University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh
April 4 - 27, 2024
The faculty and staff of the Department of Studio Arts are pleased to present the creative work of the 2024 Studio Arts graduates, as well as exceptional works selected by faculty from students in department courses.
This exhibition is a culminating event for our graduates, most of whom enrolled in the university in the fall of 2020. Considering the challenges of their arrival, the students acknowledge their ongoing contact with impactful ideas and methods, individuals and communities, and time and circumstance throughout their years on campus. Changes With Exposure emerges from the artists’ navigations of these many influences, their adaptations, and shifting perspectives that cultivated these compelling creative works as well as this flourishing community of artists.
The Department of Studio Arts offers best wishes in celebrating our graduates in their many creative practices and cross-disciplinary achievements. We are so proud for you!
This exhibition is produced by the Studio Arts Senior Exhibition course with generous and critical support from department faculty. Presented by the University Art Gallery, the department extends appreciation to Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, Vuk Vukovic, and Carlos Rivera-Morales. Hannah Powell, Amanda Raczkowski, and Evan Zajdel have offered tremendous administrative support - thank you! Appreciation to Max Glider, Kyle Fitch, and Marshall Suski of the University Center for Teaching and Learning for the creation of the exhibition’s virtual tour.
Take a virtual tour of the exhibition
Purchase the exhibition catalog
Additional artworks selected by faculty were displayed in the Frick Fine Arts Lobby display cases - they are included in the virtual tour.
Departmental Awards
The Department of Studio Arts would like to congratulate this year's award winners!
Department of Studio Arts Achievement Award
selected by the faculty in recognition of excellence and promise in the practice of art, as well as leadership within, and contributions to, the life of the department
- Lucy Eickelberg
- James Richardson
A. J. Schneider Awards
selected artworks are exhibited for one year in the A. J. Schneider Reading Room at Hillman Library
- Shyann Maragh
- Cocoro Kambayashi
- Tamsin Longenberger
- James Richardson
Betty Blockstein Levine Awards
recognize excellence for a single work or outstanding body of work, determined by faculty of the Department of Studio Arts
- Ren Aimua
- Sydney Cristofori
- Lucy Zhang
Edward Powell Awards
recognize excellence, ambition, and potential for returning Studio Arts majors
- Sarah (Avery) Schoenberger
- Hannah O'Dea
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Awards
selected by representatives from the Dietrich School Dean’s Office
- Jenna Antosh
- Sydney Cristofori
- Charlie Lovett-Dietrich
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Studies Awards
selected by representatives from the Dietrich School’s Undergraduate Studies
- Lucy Eickelberg
- W.E.N. (Ronan Liu)
- Lucy Zhang