Student Public Art on Campus Competition
The annual competition, created by former President Thomas Schwarz, encourages the display of student-made public art on campus.
The President’s Award for Public Art offers a stipend to one selected project each year. Read more about submission criteria.
Current Project:
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2023–2024: Jessica Maffia MFA ’24
Untitled (2023) is on view in the Humanities Building lobby.
Previous Winners:
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2021–2022: Debora Martinez ’22 Creates Community
Hue TV, a conceptual and performance work by Martinez, is the President’s Award for Public Art selection for 2022 and will be on view on campus (and on Instagram) for the remainder of the spring 2023 semester.
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2018–19: Nikki Burcea ’18 and Alanis Vulpis ’18
Echoes of a children’s playground outside Fort Awesome. -
2016–17: Erica Raso ’16
Confounded Arch -
2014–15: Kristina Bermudez ’14
Fort Fiesta
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2019–2020: Jonathan Harris ’20
The President’s Award winner traces the arc of the the sun as it passes over the campus through a sonic experience.
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2017–18: Eliza Evans MFA ’17
Plastic-wrapped trees test nature and draw attention to human interaction with the planet. -
2015–16: Michael Barraco ’16
The Word -
2013–14: Olivia Fox ’13
CAPTCHA
