Wiesner Student Art Awards
- Provost Reif presents a 2011 Laya & Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award to Dorian Dargan ’11; photo by Justin Knight
The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards are presented annually to two or three students (undergraduate or graduate), living groups, organizations or activities for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT. Established by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1979, these awards honor the late President Emeritus Jerome Wiesner and Mrs. Wiesner for their commitment to the arts at MIT. An endowment fund provides a $1,500 honorarium to each recipient.
Deadline for nominations is 5:00pm on Monday, March 19, 2012. Nominations should be submitted via the Institute Awards page. The letter should include the student’s name, course of study, and a description of why he or she should receive the award. The nominees will be contacted and asked to provide additional material to support the nomination.
Self-nomination is not allowed.
Background image: Richard The, Appeel, Schnitzer Prize 1st place 2010
Wiesner Award Winners
| 2010 | David S. Greenberg 2011 Visual Art Course 18 (Mathematics) Jessica Wheelock (G) Visual Art Course 4 (Architecture) Sriniwasan Balaji Mani 2010 Music Course 1 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) |
| 2009 | MIT Salsa Club Dance and Community Service Samuel Kronick 2010 Visual Arts Course 4 (Architecture) Simone Ovsey 2010 Music Course 21 (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) |
| 2008 | Payal Agrawal 2008 Choreography and Community Organization Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Sarah Dunbar (G) Design and Visual Arts Course 4 (Architecture) Suelin Chen (G) Music, Dance, Writing, and Visual Arts Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering) |
| 2007 | Hope Ginsburg (G) Visual Art Course 4 (Architecture) Diana Nee 2007 Architecture Course 4 (Architecture) Christine Yu 2007 Music Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) |
| 2006 | Amanda Frye 2006 Visual Art Curatorial Course 8 (Physics) Oliver Lutz (G) Visual Art Course 4 (Architecture) Laura Nichols (G) Comics Art (Media Arts and Sciences) Ole Nielsen (G) Music Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| 2005 | Payal Kadakia 2005 Dance Course 15 (Management) Maria Kamenetska 2005 (G) Theater Course 8 (Physics) Cecilia Ramos 2005 Visual Art Course 4 (Architecture) |
| 2004 | James Dai (G) Design and Video Course 4 (Architecture) Daniel J. Paluska (G) Music and Visual Art Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) Andrew J. Perelson 2004 Theater Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| 2003 | Daniel Katz 2003 Theater Course 18 and 21 (Mathematics and Theater) Sangita Shresthova (G) Dance and New Media Course 21 (Humanities) Gamelan Galak Tika The Bhangra Club |
| 2002 | Nathan Fitzgerald 2002 Music Course XVI(Aeronautics and Astronautics) Christopher Rakowski 2002 Music Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics) Music |
| 2001 | Dawn Perlner 2001 Music Course 18 (Mathematics) Laurel P. Smith (G) Music Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Anand Sarwate 2001 Music and Theater Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| 2000 | Gabor Csanyi (G) Photography Course 8 (Physics) Jason W. Krug 2000 Music Course 21-M (Music) Sean J. Sutherland 2000 Music Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| 1999 | Petra S. Chong 1999 Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Matthew J. Hanna 1999 Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Julie A. Park 1999 Course 7 (Biology) |
| 1998 | Elaine Chew (G) Music (Operations Research) Kevin Simmons 1998 Theater Course 24 and 21 (Philosophy and Theater) |
| 1997 | Solomon Douglas Jazz Course 21-M and 18 (Music and Mathematics) Tara Perry 1997 Theater Course 4 (Architecture) Dance Troupe Student-created and run organization which offers classes in ballet, modern, funk, tap and jazz and sponsors performances of student-choreographed works each term |
| 1996 | Marivi B. Acuna 1996 Course 21(Theater) (Theater Arts) Alan E. Pierson 1996 Course 21-M and 8 (Music and Physics) (Music and Theater) |
| 1995 | Edward Kohler (G) Design, Music, & Theater Course 6 (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science) Lian Quan Zhen (G) Painting Course 4 (Architecture) |
| 1994 | Adrian P. Childs 1994 Music Course 18 (Mathematics) Franz Elizondo Schmelkes 1994 Theater Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering ) |
| 1993 | Thomas R. Westcott Drama Course 21 (Humanities) Pawan Sinha (G) Graphic Arts Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| 1992 | Uri Wilensky (G) Poetry Course IV (Media Arts and Sciences) Tarik Alkasab 1992 Theater Course 8A (Physics with Electrical Engineering) Jill B. Soley 1992 Film/Video Course 4 (Architecture) |
| 1991 | Peter Dunn (G) Arts Communication Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics) Festival Jazz Ensemble Music |
| 1990 | Jonathan Richmond (G) Arts Advocacy Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Jee-Hoon Yap 1990 Music Course 6-1 (Electrical Engineering) |
| 1989 | Matthew J. McCarty 1989 Theater Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics) Robert D. Newman 1989 Photography Course 8 (P |
| 1988 | S. Julio Friedman1988 Music and Theater Course 21 (Humanities) Kirsten D. Hoyte 1990 Theater Course 17 (Political Science) |
| 1987 | Philip S. Hsu 1987 Music Course 5 (Chemistry) Patricia A. Zeitler 1988 Theater Course 6-3 (Computer Science) |
| 1986 | Daniel D. Turner 1987 Creative Writing Course 21 (Humanities) |
| 1985 | Marc T. DiNardo 1984 Theater Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics) Patrick W. Yacono 1985 Music Course 5 (Chemistry) |
| 1984 | Barry S. Strongin (G) Film/Video Course IV (Architecture) MIT Concert Band Music MIT Symphony Orchestra Music |
| 1983 | Peter F. Cerrato 1983 Creative Writing Courses 6-1 & 21 (Electrical Engineering and Humanities) Barbara J. Hughey (G) Music Course 8 (Physics) Howard K. Kolodny 1983 Creative Writing Course 21 (Humanities) |
| 1982 | Harry D. Newman 1983 Theater Course XXI (Humanities) MIT Concert Jazz Band Music MIT Festival Jazz Band Music |
| 1981 | Judith Black (G) Photography Course 4 (Architecture) Ronald C. Tyler 1981 Theater Course 6-3 (Computer Science) |
| 1980 | David D. Dreyfuss 1975 Music Courses 8 & 16 (Physics, Aeronautics and Astronautics) William P. Parker 1974 Visual Arts Course 4 (Architecture) |
