2026/27 Merit Scholarship Recipients | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

2026/27 Merit Scholarship Recipients

Design

Product and Furniture Design

Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Hanna Nur
Target Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Ryan Smith
Target Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Lina Garcia
MCAD Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Paris Boock
Dean Wilson Product and Furniture Design Scholarship $2000: Ashley Guzman-Cazares
Dean Wilson Product and Furniture Design Scholarship $2000: Louie Lynch

Illustration

Roy B Justus Senior Illustration Merit Scholarship $4000: Amelia Foppe
MCAD Illustration Merit Scholarship $2000: Sophie Jackson
MCAD Illustration Merit Scholarship $2000: Jan Christopherson

Graphic Design

R. Thomas Gunkelman & Gaylord Benson Senior Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Sofia Swan
Little & Co. Scholarship $3500: Henry Williamson
MCAD Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Kaia Carter
MCAD Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Bella Bedell

Comic Art

Roy B Justus Merit Scholarship $4000: Gabriella Heath
Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship $2000: Ashton Bailey
MCAD Comic Art Scholarship $2000: Cadence Caddell
MCAD Comic Art Scholarship $2000: Joey Widenhoefer

Fine Arts

Class of 1978 Senior Drawing/Painting Merit Scholarship $4000: Livia Knilans
Class of 1978 Senior Drawing/Painting Merit Scholarship $4000: Ella Ratliff

Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Gabe McHenry
Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Victoria Wendrick

Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $2000: Rocky Golightly
Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $2000: Bella Wu

Patricia Kennedy Crump Merit Scholarship $1500: Ruby Rabie

Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship $2500: Meija Borowski
Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship $2500: MJ Joseph

MCAD Fine Arts Studio Merit Scholarship $2000: Bird Filreis

Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship $2000: Ellie Petschl
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship $2000: Chloe Vreeland
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship $2000: Alex Kozicki

Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2000: Opal Juba
Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2000: Valentina Alessi
Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2000: Zephy Turturro
Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2000: Maren Lien

MB Condon & Tim Young Scholarship $2500: Rebeckah Regennitter

Creative Entrepreneurship

Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Lesley McGaster
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Anastasia Broman

Foundation Studies

Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Phuong Thao Doan
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Aziz Kuhn
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship: Adelaide Meyer
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Mackenzie Reyes
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Kyla Tobias

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Lesley McGaster
Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Ella Ratliff

Media Arts

Senior Merit Scholarships
Virginia M. Binger Animation Major Merit Scholarship, $4,000: Nico Fisher
Art + Technology Concentration Merit Scholarship, $4,000: Josie Rengstorf
Filmmaking Major/Concentration Merit Scholarship, $4,000: Monica Harris
Photography Major/Concentration Merit Scholarship, $4,000: Jade Maeng

Media Arts Merit Scholarships
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Alex Rios
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Massey Cardenas Soto
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Nathalia Lopez
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Maria Ontiveros

Art and Technology Concentration Merit Scholarship, $2000: Reece Norberg
Art and Technology Concentration Merit Scholarship, $2000: Moira Wigderson

Filmmaking Major/Concentration Merit Scholarship, $2000: Mikayla Waskul

Photography Major/Concentration Merit Scholarship, $2000: Dakota Houck

Graduate

Master of Arts Graphic and Web Design

Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1000: Heather Huston
Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1000: Andrew Rossi

Master of Arts Sustainable Design

MCAD Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship $1000: Katrina Castro
MCAD Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship: Dominique Hinman

Master of Fine Arts

Spring 2026 MFA Merit Awards, $2,000: Kat Barnett
Spring 2026 MFA Merit Awards, $2,000: Maria-Emilia Borja
MFA 2020 Fund Award, $1,250: Eva Azenaro Acero

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