The completion of a significant body of work marks the passage from experimentation and exploration to the creation of a singular artist statement.
WEISMAN2025 showcases the diverse, compelling projects of 16 talented creatives. Their work highlights a range of disciplines and a variety of subject matter, explored through film, fashion, photography, and performance. This award allows recipients to develop a cohesive project to kickstart their creative careers.
The Albert P. Weisman Award, supporting advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the completion of a substantial media-based project. The Award was established in 1974 and is named after Al Weisman— journalist, publicist, teacher, mentor, and trustee of Columbia College Chicago.
Featured Artists
Tomorrow
Liv Byam, inspired by Meet the Robinsons, reimagines the retro-futuristic look through fashion.
RIA (Real Innovative Artists)
Ayu Eini and Camryn Mather produce events that foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, enrich cultural experiences, and cultivate prosperity for artists.
Metamentis
Will Duwe envisions a future of Artificial and Organoid Intelligence, mirroring the tension of “nature vs. nurture" in his garments.
Lotus
Dominic Frugoli creates a granular synthesizer aimed at making the most out of a small chunk of recorded audio.
Sole Provider
Emma Bolas explores and photographs the realities of single parenthood and the bond formed between parent and child.
Cotillon
Sam Kirkwood Jr. (Samus Starbody) asks viewers to follow his journey from spectator to spectacle.
Appealing Me
Haley Patton discovers love and accepts love, without any facades or masks - as one’s true authentic self.
The Righteous Killer
Hossam Moussa created a film that provokes, questions, and pokes at the audience.
Dégagé
Aidan Vogel examines the ability to mourn a connection purposely severed in the name of self-preservation.
Thien Hoang Bui explores a period when his relationship with the closest person to him began to shift into an unknown future.
Wanderer
Carmen Ordoñez documents the evolving lowrider culture across the U.S., celebrating its community pride, intergenerational creativity, and cultural resistance.
Por Vida
Ravia Rasool explores when one is forced to question their morality, highlighting how films have historically objectified women and promoted violence to capture audiences.
Silence On Set
Fara Rezaeipour presents a darkly comedic murder mystery about a narcissistic sketch artist whose obsession with dogs drives him to kill in the name of rescue.
Jack The Fetcher
Ziyi Yuan reflects on vanishing village life in Sichuan, China, portraying the emotional bond between home, memory, and those left behind by urbanization.
Days Flow By 小河村
Linhan Zhang examines the fragmentation of traditional Chinese families and the problem of intergenerational indifference among family members.
Carve Out The Mad Stone
Jiamin Zhao explores social alienation, liminal identity, and transgenerational trauma through the fractured relationship between two women and their longing for connection and belonging
Conversation Among The Ruins