Honors

2022

Sienna Bucu '22 - Studio Art

"Passing Through Spaces: Ideas and Illusions of Safety"

Vicente Cayuela '22 - Studio Art

"JUVENILIA: Making Photographs"

Amy Chen '22 - Art History

"The Representation of Androgyny and Gender Fluidity in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe Art"

Matthew Kaufman '22 - Studio Art

"The Art of Psychological Disorders"

Anya Shire-Plumb '22 - Studio Art

"Unmade Beds: Deconstructing the Madonna-Whore Dichotomy"

Marissa Small '22 - Art History

"Futurisms in Theory and Practice"

Ashley Young '22 - Studio Art

"A Sense of Agency: Addressing the Nude"

2021

Zoe Gale '21 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Anna Ginsburg '21 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Sarah Lavin '21 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Andreas Manos - IIM in Architectural Studies

"How Modern Architecture Addresses Housing Crisis"

2020

Miriam Arrey '20 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Hannah Kressel '20 - Art History

"Beyond the Balaboosta: Nurturance and Spirituality in the Art of Jewish Women"

In the thesis, Hannah examines work made by contemporary Jewish artists to argue that bodily nourishment is a vehicle through which Jewish women engage with their own spirituality and historical expectations of women as corporeal and spiritual nurturers.

Abby Miranker '20 - Art History

"Identity and Remembrance: Contemporary Photography in Matanzas, Cuba,"

In this thesis, Abby focuses on seven artists from Matanzas who showed their work at the Havana Biennial as part of the photography collective “Colectivo Arraigo.” These artists' works reflect the value of photography in expressing the relationship between collective memory and cultural identity in Matanzas and the rest of Cuba. Photographers define identity in Matanzas that is constantly in flux, constantly examining the everyday, and constantly informed by the past.

Olivia Molho '20 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Leah Nashel ' 20 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Rita Scheer '20 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Zilin Yang '20 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in ceramics

2019

Reizl Halikman '19 - Art History

 "The Taking of Christ in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Legacy of Caravaggio: Religious Narrative, Style, and Attribution"

Maura Koehler '19 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Quayshaun Owens '19 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Allie Steinberg ' 19 - Art History

“The Art of Gathering: An Exploration of Female Collectivity in Contemporary Art and the Civic Sphere”

2018

Zoila Coc-Chang '18 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Amelie de Germay de Cirfontaine '18 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in mixed media installation

Emma Hanselman '18 - Art History

“From Couverture to Couture: S. Delaunay-Terk’s Life of Innovation and Experimentation”

Tova Perlman '18 - Art History

“Painting the City’s Vibrancy: Defining Street Art and its Place in the City and Contemporary Art History”

Orli Swergold '18 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Anruo Wang '18 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in digital photography and video installation

2017

Jason Lipow '17 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

Sydney Westervelt '17 - Studio Art

Senior thesis in painting

2016

Yael Cohen '16 - Art History

“Walter Benjamin and the Power of Vision After Photography” 

 

Daniela Dimitrova '16 - Art History

“Creation, Destruction, Transformation, and Monsters: Bulgarian Contemporary Art in Sofia”

Thomas Hearne '16

Senior thesis in painting

Myung-Joo Khang '16 - Art History

"'Hic et ubique?' Representation of Angelic Figures of Michelangelo and Caravaggio and the Incarnation of Individual Spirituality"

Eric Lin '16 - Art History

“Learning from Facebook: The Architectural Response to Social Media in Headquarters” 

Ana-Sofia Meneses '16 - Art History

“Not Seeing Eye to Eye: The Roman Gorgon as Monster, Protectress, Power Symbol & Decoration”

Anna Rothstein '16 - Art History

“The Future Evolution of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Central Park and Contemporary Art”