The Pepper Prize recognizes studio art students who have worked especially hard in their medium of concentration, grown in their art beyond expectations, and, as a result, produced an exceptional body of work.
Rachel Bird’s prize winning installation
2019-2020
Chang Zhang – Sculpture
2018-2019
2017-2018
Rachel Bird – Print and Digital Media
2016-2017
Silas Eastman – Sculpture
2015-16
Lydia M. Nicholson – Photography
Katherine B. Southworth – Painting
2014-15
Charlie A. Dupee – Painting
2013-14
Kristen L. Nassif – Painting
Shannon H. Kooser – Photography
2012-13
Pasquale P. Eckert – Sculpture
Lauren E. DeCamille – Painting
2011-12
Monique R. Goodin – Painting
Madeline J. Reusch – Painting
William F. Greenberg – Sculpture
2010-11
Katherine H. Gagnon – Painting
Heather Y. Liu – Sculpture
Allison L. Stroud – Sculpture
2009-10
Will Price – Sculpture
Laura-Hélene Caseau – Painting
2008-09
Stephen Holt – Sculpture
Bryan Brown – Painting
2007-08
Julia Stuebing – Painting
Elizabeth Mortati – Painting
2006-07
Ben Grandjean – Sculpture
Felica Teach – Painting
2005-06
Courtney E. Page – Sculpture
Alexis A. McCallister – Painting
2004-05
Asma Husain – Sculpture
Elliott Katz – Sculpture
2003-04
Alan W. Stimpson – Sculpture
Kathryn P. Hulick – Painting
2002-03
Jake K. Hobart – Painting
Danielle E. O’Steen – Sculpture
2000-01
Sarah Rundquist – Sculpture
Andrew Tripp – Sculpture
1998-99
Andrea G. Keisler – Painting
1997-98
Devin Coleman – Sculpture
Elizabeth Krenicky – Sculpture
1996-97
Hillary E. Kane – Painting
James M Nuzum – Sculpture
1994-95
Jesse Salisbury – Sculpture
Marc A. Herbst – Sculpture
1993-94
Gregory T. Christopher
1992-93
Eric Miles
Michael Dreeben – Sculpture
1991-92
Lisa H. Black
Gregory L. Long
Matthew A. Noyes – Sculpture
1989-90
Sarah Faragher
Sarah Wilbur
Christopher Haddad – Sculpture
Katherine Martin
1988-89
Joanna Bristol Brace – Painting
Matthew Byran Burke – Sculpture
George Wilson Grader, Jr. – Sculpture
1987-88
Jeffrey A. Dym – Sculpture
Stephanie Racknak – Painting
1985-86
Heidi Languis – Sculpture
Valerie Claff – Painting
Julianna Hayden
1982-83
Janice M. Sandeen – Sculpture
Douglas A. Kopsco – Painting
1981-82
Carolyn Treat – Sculpture
1980-81
Margaret Libby – Painting
1979-80
Chih Chien Hsu – Sculpture
Sue Miller – Painting
1973-74
Linda Day – Painting
Wynne Watson – Sculpture
70-71
Duncan Hewitt – Sculpture
Pam Livingston