Awards & Honors
Every spring, the Art, Art History, and Film Department recognizes the achievements of outstanding senior majors through a variety of competitive awards.
Richard and Marianne W. Martin Memorial Award is awarded to an Art History major of high academic and creative achievement. Established by the 涩里番下载 Friends of Art, this award is given annually in memory of Marianne W. Martin, Professor of Art History at 涩里番下载 from 1976-1989, and her husband Richard.
Allison R. Macomber, Jr. Award was established and supported by gifts from the Horbach Fund for outstanding work in the Fine Arts in honor of Allison R. Macomber, Jr., Artist-in-Residence at 涩里番下载. It is awarded to exceptional majors in Art History and Studio Art.
The Jeffery Howe Art History Award was established by the 涩里番下载 Arts Council in 2011 to honor Professor Howe鈥檚 outstanding service to the Arts at 涩里番下载. It recognizes a 涩里番下载 senior who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship in the area of art or architectural history.
The Mary A. Armstrong Award in Art听is given to a student who has developed an artistic practice of outstanding quality and who presents the highest level of commitment and personal involvement with his/her work.听Mary A. Armstrong (1948-2020) taught painting and drawing at 涩里番下载 for thirty years. A devoted and inspiring mentor, an artist of the highest caliber, and a warm, wonderful human being, Mary helped set students on their paths through life and gave them the courage to pursue their passion for the visual arts.
The J. Robert Barth, S.J., Award for Excellence in the Arts is granted in honor of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1988-1999), who established and nurtured departments and programs in the arts, this award is presented annually to a senior who has made outstanding contributions to 涩里番下载 in the visual or performing arts.
The听Costa-Gavras Award is given in the name of Costa-Gavras, director of socially conscious films such as Z, The Confession, Missing, and Amen, who has provoked his international audiences to reflect more deeply about issues of social justice. This award acknowledges the work of a graduating senior in Film Studies who follows in his footsteps with an original film on an issue of social justice.
The Screenwriting Award is granted in recognition of excellence in screenwriting in the Film Studies program.
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