The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards are presented annually to up to four students (undergraduate or graduate), living groups, organizations or activities for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT. An endowment fund provides a $2,000 award to each recipient.

Established by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1979, these awards honor past MIT President Jerome B. Wiesner and Laya Wiesner for their commitment to the arts at MIT.

Visit the Institute Awards website for more information and to submit a nomination.

For more information, please contact council-arts@mit.edu.

A student poses on a staircase.
Image: Amalia Lee. Courtesy of the artist.

2019

Amalia Lee ’19, Materials Science and Engineering
Pip Mothersill G, Media Lab (Object-Based Media Group)
Garrett Souza ’19, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Gary Zhexi Zhang G, ACT

Read an article about the 2019 Wiesner Student Art Award recipients.

Two students perform on a stage with blue and purple lighting.
Jake Gunter's lighting design for 'Small Infinities.' Isaac Newton in the foreground, played by Ben Spiro '17, and Hannah Smith, Newton’s mother is in the background, played by Sabrine Iqbal '17. Photo: Jake Gunter.

2017

Jacob Gunter ’17, Course 21E (Humanities and Engineering)
Nathan Gutierrez ’17, Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Rachel Osmundsen ’17, Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering)
Hallie Voulgaris ’17, Course 18 (Mathematics)

Read more about the 2017 Wiesner Student Art Award recipients.