Student Profile

Gracianne Kirsch
MFA, Art Studio

gakirsch[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Announcement

Graduate Art Prize Recipients Announced
LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize, Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize and the Letters & Science Prize for Excellence

April Camlin Gracianne Kirsch Damien Mitchell Nitheen Ramalingam

Congratulations to the art studio M.F.A. class of 2025 and to Nicole Anderson, Cella Costanza and Raquel Tripp, recipients of the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize, the LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize and the Letters & Science Prize for Excellence. 

General information

Letters and Science Prize for Excellence

Gracianne Kirsch

Created by Estella Atekwana, Dean of the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, the $2,500 prize is given annually to a graduating M.F.A. student in studio art. The prize was established to help further the career of an art studio M.F.A. graduate from UC Davis, and to encourage, recognize and celebrate creative and original contributions of the recipient. 

2026: Sean Olmstead

2025: Raquel Tripp

2024: Gracianne Kirsch

Announcement

Graduate Art Prize Recipients Announced
LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize, Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize and the Letters & Science Prize for Excellence

Graduate art prize recipients holding framed award certificates outside the museum
April Camlin Gracianne Kirsch Damien Mitchell Nitheen Ramalingam

Congratulations to the art studio M.F.A. class of 2024 and to Nitheen Ramalingam and April Camlin, recipients of the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize and LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize.