2025 winners

Winners of the 2025 Lohmann & Van Sinderen Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Printing and Design were announced at an April 24 awards ceremony in the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library.

The entries this year included a diverse range of pieces made for personal, academic, and extracurricular purposes. All of this year’s participants are to be congratulated for the quality, craft, and creativity of their work.

Letterpress & Printmaking Category

First Prize

Benjamin Rosenthal (MC ’26)
For “Murder with Obstacles: An Agatha Christie-Themed Gift”

Agatha Christie book cover

Second Prize

Isabelle Kim-Sherman (GH ’27) for “To the Scribe From Worms”

Honorable Mentions

Cleo Guerrero (TC ’25) for “Life Line”
Noelle Smith (BK ’28) for “An Excerpt from ‘The Wheel of Time’”
Maya Thompson (TC ’26) for “Washed Away”

Digital Design Category

Second Prize

Etai Smotrich-Barr (DC ’26)
For “Urban Spaces, Lost Time”

Letterpress of Urban spaces, lost in time

Honorable Mentions

Johann Ortiz Castillo (BR ’26) for his piece “Masonry Magazine”
Aileen Santiago (TC ’28) for her body of work
Joshua Gonzalez (JE ’25) for “Marrying Ms. Patrick” card game

Judges for the 2025 competition

Charles Biada (PC ’13)
Bill Buccheri
Raleigh D’Adamo (SM ’53)
John Gambell (M.F.A. ’81)
Heather Gendron
Basie Gitlin (DC ’10)
Rebecca Martz
Jessica Pigza