Creative Arts Awards Archives

2026

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Dan Cavanagh, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Jean Laurenz, Music
  • Christina West, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli, UHS Mental Health Services

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Mitch Frank, Design Studies

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Nika McKagen, Photography

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Emily Nott, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Anne E. Stoner, Art

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Tanya Habjouqa, MFA Photography
  • Tina Rose Rea Meister, Painting / Interdisciplinary Art
  • Maurice Norman, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry)
  • Blue Rachapradit & Aida Arosoaie, Fine Arts
  • Lars Shimabukuro, Design Studies MFA 2nd Year
  • Christie Tirado, MFA in Print, Book and paper

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Elizabeth Larson, Computer Science, Philosophy, Photography (Certificate)
  • Jameson Milhaupt, Theatre and Drama

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Arts Award

  • Bryce Dailey, Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
  • Matthew Lyga, Textile Fashion Design
  • Ahema Odeng-Out, Art, Graphic Design
  • Justin Russell, Elementary Education
  • Vivian Ye, Art BFA

The Studio Awards

  • Amari Kukreja

2025

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Aaron Greer, Communication Arts

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Derrick Buisch, Art Department
  • Erika Meitner, English Department

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Chell Parkins, Dance Department

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Baran Ataei, Art Department

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Jackelin Espinosa Moyotl, Art
  • Mariah Moneda, Art
  • Keslie Pharis, Music
  • Natanin Rachapradit, Art
  • Noa Rickey, SoHE
  • Orion Risk, ITS
  • Anne E. Stoner, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Kristyn Dallmann, Communication Arts

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Arts Award

  • Ava Albelo, Art
  • Ava Schueller, SoHE

The Studio Awards

  • Lincoln Dillavou
  • Octavia Ikard
  • Carson Klamert
  • Sabrina Ortiz

2024

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Laura Schwendinger, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Anna Campbell, Genetics
  • Peter Dominguez, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Mike King, CommArts

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Hannah O’Hare Bennett, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Anamika Singh, Art

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Emily Nott, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Anne E. Stoner, Art

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Fatemeh Fani, Art
  • Matthew Ludak, Art
  • Veronica Pham, SoHE
  • Magdalena Sas, Music
  • Anamika Singh, Art
  • Carolyn Spears, Art
  • Devon Stackonis, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Diya Abbas, OMAI
  • Kaleb Autman, OMAI

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Arts Award

  • Kaleb Autman, OMAI
  • Dylan Hart, SoHE
  • Madelyn Mascotti, Art
  • Kiyem Obuseh, OMAI
  • Abby Sunde, Art
  • Isaac Yang, Communication Arts

The Studio Awards

  • Amber (Zen) Spivey
  • Akhilesh Peddi
  • Arista Ranka

2023

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Douglas Rosenberg, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Finn Enke, Gender & Women’s Studies and History
  • Mimmi Fulmer, Music
  • Helen Lee, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Spatula&Barcode, Art

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Michael Velliquette, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Sachie Ueshima, Music

Joan Spero and C. Michael Spero Graduate Student Award

  • James Carl Lagman Osorio, graduate student, Music and Historical Musicology
  • Emily Wang, undergraduate student, Art History and Economics

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Sahada Jewel Buckley & Trace Leighton Johnson, Music
  • Esther Jihye Cho, Design Studies
  • Ben Ferris, Music
  • Sophie Loubere, Art
  • Praveen Maripelly, Art
  • Skyler Simpson, Art
  • Anamika Singh, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Arts Award

  • Maile Evelyn Llanos, Art
  • Maia Therese Rauh, Textiles and Fashion Design
  • Katie Ryann, Dance and Environmental Studies

2022

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Beth Nguyen, Creative Writing Program

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Emily Arthur, Art
  • Marianne Fairbanks, Design Studies

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Baron Kelly, Theatre and Drama

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Jennifer Angus, Design Studies
  • Adriana Barrios, Center for Design and Material Culture
  • Emily Kammerud, Pathology
  • Baron Kelly, Professor, Theatre and Drama

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Magdalena Sas, Music

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Praveen Maripelly, Art
  • Molly Mattaini, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
  • Katherine Norman, Educational Psychology
  • Kailea Saplan, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Lindsey Meekhof, Music
  • Lianne Milton, Art
  • Henry Obeng, Design Studies
  • Derick Wycherly, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Sophia Abrams, School of Journalism, Afro-American Studies, Art History
  • Ana Tinder, Music

2021

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Darcy Padilla , Art, 2021

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Daniel Grabois, Music
  • Mark Hetzler, Music
  • Michael Peterson, Art/Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Jen Plants, English
  • Ben Reiser, Communication Arts

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Aaron Granat, Communication Arts

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Ava Shadmani, Music
  • Lawren Brianna Ware, Music

Graduate Student Creative Arts Award

  • Quanda Johnson, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
  • Nick Moran, Music
  • Anders Nienstaedt, Art
  • Chris Rottmayer, Music
  • Midori Samson, Music
  • Roberto Torres Mata, Art

2020

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Fred Stonehouse, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Leslie Smith III, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Sherry Wagner-Henr, Bolz Center for Arts Administration

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Anna Campbell, Gender & Women’s Studies

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Midori Samson, Music

2019

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Stephen Hilyard, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Peggy Choy, Dance
  • Johannes Wallmann, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Carolyn Kallenborn, Design Studies

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Liz Sexe, Dance

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Anna Siampani, Music

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Shiloah Coley, Journalism

2018

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Henry Drewal, Art History

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Andrea Harris, Dance
  • Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, English

