrage Jewelry and the Fight for Equality"

Alex McCarty - Best Paper from a Lower-Division Class for "An Analysis of Antonio Canova and Napoleon Bonaparte"

Community Initiatives in Visual Arts Internship

Hannah Baker - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Marina MacLatchie - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Angelina Marioni - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Samantha Nelson - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Gina Pasquali - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Jack Ready - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Celia Schaefer - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Joshua Stephens - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship
Claire Thompson - CIVA Summer 2015 Internship

Scholarships

Anastassja Cooper - Brooks Fellowship at the Anderson Ranch Art Center
Helena Alfajora - Mary F. Sullivan and Gerald P. Sullivan, S.J. Scholarship
Casey Clifford - Mary F. Sullivan and Gerald P. Sullivan, S.J. Scholarship

Benson Purchase Awards

Stefania Gueorguieva - Benson Purchase Award for "String Theory"
Claire Thompson - Benson Purchase Award for "Private Boudoir"
Marluve Veltze - Benson Purchase Award for "Unwavering Passion"

Studio Art Awards

Ciaran Freeman - Best in Show for "Lamentation: A Sculpture for my Mother the Dancer"
Anastassja Cooper - Ceramics Award for "Feral Misdirection"
Kelby Nardoni - Drawing and Printmaking Award for "Flower"
Helena Alfajora - Mixed Media Award for "Limitations: Find the Light"
Robert Magsino - Painting Award for "Yasmire"
Brad Evans - Photography Award for "Uncovering Guadalupe"
Jonathan Bird - Sculpture Award for "Deconstructed Symphonic"
Allegra Thomas - Two Dimensional Award for "Daybreak"
Jack Ready - Two Dimensional Award for "Marvin"
Marluve Veltze - Two Dimensional Award for "Waiting"
Jonathan Bird - Three Dimensional Award for "Deconstructed Symphonic"
Ciaran Freeman - Three Dimensional Award for "Lamentation: A Sculpture for my Mother the Dancer"
Jaime Daigle - Clement Greenberg Award for "Disposition I"
Jonathan Bird - Viewer's Choice Award for "Deconstructed Symphonic"