Artists at Work

Past Awardees of the Above & Beyond Grant

2024 Awardees
  • Ryan Swedenborg MFA '25 to attend Penland School of Craft
  • Wills Phillips '25 to take glassblowing lessons.
2023 Awardees
  • Jo Ophardt '25 to take a workshop on drawing from cadavers
  • Marcus Truong '25 to take language instruction for art history research
  • Carly Browdy '26 for a curatorial opportunity
  • Samantha Shields MFA '24 to take printmaking classes
  • Montana Van Duijin '23: To attend the Currents New Media Festival in New Mexico
  • Jaden Bauch '25: To take classes in financial literacy
  • Midori Morrow MFA '24: To attend the world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs, held in Hiroshima
2022 Awardees
  • Maya Tihtiyas '22: for individualized instruction in Passamaquoddy basketmaking
  • Kia Pickering '22: for RISD classes in botanical illustration
  • Tristyn Stone '23: for a collaborative illustration magazine with a focus on professional advice
  • Emily Geaslin '23: to attend a cob house building workshop in Tennessee
  • Claire Christensen '23: to attend a book arts workshop
  • James Meyer MFA '23: to teach drawing workshops in Maine prison
  • Andy Jones '22: to participate in Print Jam at Running With Scissors
2021 Awardees
  • Lynn Sisler MFA '21, for residency at Artists' Association of Nantucket
  • Hope Drenning '24, for professional development of visual display at art fairs
  • Aidia Sandlin '22, to attend International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art in Berlin
2020 Awardees
Fall
  • Ellie Quillen for photography instruction related to food blogging.
Spring
  • Ian Colwell '20, for a residency at Oxbow
  • Ramone Lampos, for a residency at ACRE
  • Liz Rhaney MFA '20, for a video class at Maine Media Workshops
  • Phoebe Zildjian '20, to attend Wooden Boat School
  • Elyse Grams MFA '20, to attend NCECA conference
  • Matanah Betko '20, for travel to Zambia
  • Ann Finkel '20, to take courses in coding
  • Melanie Kim '23, to attend Vancouver Film School
2019 Awardees
Fall
  • Natalie Brown '23
Spring
  • Rachel Monegue '19, Photography
  • Ashley Page '20, Sculpture
  • Rebecca Richards '20, Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design
  • Anna Marie Valenti MFA '20
  • Evelyn Wong MFA '19
2018 Awardees
Fall
  • Maggie Cote '19, Graphic Design
  • Samantha Myrdek '19, Illustration
  • Katherine Miller '19, Photography
  • Sumayo Shute '22, Undeclared (Freshman)
Spring
  • Prudence Ho ’19, Painting
  • Jamie Latorre ’20, Woodworking and Furniture Design
  • Ozlenen Ozbicerler ’19, Graphic Design
  • Brendan Shea ’18, Painting
  • James Sylvester ’18, Printmaking
2017 Awardees
  • Sarah Belhumeur '18, Digital Media, minor in Drawing
  • Emmett Freeman '17, Ceramics
  • Meg Hahn '17, Painting, minor in Art History
  • Ellanor Milkowski Dahlgren '17, Printmaking
  • Catherine Quattrociocchi '17, Metalsmithing & Jewelry
  • Lewis Rossignol '17, Illustration
2016 Awardees
BFA
  • Sophie Cangelosi '16, Illustration
  • Mary Forst '16, Metalsmithing & Jewelry
  • Ashley Wernher-Collins '16, Fashion & Textile Design
MFA
  • Amelia Garretson-Persans, MFA '16
2015 Awardees
BFA
  • Katherine Ackley '15, Illustration
  • Caitlin Ervin '16, Sculpture and Public Engagement Minor
  • Sara Inacio '17, Printmaking
  • Jonathan Novak '15, Graphic Design
  • Elana Sternick '16, Woodworking & Furniture Design
  • Jacqueline Weichemann '15, Photogrpahy
MFA
  • Tessa O’Brien, MFA '16
  • Veronica Perez, MFA '16
2014 Awardees
BFA
  • Chloe Beaven '15, New Media
  • Forest Gagne '14, Woodworking & Furniture Design
  • Liz Long '14, Illustration
  • Rangeley Morton '14, Woodworking & Furniture Design
  • Nicholas Norris '14, Painting
  • Hillary Stucker '14, Ceramics
MFA
  • Charley Young, '14