Tryon Prizes for Writing and Art
Tryon Prize for Writing
A jury awards monetary prizes to current Smith students for outstanding writing related to art at the Smith College Museum of Art. Writing may take any form, including a thesis, essay or poem.
Submission Guidelines:
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Include a cover sheet with your name, class year, campus address, email and phone number. Submissions are judged anonymously; do not include your name in your submission materials.
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If the work was written for a class, include the description of the assignment.
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Format your submission as a Word document (docx), using your last name as the file name.
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Send submissions to museduc@smith.edu with subject: “Tryon Prize for Writing.”
Tryon Prize for Art
A jury awards monetary prizes for installation, performance, video, sound, digital, internet and interactive art. (Photography is not eligible.) Jurors seek a high level of artistic expression and presentation.
Submission Guidelines:
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You may enter only one work.
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Document the work with up to 5 images (jpg) and/or up to 5 minutes of video or audio.
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Include a cover sheet with your name, class year, campus address, email, phone number and title of work.
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Include an artist statement describing the concept and development of the work and note if it was influenced by art seen at SCMA. Format the statement as a Word document (docx) with 1.5 line spacing.
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If the work was created for a class, include a description of the assignment.
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Send submissions to museduc@smith.edu with subject: “Tryon Prize for Art.”
Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2020 (received by midnight)
For more information, please contact Taiga Ermansons, Associate Educator, at 413-
585-2677.
The Tryon Prizes are named for painter Dwight W. Tryon, professor of art at Smith
College from 1886 to 1923 and SCMA benefactor.
Image credit: Two installations shared the 2019 Tryon Prize for Art. Left–Wrappings by Haley Peterson ’19; Right: Boat by Lucy Liu ‘21.