The Myers Art Prize Competition
About the Myers Art Prize
The Myers Art Prize is an annual juried art competition open to all students currently enrolled in the Art and Art Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Each year a new, relevant theme for the competition is announced and a notable figure from the art world is invited to serve as guest juror.
The juried competition culminates in a widely celebrated exhibition of the winning artworks in the Macy Art Gallery and with the distribution of a select number of monetary awards. The award-winning works become part of the Teachers College Art and Art Education Program’s permanent collection.
Artwork by Safia Fatimi
2023
A juried exhibition of student artworks from the Art and Art Education Program recognizing the complex ways artists communicate about topics that are meaningful to them through their work.
2023 Myers Prize winners: Corey Allen / Aimée Ehrman / Hyunsoo Kim / Catherine Lan / Allyson Montana / Nisha Nair / Savannah Nielsen / Ugo Onyewuchi /
Robin Reczek / Jason Watson
2022
A juried exhibition of student artworks from the Art and Art Education Program recognizing the complex ways artists communicate about topics that are meaningful to them through their work.
2022 Myers Prize winners: Ayelet Danielle Aldouby / Sunggue Kim / AutumnLin Kietponglert / Hyunsoo Kim / Kelly Huang / Eric Mason / Jason Watson /
Robin Reczek / Ugochukwu Onywuchi / Chuzhe Wang
2021
The Resilience: Myers Art Prize is a juried exhibition of Art and Art Education Program student work focused on the practice of resilience during a time of social and political unrest and isolation.
2021 Myers Prize winners: Ayelet Danielle Aldouby / Stephanie Boggs / Uisuk Byeon / Safia Fatimi / Nathaniel Garcia / Kelly Huang / Grace Ludmer / Eric Mason / Carina Maye / Larry Tung / Erika Vogt / Qianyu Zhou
2020
The Unsilencing exhibition features the ten artworks selected for the prize from a large pool of submissions. The award-winning works engage with a range of timely issues that affect the world and touch individual’s lives.
Collectively, these artists / educators / researchers highlight the importance of dialogue around trauma and mental health challenges. They recognize the creative potential of neurodiverse communities and honor the significance of unrecognized labor. They remind us of the tremendous weight that certain words can carry in a racially unjust society. They shine a light on rich ways of knowing and onimportant voices that are sidelined in traditional academic work.
2020 Myers Prize winners: Carianna Arredondo / Kristina Davis Bivona / Jesl Xena Rae Cruz / Sungah Jun / AutumnLin Kietponglert / Hyunsoo Kim / Grace Ludmer / Ashley Mask / Eric Mason / Carina Maye