Heiman-Rosenthal Award

Hannah Florence Beitchman ’26 grew up across several countries, primarily in London, UK, in a mixed Japanese and Jewish-American household. She graduated from St. Paul’s Girls’ School in 2022. At Dartmouth, she has pursued a double major in Studio Art and Economics, modified with Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages. Her work centers on photography, often incorporating sculptural and mixed-media elements across her senior seminar and honors work. Since her sophomore year, she has worked at Dartmouth’s Book Arts Workshop - an experience that has significantly influenced her artwork. After graduation, she will remain at Dartmouth as a Studio Art Intern.

Perspectives on Design (POD) Award

Angeles Juarez-Ruiz ’26 was raised in Annapolis, Maryland, where she realized early the need to fill in blank spaces on the walls of her homes. She graduated from Annapolis High School in 2022. Angeles’ main concentration in Studio Art has been Sculpture and Painting, and she has recently grown her skills in Printmaking. Across her undergraduate career, she has investigated mixed media work and focused on the collaboration of Sculpture and Painting in the Honors program. After commencement, Angeles will move back home to continue an independent studio practice, work alongside her family’s business, and pursue an MFA degree. 

Berre Kahraman ’26 is a painter whose Sun sign is Capricorn with a Leo rising. Her moon sign is Aquarius.

Robert Read Prize

Yifei Liu ’26 is a multidisciplinary artist and creative strategist working across sculpture, installation, stage and lighting design, and performance-based spatial experience. With a background in theater and studio art, their practice sits at the intersection of performance, visual art, and spatial narrative, integrating body, light, and environment into cohesive experiential works. Their work often explores structures of time, presence, and spatial relationships, approaching subjects through material, form, and system rather than overt emotional expression—allowing viewers to enter the work through their own perceptions.

Evan Marion ’26 is a sculptor investigating the relationship between pictorial composition and physical spatiality. His work primarily consists of painting as well as large scale, site-specific installations. He grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is currently a senior at Dartmouth College. 

Wolfenden Fine Arts Prize

Hannah Florence Beitchman ’26 grew up across several countries, primarily in London, UK, in a mixed Japanese and Jewish-American household. She graduated from St. Paul’s Girls’ School in 2022. At Dartmouth, she has pursued a double major in Studio Art and Economics, modified with Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages. Her work centers on photography, often incorporating sculptural and mixed-media elements across her senior seminar and honors work. Since her sophomore year, she has worked at Dartmouth’s Book Arts Workshop - an experience that has significantly influenced her artwork. After graduation, she will remain at Dartmouth as a Studio Art Intern.

Aryma Moore ’26 is a Trini-American artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is pursuing a degree in Studio Art with a minor in Theater, and her practice is informed by deep engagement with film, performance, creative direction, dance, sculpture, photography, and graphic design. Her work aspires to multimedia forms that center embodied performance, experiential processes, conscious materiality, experimental text, and community engagement. Through this approach, she seeks to critically examine the stories we inherit and how we choose to retell them, to grapple with complex histories while imagining more expansive and generative futures.

Issabella Ahmaya Shands ’26 was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and grew up right outside in Burkburnett. Spending most of her childhood outdoors, she learned to appreciate the natural world - from red dirt to Johnson grass. She graduated from Burkburnett High School in 2021. Today, she works across disciplines from painting and printmaking to sculpture and architecture to share her love of storytelling with the world. After graduation, she has secured a spot as a Studio Art Intern at Dartmouth College, and hopes to attend a Master’s program there soon after. 

Sabine Spier ’26 was raised in San Carlos, CA and Cape Elizabeth, ME, where she loved spending time outside and creating things. She graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in 2022. Sabine’s main concentration in Studio Art has been painting, and she also loves drawing. After graduation, Sabine will stick around Dartmouth for a year, excited to be a Studio Art Intern and continue painting.

Melissa Hurlock Hobson Brown Award

Arshad Qanit ’28 was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan, a city with a deep cultural history and a rich architectural heritage that shaped the way he sees the world. Arshad graduated from Afghan Turk High School in Kabul. His main concentration in Studio Art has been Architecture, although he has also explored painting and sculpture. At Dartmouth, Arshad founded the Dartmouth Student Architecture Club (DSAC) and has worked closely with faculty on research in the Architecture department. After graduation, Arshad hopes to pursue graduate school in Architecture and build a practice rooted in culture, memory, and the human experience.

Class of 1960 Curatorial Fellowship Award

Gabrielle Causey ’28 was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Where she had been making art since she learned how to use her hands. Gabrielle graduated as Valedictorian from Middle College High School, in Memphis, TN. Gabrielle's main concentration in Studio Art is Architecture. She plans to enroll in an architecture school post-graduation, and in the future become a residential architect and interior designer. 

Vasiliki Georgia (Valia) Evangeliou ’27 was born in Athens, Greece. Valia graduated from Platon School in Athens. She developed a love of art at a very young age. Valia is majoring in psychology and minoring in Architectural Design and English. Valia has taken several studio art classes at Dartmouth College and hopes to be an architect in the future. In the summer, Valia will be attending an architectural summer school in Irakleia, Greece.