Lewis Center for the Arts Virtual Class Day Celebration 2021

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

VIRTUAL CLASS DAY CELEBRATION FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021

2021

Princeton University’s LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Princeton University’s LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

2021

PROGRAM IN CREATIVE WRITING

Jhumpa Lahiri, Director of the Program in Creative Writing

Congratulations Class of 2021 Certificate Students!

Paige Elizabeth Allen Lillian Chen Lucy Maylee Chuang Kathryn Marie DiFrancesco Maya Eashwaran Lindsay Leanna Emi Hamzah Hashem Jimin Kang

Alexander William Kim Janie Kim Nancy Nayon Kim Leah Linfield Jesús Martinez-Garza Sophia Marie Marusic Shira Simone Moolten Rodrigo I. Pichardo Urbina

Jeremey Ryan Pulmano Jillian Ann Quigley Julia Meghan Walton Hannah Wang Anna Yang Emily Yin

Senior Awards

The Theodore Weiss Award This award was established in 2004 in memory of Professor Weiss, distinguished poet, founder and editor of the Quarterly Review of Literature, and Professor of English and Creative Writing. Presented annually to a promising young poet or, in exceptional circumstances, a fiction writer.

Lindsay Leanna Emi The Theodore H. Holmes ’51 and Bernice Holmes Poetry Prize Established as part of a charitable trust created in 1999 by Bernice Holmes, this prize is in memory of her brother Theodore H. Holmes ’51. Presented each year to a single talented poet who is also an undergraduate student of Princeton University.

Alexander William Kim Outstanding Work by a Senior Award This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive achievement in Creative Writing.

Paige Elizabeth Allen Maya Eashwaran Sharon Xinru Zhang

Samuel Shellabarger Memorial Prize in Creative Writing This fund is awarded annually to a senior who, in fulfillment of the senior thesis requirement, shows great promise of future literary excellence.

Sophia Marie Marusic

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Joyce Carol Oates Award This prize was established in 2014 in the name of Joyce Carol Oates, Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus; Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus. The prize is awarded annually to a promising young fiction writer or, in exceptional circumstances, a poet.

Hamzah Hashem Edmund Keeley Literary Translation Award This prize was established in 2016 in the name of Edmund Keeley, Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, Emeritus, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Emeritus. The prize is awarded to a promising young translator.

Katharine Frances Matthias

PROGRAM IN DANCE

Susan Marshall, Director, Program in Dance

Congratulations Class of 2021 Certificate Students!

Yolore lmadujose Airewele Ysabel Ines Ayala Sophie Alexandra Blue Jane G. Brown Runako Iyanla Asa Campbell

Samantha Jo Grayson Lai Yin Natalie Lu Liam A. Lynch Sydney Nicole Maple Rachel Emily Mrkaich

Enver Ramadani Auset Maat Taylor Leila Harrison Ullmann Phoebe Anne Warren Thea Randall Zalabak

Senior Awards Francis LeMoyne Page Class of 1922 Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative Arts This award was established in 1972 by the Trustees of the LeMoyne Page Foundation in memory of Francis LeMoyne Page, Class of 1922. Awarded annually to one or more members of the junior or senior class to honor distinctive achievement in the Creative Arts.

Yolore Imadujose Airewele Samantha Jo Grayson Enver Ramadani Ysabel Ines Ayala Lai Yin Natalie Lu Auset Maat Taylor Sophie Alexandra Blue Liam A. Lynch Leila Harrison Ullmann Jane G. Brown Sydney Nicole Maple Phoebe Anne Warren Runako Iyanla Asa Campbell Rachel Emily Mrkaich Thea Zalabak Outstanding Senior Creative Thesis Award This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive achievement in Dance.

Liam A. Lynch Enver Ramadani Sustained Community Achievement Award Runako Iyanla Asa Campbell Samantha Jo Grayson

Sophie Alexandra Blue Sydney Nicole Maple

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PROGRAM IN THEATER

Jane Cox, Director, Program in Theater

Congratulations Class of 2021 Certificate Students!

Nora Elizabeth Hayes Aguia Miranda Dupre Allegar Paige Elizabeth Allen Edward Papa Kwame Ofori Amaning Tyler James Ashman Angel Daniel Benitez Vazquez Morgan Blair Carmen

Eliana Rose Cohen-Orth Alexander Traill Deland, Jr. Jacy Duan Peter Armstrong Foster Glenna Jane Galarion Faith Ezinwanne Iloka Haydon John Minjae Kim

Akash Singh Kushwaha Katherine Suzanne Tate Massie Katharine Frances Matthias Naomi Louise Park Myrha Ahsan Qadir Vydhourie R. T. Thiyageswaran Rosemary Brauman Vasen Haley Hy Zeng

PROGRAM IN MUSIC THEATER

Stacy Wolf, Director, Program in Music Theater and Princeton Arts Fellows

Congratulations Class of 2021 Certificate Students!

