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Schnitzer Prize Articles

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2024 Schnitzer Prize Recipient HONMI's Balconies Balconies Balconies performed in Deer Island. Courtesy of the artists.

The 2024 Schnitzer Prize: Making Art; Making Meaning

All across the MIT campus, researchers in 30 departments and five schools regularly test the boundaries of knowledge. Research at MIT is often empirical—based on quantifiable data gleaned from controlled experiments and observations. But there is another genre of research … Continued

Reina Mun's "Creatures of the Current." Courtesy of the artist.

Looking Backward, Seeing Forward: The 2023 Schnitzer Prize

The 2023 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts at MIT recipients: Manar Moursi, Reina Mun, and Karyn Nakamura What happens when technologies fulfill their mission? What happens when they fail, or decay, or when the need for … Continued

Installation view of kinetic-sonic sculpture, eleven colorful speakers attached to trunk of tree laying on a wood floor.
2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts First Place Winner Nicole L'Huillier's Delira, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.

The 2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

Visit the online exhibition of work by the 2020 recipients of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts. Students Plumb Barriers of Sound, Space, and Sight at MIT Each year, the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize highlights student … Continued

Image: Guillermo Bernal. Courtesy of the artist.
Image: Guillermo Bernal. Courtesy of the artist.

2019 Winners of the Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

Guillermo Bernal, Erin Genia, Emily Toomey, and Dipo Doherty Every artist’s body of work represents their creative vision and artistic evolution. For younger artists, a portfolio also points to their future potential. Winners of the 2019 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer … Continued

A student looks closely at a sculpture made of wood, metal, and wires.
ACT Graduate and 2018 Schnitzer Prize Second Place Recipient Nicolás Kisic Aguirre with his Modular Rhythm Machine. Credit: Design Indaba.

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts was established in 1996 through an endowment from Harold and Arlene Schnitzer of Portland, Oregon. Schnitzer, a real estate investor, graduated from MIT in 1944 with a degree in metallurgy. … Continued

Ani Liu, "Mind Controlled Spermatozoa"
Ani Liu, "Mind Controlled Spermatozoa"

2017 Winners of the Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

The Schnitzer Prize was established in 1996 through an endowment from Harold and Arlene Schnitzer of Portland, Oregon. Harold Schnitzer, a real estate investor, graduated from MIT in 1944 with a degree in metallurgy. The prizes—a first prize of $5000, … Continued

Deniz Tortum, "Corridor of Memories," Video Installation at Proto5533, Istanbul, 2016. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

2016 Recipients of Student Art Awards

After cruel April’s deluge of exams and critiques, May brings showers of praise. Now is the jubilant time in the academic calendar when the Council for the Arts at MIT recognizes the achievements of the Institute’s student artists with the … Continued

Alan Kwan, screen shot, Beating Clock (kinetic installation). Image: Courtesy of the artist.

2015 Recipients of the Schnitzer Prize

The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts is awarded annually to undergraduate and graduate students at MIT for excellence in a body of artistic work. The Schnitzer Prize was established in 1996 through an endowment from Harold … Continued

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