Every year the Committee on Art in Public Places honors a senior major in the Program in Studio Art for outstanding artistic achievement. The chosen student receives a modest cash prize.

For 2026 the Committee has chosen to honor Zoe Wu ’26.

a fantastical landscape with figures on a path near a waterfall
(Credit: Zoe Wu )

Previous CAPP Award Winners

  • 2025: Miriam Bamaca
  • 2024: Rose Robinson
  • 2023: Praniti Agarwal
  • 2022: Olivia Weisel
  • 2021: María Ramirez
  • 2019: Charlotte Reider-Smith
  • 2018: Emma Harnett
  • 2017: Daniella Silva
  • 2016: Kristina Pallova
  • 2015: Sally Caruso
  • 2014: Alex Russo
  • 2013: Ann Ulrich
  • 2012: Julia Sisson
  • 2011: Ryan Scura
  • 2010: Jack Reed
  • 2009: Madeleine Terry
  • 2008: Kristin Link
  • 2007: Brett Foreman
  • 2006: Daniel Houghton
  • 2005: Luke Carson
  • 2004: Rebecca Potts
  • 2003: Gigi Gatewood
  • 2002: John Joy
  • 2001: Brian Guercio
  • 2000: Eliza Collins
  • 1999: Peter Brooks
  • 1998: John Crane
  • 1997: Caroline Griffith