Olenka Bodnarsky, a junior student in the bachelor of fine arts degree program in printmaking, is the recipient of the Evelyn Rumsey Lord Award. The Rumsey award, established in 1959, is the most prestigious prize awarded to an undergraduate art student. It is presented annually to one or two junior art majors to fund travel for personal or artistic enrichment, or for tuition assistance in a summer studio art program outside of UB.

Candidates submit a travel proposal and exhibit selected work in the annual Rumsey Candidates' Competition. The winner is selected by art department faculty.

Bodnarsky's summer project will take her to the South Meseta region of Spain, whose eastern section is dominated by the region of La Mancha. She will visit museums, partake of local culture and visit printmaking co-operatives and studios. During her senior year, Bodnarsky will share her experiences with the department via an exhibit in the department gallery or by making an oral presentation or written report.

John De Marco, a junior in the bachelor of fine arts degree in painting, has been awarded the Philip C. and Virginia Cuthbert Elliott Painting Scholarship.

The scholarship was established by a grant from Virginia Cuthbert Elliott. She and her late husband, Philip C. Elliott, served for 30 years as noted artists and art educators in Western New York, including lengthy tenures at the Albright Art School and at its successor, the UB Department of Art.

From 1941-69 Philip Elliott served successively as director of the art school and the department's first chair, while Virginia Cuthbert taught art at both institutions from 1941-61. Both were a strong force in shaping the UB art department during its formative years.

Kristinn Rzepkowski, a junior in the bachelor of fine arts degree in communication design, has been awarded the Julius Bloom Memorial Scholarship.

The Bloom scholarship was established by UB staff member Toby Bloom Schoellkopf in memory of her father, who was instrumental in organizing the International Center for the Typographic Arts and helped coordinate its first international conference in the mid-1960s. Bloom, who worked for several well-known printing companies in Western New York during his career, had a lifelong interest in the typographic arts.

Timothy Phillips, a bachelor of fine arts candidate in sculpture, has received the Sally Hoskins Potenza Award.

The Potenza award is a cash prize established by the family of Sally Hoskins Potenza, a painter and graduate student in the UB art department at the time of her death. One of her works is held in the collection of David Rockefeller.

The award winner is selected annually by a committee comprised of the art department chair, a member of the local art community and a member of Potenza's family from among the candidates exhibiting for the Evelyn Rumsey Lord Award.