Paige Elizabeth Allen Tyler James Ashman Mariana Corichi Gomez Alexander Traill Deland, Jr. Emma Katherine Ferrandino

Glenna Jane Galarion Faith Ezinwanne Iloka Katherine Suzanne Tate Massie Martin Mejia Natalie Meghan O’Leary

Rosamond Claire van Wingerden Madeline Ming-Xin Wu

Senior Awards Outstanding Work by a Senior Award This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive achievement in Theater and Music Theater.

Natalie Meghan O’Leary Nora Elizabeth Hayes Aguia Jacy Duan Naomi Louise Park Miranda Dupre Allegar Emma Katherine Ferrandino Myrha Ahsan Qadir Paige Elizabeth Allen Peter Armstrong Foster Vydhourie R. T. Thiyageswaran Edward Papa Kwame Glenna Jane Galarion Rosamond Claire Ofori Amaning Faith Ezinwanne Iloka van Wingerden Tyler James Ashman Haydon John Rosemary Brauman Vasen Angel Daniel Benitez Vazquez Minjae Kim Madeline Ming-Xin Wu Morgan Blair Carmen Akash Singh Kushwaha Katherine Suzanne Tate Massie Haley Hy Zeng Eliana Rose Cohen-Orth Mariana Corichi Gomez Katharine Frances Matthias Alexander Traill Deland, Jr. Martin Mejia Award for creative and community leadership in Theater and Music Theater Program Jacy Duan

Princeton University’s LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

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Francis LeMoyne Page Class of 1922 Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative Arts This award was established in 1972 by the Trustees of the LeMoyne Page Foundation in memory of Francis LeMoyne Page, Class of 1922. Awarded annually to one or more members of the junior or senior class to honor distinctive achievement in the Creative Arts.

Nora Elizabeth Hayes Aguiar, Paige Elizabeth Allen, Eliana Rose Cohen-Orth Outstanding Contribution to Theater Angel Daniel Benitez Vazquez Faith Ezinwanne Iloka Haydon John

Akash Singh Kushwaha Rosemary Brauman Vasen

Music Theater Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Music Theater Season Madeline Ming-Xin Wu Tim Vasen Award for Talent and Citizenship Minjae Kim Innovation in Theater Making Award Miranda Dupre Allegar Katharine Frances Matthias

PROGRAM IN VISUAL ARTS

Martha Friedman, Director, Program in Visual Arts Pam Lins, Associate Director of the Program in Visual Arts

Congratulations Class of 2021 Certificate Students!

Manasseh Alexander William Carpenter Ilene E Kevin Feng Benjamin Arthur Freeman Risa Gelles-Watnick

Samantha Jo Grayson Ze-Xin Koh Alejandro Roig Oswald Stocker Sophie Torres Adia Weaver

Ayame Whitfield Alexander Williams Noa Wollstein Zhamoyani McMillan

Congratulations Class of 2021 Practice of Art (PA) Students!

Diana Chen* Alexander Traill Deland, Jr. Brooks Eikner

Victor Guan Rachel Emily Mrkaich Alex Serna Castillon

Bhavani Srinivas* Luke Timm

*graduated January 2021

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Senior Awards Lucas Award in Visual Arts This award was established in 1998 by Herbert L. Lucas, Class of 1950 and was amended in 2004 to recognize excellence and the quality of a body of work by graduating seniors in painting, sculpture, photography, film, and media.

Benjamin Arthur Freeman Noa Wollstein Jim Seawright Award in Visual Arts Established in 2009 in honor of Jim Seawright, Professor of Visual Arts, this award is presented annually to a student whose work exemplifies exceptional originality or innovation in any media in the Program in Visual Arts.

Bhavani Srinivas

LEWIS CENTER SENIOR AWARDS The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts The prize is presented annually to one or more graduating seniors who have demonstrated excellence or the highest standard of proficiency, in performance or execution or in the field of composition in the following general areas: music, theater, dance, painting, sculpture or photography.

Runako Iyanla Asa Campbell Mariana Corichi Gomez The Toni Morrison Prize The prize honors the late Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize Laureate and Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, goes to one or more graduating seniors whose individual or collaborative artistic practice has pushed the boundaries and enlarged the scope of our understanding of issues of race. This prize honors work in any form that, in the spirit of Morrison’s, is “characterized by visionary force and poetic import.”

Jacy Duan Jimin Kang The Lewis Center for the Arts Action Based Community Engagement Award Awarded to the student or students whose contributions to the Lewis Center embody a commitment to “interrogating that which is accepted or understood in an attempt to break into the territory of the unknown or under-explored.”

Jacy Duan Glenna Jane Galarion

LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Chair Tracy K. Smith Executive Director Marion Friedman Young

LEWIS CENTER PROGRAM DIRECTORS Jane Cox, Director, Program in Theater Martha Friedman, Director, Program in Visual Arts Jhumpa Lahiri, Director, Program in Creative Writing Pam Lins, Associate Director, Program in Visual Arts Susan Marshall, Director, Program in Dance Paul Muldoon, Director, Princeton Atelier Stacy Wolf, Director, Program in Music Theater & Princeton Arts Fellows For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts or upcoming events, visit: arts.princeton.edu