Awards & Scholarships

Stark Family Award

The Department of Art History and Music has received a generous donation from the Stark Family to enable art history majors to experience the art treasures of Europe. Every year, the department awards a travel fellowship to an art history major to be used toward European travel.

By December 1 of each autumn, junior art history majors are invited to submit a proposal for a travel grant for the forthcoming spring or summer break in order to experience the art treasures of Europe first hand. The proposal should outline the student's goals, projected itinerary, expenses and the student's financial need. The Department will award the prize based on the student's proposal, academic records, and financial need.

The Stark Family Award has been awarded to:

2012   Janine Vicente, FCLC 2013
2011   Rebecca Decker, FCLC 2012 and
           Mechella Yezernitskaya, FCLC 2012
2010   Karolina Chojnowska, FCLC 2011
2009 Simone Mitton , FCLC 2010
2008   Christina Healy, FCRH 2009
2007   Michaela Ward , FCRH 2008
2006   Michelle Pastor, FCRH 2007
2005   Stephanie Luther, FCRH 2006
2004   Martha Clippinger, FCRH 2005
2003   Kerin Sulock, FCRH 2003 (Fall)
2002   Erin G. O'Donnell, FCRH 2002
2000   Jennifer Godlewski, FCRH 2001
1999   Keira Dillon, FCRH 2000
1997   Dan Favata, FCRH 1998
1996   Otto Luna, FCRH 1997
1995   Jane Haag, FCRH 1996

The Vasari Symposium

The Vasari Symposium is named for the sixteenth-century Italian artist/scholar Giorgio Vasari, whose publication The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550; 1568) provided one of the earliest and most influential examples of art historical writing.

Each year one Fordham College Rose Hill student and one Fordham College Lincoln Center student are selected to serve as "Vasari Lecturers" and present original research at a spring symposium open to the Fordham community and guests. At the Vasari Symposium the previous year's winner of the Stark Prize also gives a short presentation on his or her travels.

Vasari Lectures have been presented by:

2012	Isabella Bustamante FCLC 2012 "Yoshitomo Nara and Child as Hero"
2012	Wilson Duggan FCRH 2012 "The Big Picture: Vik Muniz's Action Photo I through the Macroscope and the Microscope"
2011	Lauren Toole, FC 2011 "Image and Ritual: Performativity and Christomimesis in a Flagellation by Spinello Aretino"
2010	Roksana Filipowska , FCRH 2010 "The Meaning of Candy: on the Multiplicity of Meaning in Felix Gonzales-Torres 1991 Untitled (Revenge)"
2009	Alison Lau, FCRH 2009 "Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres's Odalisque with Slave"
2008	Jack Waldron, FCRH 2008 "Paul Gauguin: The Conflicted 'Savage' and Nevermore"
2007	Ryan White, FCRH 2007 "Illuminating Joseph Wright's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump"
2006	Dana Ferine, FCRH 2006 "Gustav Klimt and Judith: The Ultimate Femme Fatale"
2005	Martha Clippinger, FCRH 2005 "The Development of an Artist: Van Gogh and his Portrait of Père Tanguy"
2004	Kerin Anne Sulock, FCRH 2003 (Fall) "De Kooning's Woman and Bicycle: Reality in Ambiguity"
2003	Lalaine Mercado, FCRH 2003 "John Constantine's Salisbury Cathedral with Rainbow"
2002	Carll Wilkinson, FCRH 2002 "Mark Rothko's No. 10: Interpretative Approaches"
2001	Peter Raho, FCRH 2001 "The Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright's Culminating Work"
2000	Jennifer McDonnell, FCRH 2000 "The Consumption Function Illustrated: Edgar Degas's Portraits at the Stock Exchange"
1999	Joss Citrone, FCRH 1999 "Winslow Homer's Visit from the Mistress'"

The Art History Award

Every year the Art History faculty presents a book award to two students--one from Fordham College Rose Hill, one from Fordham College Lincoln Center--who have outstanding academic records in the program. Book awards are made at the Vasari Symposium in the spring, and the FCRH award is announced at the Encaenia ceremony in May.

The James L. Kurtz Award in Music

The James L. Kurtz Award in Music, named for the first professor of music in the department, is given to a graduating music major who has shown excellence in course work and a significant involvement in the activities of the department and the musical life of the university.

The James L. Kurtz Award in Music has been awarded to:

2012 Alycia Kravitz, FCRH 2012
2010 Douglas Giombarrese, FCRH 2010

The Fordham Stipend

The Fordham Stipend is awarded each year on the basis of auditions to two students who major or minor in music. It covers the cost for two semesters of private study on voice or an instrument with a teacher of the winner's choice.

The Fordham Stipend Award has been awarded to:

2012 - 2013	Chantal Freeman Charlie Martin Sebastian Massa Dan Snyder
2011 - 2012	Charlie Martin John Paddison Joseph Tumolo
2010 - 2011	Karina Daza Stephen Federowicz Christopher Jackson Jacqueline Tralies
2009 - 2010	Kimberley Hawkey Alycia Kravitz Taylor Levesque Christopher Schnelelr Jacqueline Tralies
2008 - 2009	Sean Burke Kimberley Hawkey Colin Kemper Kristina Lessard
2007 – 2008	Kaitlin Davis Lystria Hurley Jennifer Schutten Eileen Tynan
2006 – 2007	Heidi Dougherty Deanna Howes Lystria Hurley Amber Hurst-Martin Meghan Morrissey
2005 – 2006	Dan Bartfield Brendan Coffey Deanna Howes Joseph Nolin Arun Ravindranath
2004 – 2005	Annie Hollands Stephanie Lanuto Mark Metivier Joseph Nolin
2003 – 2004	Dan Bartfield Philip Bednarczyk Nadine Dillon Annie Hollands

The Student Performance Competition

The Student Performance Competition is held each spring and is open to all Fordham undergraduates. The winner receives a one-hundred dollar award and performs with the Bronx Arts Ensemble.

Winners of "Student Performance Competition" have been:

2012	Dan Snyder, Piano
2011	Madeleine Rivera, Voice
2010	ChristopherSchneller, Piano
2009	Christopher Schneller, Piano
2008	Eileen Tynan, Voice
2007	Joseph Nolin, Voice
2006	Amber Hurst-Martin, Voice
2005	Brianne Keefe, Voice Arun Ravindranath, Violin
2004	Dan Bartfield, Viola
2002	Jeff Dobrydney, Trumpet Luke Ascoli, Trumpet
2001	John Stufano, piano
2000	Christina Ramonetti, Vocal Christopher Ro, Piano
1999	Christian Kolarz, Violin