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The Radiance Awards

The RMCAD Radiance Award celebrates and recognizes accomplished RMCAD alumni who have made significant contributions to the creative industry. These inspirational honorees exemplify professional excellence in their field and a commitment to RMCAD’s philosophy of lifelong learning in the arts.

Learn more about our past honorees below.

2023 Radiance Awards

thursday, august 31 @ 6 pm mst

Please join us in the historic Mary Harris Auditorium Lobby at 6:00 p.m. MT for refreshments on August 31, while you enjoy the exhibitions on display in the Rotunda, Rude, and Philip J. Steele Galleries. The award ceremony will commence at 7:00 p.m. For those who cannot attend in person, the ceremony will be available on live-stream.

We honor this year’s recipients of the Radiance Award, Xi Zhang (2008) and Luke Flowers (2000), two alumni who radiate the core values of RMCAD! Zhang is a world-renowned painter who has exhibited his work in shows at the Song Zhuang Art Museum in Beijing, URRA in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Ornaments at the White House. Flowers is an author and illustrator who has worked on more than 75 titles, including the New York Times Best-seller “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” poems by Fred Rogers, and “The Muppets Christmas Carol” storybook.

You don’t want to miss this celebration to recognize the significant contributions these RMCAD alumni have made in the creative industry. 

The 2023 Honorees

Luke Flowers

LUKE FLOWERS

Class of 2000

Illustration

Xi Zhang

XI ZHANG

Class of 2008

Fine Arts

The 2019 Honorees

Jenny Morgan

Jenny Morgan

Class of 2003

Fine Arts/Illustration

We interviewed Jenny for our blog. Read the post here.

Paul Trani

Paul Trani

Class of 1995

Illustration

We interviewed Paul for our blog. Read the post here.