STUDENT AWARDS
AWARDS AND NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ANDREW JORGENSEN
Current Student and Alumni Achievements Published Works
Staff Awards
J Carrier, Art Published third book The Folly
Ryan Braaten, Associate Director of Development, CVPA Outstanding Achievement Award, George Mason University
Heather Green, Art Published a book of poetry No Other Rome Faith Zúñiga, Mason Community Arts Academy Published original sonatinas collection Five Fun & Flashy Sonatinas for Ten Tiny Fingers: Easy Sonatinas for the First Years at Sonata Festival
Andrew Jorgensen, Technical Coordinator, Film and Video Studies Exceptional Support Award, George Mason University
Laith Al-Nouri, Alumnus, Arts Management Awarded the 2020 College of Visual and Performing Arts Thomas W. Iszard IV Distinguished Alumni Award
RYAN BRAATEN
SARA BARGER REECE QUIÑONES
Jon Bisesi, Music Launched a new non-profit organization, The Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion, dedicated to serving youth concert percussionists from underrepresented and underserved communities Chawky Frenn, Art Featured in the Inside Out, Upside Down exhibition at the Phillips Collection Nikyatu Jusu, Film and Video Studies Feature film Nanny funded and produced by Stay Gold Features and Topic Studios KHADY KAMARA
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Khady Kamara, Arts Management Appointed Executive Director at Second Stage Theater
Juan Megna, Graduate Lecturer, Music Awarded Graduate Group Outstanding Performance – Latin Group at the annual DownBeat Student Music Awards in May 2021 Vannesa Nates, Alumna, Music Received a flute position at the training program of the National Alliance for Audition Support, which works with the New World Orchestra and the Sphinx Organization to offer Black and Latinx musicians professional support to advance their careers Erblin Nushi, Alumnus, Film and Video Studies Short film VLORA premiered at the DC Shorts International Film Festival in September 2020
Notable Accomplishments Sara Barger, Film and Video Studies Short film advanced to Student Academy Awards finals
Andrea Benge, Current MFA Student, Art Awarded the Best Experimental Film award at the Sydney World Film Festival for her short Desert Air
John Kocur, Music Awarded a Mason Core award for his teaching during Fall 2020 KJ Mohr, Film and Video Studies Curated a program titled The Power of Love: Three Trans Stories for the National Gallery of Art Reece Quiñones, Art Received Fellow Award from AIGA DC Named one of 2021’s People to Watch by Graphic Design USA Russell Santos, Film and Video Studies Nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for “Best Editing” for editing Lizzo’s Good As Hell music video Justin Sutters, Art Awarded the 2021 Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator Award during the NAEA National Convention Andy Yoder, Art Exhibition Overboard was on view, hosted by Sandlot Southeast; the work was also featured in the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont; and covered by The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Observer, and Sports Illustrated
Arianna Rodriguez, Alumna, Music Awarded first place in her division at the National Student Auditions from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mohammed Saffouri, Current Student, Film and Video Studies Awarded Best VA Short at the Loudoun Arts Film Festival in October 2020 Jada Salter, Alumna, Film and Video Studies Awarded the Young Alumni Commissioning Award and $5,000 in commissioning support for Just the Two of Us, a documentary about multi-Grammy Award winning musician William “Bill” Salter Jessica Smith Hebron, Current Student, Arts Management Named Chief Program Officer of Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Isaac W.K. Thweatt, Alumnus, School of Music Awarded the 2021 College of Visual and Performing Arts Thomas W. Iszard IV Distinguished Alumni Award Brayden Wang, Current Mason Community Arts Academy Student Placed third in the 2020 Metropolitan Music Festival, an annual international competition for young musicians Nicole Daniell, Alumna, Dance Nicholas Horner, Current MFA Student and Alumnus, Theater Cristian Perez, Alumnus, Music Katherine Thompson, Alumna, Visual Arts Recipients of the Young Alumni Creative Development Award, each will receive $2,500 in commissioning support
NICHOLAS HORNER CRISTIAN PEREZ NICOLE DANIELL KATHERINE THOMPSON JADA SALTER
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