Grants - Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason Art

The Mason Lift Scholarship provides financial support towards tuition and fees for one year, so students have the ability to focus on their artistic pursuits.

The inaugural Mason Lift Scholarship recipients for 2023 are CUNY Hunter College Students Shannon Pritchard (MFA), Noelle Salaun (BFA), and TJ Wilson (BA).

Photograph of two tables with blue model houses on top of green astroturf. — Shannon Pritchard, “I Know Nothing About This Place,” 2023, and “I Know Everything About This Place,” 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.

Photograph of a painting comprised of a red, yellow, and green packaged candies on a neutral background. — Noelle Salaun, “Dulcísimo,” 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.

Ink and watercolor pen drawing of a neighborhood street of storefronts. — TJ Wilson, “Sketch of Neighborhood.” Image courtesy of the artist.

Shannon Pritchard is a sculptor and mixed media artist from Indiana who has been living and studying in New York City for just over a year. She uses material resourcefulness learned from a working class upbringing to elevate trashy materials in a fine art context. She hopes that, through the inclusion of skillful craft and making methods, her art remains open and enjoyable to those outside of the artworld along with those within it.

Noelle Salaun is a painter born and raised in New York City. Her work is autobiographical, often delving into femininity, being a first generation Dominican-American, and neurodivergent.

TJ Wilson: I came into this artistic journey late, I realize that I was made to be this artist and Hunter has been integral to my development. It’s great to see a path that seems to be tailor made for you and have the access, the tools, the guideposts, the network at your disposal. This is an exciting moment and I feel that it’s just the beginning.