Awards & Honors

Vail Scholarship 2005 - 2014

Studio Art majors with a 3.0 GPA, are eligible for the prestigious VAIL Scholarship in the Fine Arts, a competitive scholarship ($1200).

June 2, 2015

2013 – 2014 Kristina King and Joyce Lindsey
2011 – 2012 Yue Nakayama and Xiaoshi Qin
2010 – 2011 Christopher Greathouse, Yue Nakayama
2009 – 2010 Christy Chang, Jacquelyn Fishburne, Christopher Greathouse
2008 – 2009 Christy Chang
2007 – 2008 Alyson Thiel, Kelly Maryanski
2006 – 2007 Mad Mohre, Matthew Messmer, Nathalie VanBalen
2005 – 2006 Mad Mohre

To learn more, visit: the Vail Scholarship

Posted date: June 2, 2015

Spotlights

An art student finds her footing in 981 square feet

A mural — and the Denison Summer Scholar painting it — spring to life in a Newark community-service project.

Christian Faur displays a photo-realistic portrait of American mathematician Julia Robinson that is made from crayons

Crayon artist, tech wizard, Renaissance man

From humble beginnings, Christian Faur has become an acclaimed artist who’s found a home at Denison by carving his own niche.

Members of the Denison community borrowed nearly 100 student works of art for the semester during the first-ever Studio Art Lending Library in the Bryant Arts Center, held on Jan. 27, 2023.

At the Studio Art Lending Library, ‘you choose what speaks to you’

Inaugural program brings student works out of Bryant Arts Center and into buildings across campus

Students learning from a professional photographer

Picture-perfect paid internships

Denison’s Career Center funds internships that add valuable experiences to an arts education.

Tejido de Voces rehearsal (photo by Ron Abram)

Building Bridges: Ron Abram, Collaboration and Tejido de Voces

The importance of art - especially in a world divided by COVID, politics, and distance - is a tangible thing.

Columbus Creative in Residence

Denison’s Studio Art department introduces Columbus Creative in Residence program.

An art installation by Micaela Vivero, artist and professor

A Fragile Balance

Artist and professor Micaela Vivero explores space and balance in a recent exhibition in Rota, Spain.

“Hold Hold Spill”

Artist and professor Sheilah ReStack describes her work as something recognizable, but changed.

Daniel Roumain playing in concert with Titus Kaphar's A Disturbing Silence

Black Art 2020: Active interaction with Art

Two art exhibitions that focused on Black artists and their work became a springboard for learning in Prof. JSTN CLMN’s Black Art 2020 class.

The camera’s eye: On teaching photography

Professor Sheilah ReStack writes on what it means to provide a context for photography when teaching students.

Students interacting with the About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves exhibit

How We Learn

A Look Inside Ourselves

A Denison Museum art exhibit titled About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves explores queer history and identity.

Where We Go

Painting Virtual Reality

Studio Art alum Al DiLorenzo ‘19 learned virtual reality & painting skills - now they combine them for a career in the arts.

How We Learn

Art and Space Connect and Encourage Empathy

Resident artists Christian and Anne Manns pay tribute to local history through exhibition “Monumental!”

How We Learn

Soaking up art in New York City

Each year, studio art seniors travel to New York City to experience art in person, meet artists and take a pulse of the art world.

How We Learn

The Billboard Project hits the Streets

Denison Studio Art professor, Sheilah Wilson, works to place contemporary art on billboards in Newark, Ohio.

What's Happening

In the News

Doane renovation and expansion: Introducing the Center for Data Reasoning & Visualization

A bigger, better Big Red Weekend

Former attorney general finds optimism on The Hill

Vail Scholarship 2005 - 2014

Spotlights

An art student finds her footing in 981 square feet

Crayon artist, tech wizard, Renaissance man

At the Studio Art Lending Library, ‘you choose what speaks to you’

Picture-perfect paid internships

Building Bridges: Ron Abram, Collaboration and Tejido de Voces

Columbus Creative in Residence

A Fragile Balance

“Hold Hold Spill”

Black Art 2020: Active interaction with Art

The camera’s eye: On teaching photography

A Look Inside Ourselves

Painting Virtual Reality

Art and Space Connect and Encourage Empathy

Soaking up art in New York City

The Billboard Project hits the Streets

What's Happening

Artist Evan Stoler ’16 exhibition in Oak Park, Illinois

Alvaro Araque ’98 new board chair of Wisconsin Bankers Asso.

Three Denison professors awarded tenure in 2024