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Jamie Henke, Continuing Studies

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • J Myszka Lewis, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Helen J. Bullard, Interdisciplinary Art & Science
  • Maria Amalia Wood, Design Studies
  • Leigh Garcia, Art

2017

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • T.L. Solien, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Lisa Gralnick, Art
  • Beverly Taylor, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Ron Kuka, Creative Writing

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Aristotle Georgiades, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Allison Roberts, Art
  • Liz Anna Kozik, Design Studies

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Lyndsay Lewis, Dance

2016

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Nancy Mladenoff, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Ann Archbold, Theatre and Drama
  • John Hitchcock, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Jim Healy, UW Cinematheque

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Koala Yip, Art

2015

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Mark Hetzler, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Mary Hark, Design Studies
  • Judith Claire Mitchell, English

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Kate Corby, Dance

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Lynda Barry, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Emily Adams, Design Studies
  • Suzanne Torres, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Christa Lewandowski, Theatre and Drama

2014

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Lisa Gralnick, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Joseph Koyykar, Dance
  • Fred Stonehouse, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Paul Sacaridiz, Art

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Helen Lee, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Liz Heller, Art
  • Katherine Lieder, Theatre and Drama

2013

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Wei Dong, Design Studies

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • David Furumoto, Theatre and Drama
  • Uri Vardi, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Tyrone Greive, Music

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Gerit Grimm, Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Felice Amato, Art
  • Sylvie Rosenthal, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Olivia Baldwin, Art

2012

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Jennifer Angus, Design Studies

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Stephen Dembski, Music
  • Jesse Lee Kercheval, Creative Writing/English

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Li Chiao-Ping, Dance

Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award

  • Scott Teeple, Music

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Kristin Hammargren, Theatre and Drama
  • Julie Page, Music

2011

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • John Hitchcock, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Nancy Mladenoff, Art
  • Christopher Taylor, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • The Pro Arte Quartet, Music

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Lisa Frank, Design Studies
  • Mary Perkinson, Music

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Sarah Mitchell, Dance

2010

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Aristotle Georgiades, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Amy Quan Barry,
    Creative Writing/English
  • Anthony Di Sanza, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Michael Bridgeman,
    Wisconsin Public Television

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Ginger Lukas, Art
  • Paola Savvidou, Music

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Sarah Mitchell, Dance

2009

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Jin-Wen Yu, Dance

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Stephen Hilyard, Art
  • Douglas Rosenberg, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Patrick Sims, Theatre and Drama

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Heather Macali, Design Studies
  • Naomi Schliesman, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Kitty Huffman, Art

2008

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Laurie Beth Clark, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Patricia Boyette, Theatre and Drama
  • Lorrie Moore, Creative Writing

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Sarah Marty, Continuing Studies

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Chele Isaac, Art

2007

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Judith Claire Mitchell, Creative Writing

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Jennifer Angus,
    Environment, Textiles and Design
  • Gail Simpson, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Chelcy Bowles,
    Continuing Studies/Music

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Pritika Chowdhry, Art
  • BA Harrington, Art

2006

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Norma Saldivar, Theatre and Drama

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Wei Dong,
    Environment, Textiles and Design
  • Laura Elise Schwendinger, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Anne Lambert, Chazen Museum of Art

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Michele Fields, Theatre and Drama
  • Miel Paredes, Art

2005

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Catherine Kautsky, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Diane Sheehan,
    Environment, Textiles and Design
  • TL Solien, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Tino Balio,
    Communication Arts/Arts Institute

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Cedar Marie, Art

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Kristof Wickman, Art

2004

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Thomas Loeser, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Jin-Wen Yu, Dance
  • Sonya Clark,
    Environment, Textiles and Design

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Janet Jensen, Music

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Megan Lotts, Art

2003

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Nietzchka Keene, Communication Arts

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Li Chiao-Ping, Dance

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Ralph Russo, Wisconsin Union Galleries

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Bea Drysdale, Art

2002

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • John Stevens, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Carol Pylant, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • William Ney, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Eun-Jung Park, Music

2001

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Patricia Boyette, Theatre and Drama

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Laurie Beth Clark, Art

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Dennis Dorn, Theatre and Drama

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Rebecca Olthafer, Music

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Ann Buechner, Creative Writing

2000

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Steve Feren, Art

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Stephanie Jutt, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Harv Thompson, Continuing Studies

Graduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Award in the Arts

  • Briony Jean Foy,
    Environment, Textiles, and Design

1999

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Uri Vardi, Music

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Douglas Hill, Music

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Phil Hamilton, Art

1998

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Li Chiao-Ping, Dance

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Nietzchka Keene, Communication Arts

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • John Barker, History

1997

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Phillip Zarrilli,Theatre and Drama

Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts

  • Javier Calderon, Music
  • Thomas Loeser, Art
  • JJ Murphy, Communication Arts

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Emily Auerbach,
    English/Continuing Studies

Undergraduate Student Arts Research and Achievement

Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts

  • Moira M. Kelley, Music

1996

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Karlos Moser, Music

1995

Faculty Arts Research Awards

Creative Arts Award

  • Linda Essig, Theatre and Drama

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Leslee Nelson, Art/Continuing Studies

1994

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Ronald Wallace, English

1993

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Michael Goldberg, Wisconsin Union Theater

1992

Staff and Faculty Arts Outreach

Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts

  • Richard Wolf, Continuing Studies