Outstanding Student Awards 2025, Part 3 (of 4)
August 8, 2025
The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee to be able to see student work, review it, and learn more about the personal and societal issues they are tackling through their work. We will be spotlighting our Outstanding Student Award Winners throughout July and August. Be sure to follow them and support their practices. Congratulations to all 53 awardees!
Amy Pabst (she/her), Watermelon Sugar, 2024. Quilted found fabrics, 49 x 58 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Marshall University. @amymakesquilts
Benjamin Hunt (he/him), Kontrabas, 2025. Screenprinted, sewn and embroidered fabric and rug with grommets, 70 x 22 x 8 inches. Photo by the artist. Graduate, Boise State University. benjaminhuntarts.cargo.site | @bensartful
Aveyah Craver (she/her), Sterling Highway, 2025. Handmade cotton paper with chicken and utility wire, 5 minute video and ambient sound, 146 x 164.5 x 138 inches. Photo: Leni Wiegand. Graduate, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University.
Max Kuo (he/him), Playing with colors, 2025. Immersion-dyed, direct-dyed, Shibori, screenprinted, resist-dyed and discharged fabric with polyester stuffing, 100 x 100 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Portland State University. @maxkart_
Rachel Dana (she/her), The Human Seed, 2025. Jacquard woven, handspun yarn and natural dyed wool, linen, cotton, silk and alpaca. 93 x 27 inches. Photo by the artist. Graduate, The New School Parsons. @rachel.dana
Chloee Rudolph (she/her), Covered In Questions, 2024. Cyanotyped, embroidered and quilted soft sculpture with embroidery floss, found fabric and cotton, 9 x 19 x 12 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, University Of Missouri. chloeerudolph.myportfolio.com | @chloeerudolphart
Hannah Todaro (she/her), The Material Girl Mindset: Where We’re Headed, 2025. Handmade recycled textile with zero waste patternmaking, 75 x 25 inches. Photo: JunYoung Hur. Undergraduate, University of North Texas. readymag.website/5400806 | @designedbyhanns
Joshua Archer (he/him), Carpet, 2025. Tufted wool yarn on canvas, 72 x 54 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Savannah College of Art and Design. joshuarcher.com | @joshuacreates_
Ziqi Chen (she/her), Palace of Threads – 云阙织境, 2025. Wrapping. Wrapped and braided copper wire with glass beads and silk thread, 17 x 64 inches. Photo by the artist. Graduate, The New School Parsons. ziqiiiichen.com | @ziiiiqichen
Emily Dickenson (she/her), Heart to Heart, 2025. Free motion quilted fabric with heat transfer paper, 8 x 22 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, University of North Texas. @spikycactii
Claire Krienitz (she/her), Toulon, 2025. Foraged, heat extraction natural-dyed, eco-printed with black willow, goldenrod and iron, machine-quilted, land installation with reclaimed house linens and silk, 75 x 25 feet. Photo by the artist. Graduate, Indiana University, Bloomington. clairekz.com | @clairekrienitz
Lola White (she/her), Overgrowth, 2025. Machine- and hand-knit merino wool, natural dyes and organic cotton grosgrain ribbon with duplicate stitch embellishment, 24 x 29 inches. Photo: Heather Bloomfield. Undergraduate, Savannah College of Art and Design. lolawhite.ca | @lolawhiteart
Pierina Corzo (she/they), Bandwidth, 2025. Double woven, ondulating twills and coiled cotton and polyester with repurposed copper wire, 4 x 28 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Concordia University. @paevalero
For more information check out the Grants & Outstanding Student Awards page.
