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J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize

Art and Design prize for site-specific public installations in Columbus, Indiana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize is an art and design award administered by Exhibit Columbus of the Landmark Columbus Foundation in Columbus, Indiana. The prize commissions four to five architecture and design teams each cycle to create temporary, site-specific public installations paired with significant civic sites and local partners. Established in 2016 and named for philanthropists J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller, the prize foregrounds community engagement, design research, and the city's modernist legacy.[1]

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As of 2025, twenty-three teams have received the Miller Prize across five cycles (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025).[1]

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Selection and format

Each cycle's curatorial partners select four or five recipients and pair them with a civic site and local organization. Teams develop and fabricate full-scale installations, which are exhibited alongside university fellows’ projects and community initiatives during the Exhibit Columbus exhibition season.[2]

Recipients

2017 – Inaugural

2019 – Good Design and the Community

2021 – New Middles

2023 – Public by Design

  • Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIODesigned by the Public (Cleo Rogers Memorial Library plaza).[13]
  • Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU)InterOculus (4th and Washington Streets).[13]
  • PORTThe Plot Project (Mill Race Center).[13]
  • Studio ZewdeEchoes of the Hill (Mill Race Park).[14]

2025 – Yes And

  • Adaptive OperationsAccessing Nostalgia (Crump Theatre).[1]
  • AD—WOEllipsis (former Irwin Block site).[1]
  • Studio BarnesJoy Riding (Jackson Street Parking Garage).[15]
  • Studio Cooke JohnLift (First Christian Church courtyard).[1]
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