(Pittsburgh, PA) The International Sculpture Center proudly announces Mariana Noreña (Chicago, Illinois) has been awarded the prestigious Innovator Award for 2025.

The ISC Innovator Award, established in 2021, recognizes individuals, organizations, or collectives for creative social innovation in the field of contemporary sculpture. Through the development of new ideas and work, recipients of this award improve and expand the ways that sculpture can affect change.

Jurors Isaac Duncan lll, artist and ISC board member, Chattanooga, TN; Ellen Jong, artist, Los Angeles, CA; and Carin Mincemoyer, artist and educator, Pittsburgh, PA: selected Noreña from a pool of 156 applicants from several different countries. Noreña will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center’s award-winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on www.sculpture.org.

Mariana Noreña is a multidisciplinary artist from Bogotá, Colombia, currently living in Chicago, Illinois. Noreña’s work explores places, landscapes, and natural phenomena through earth matter and materials that speak of collective and intimate stories. Her sculpture-based installations expose these stories by creating an echo of time, observation, and research. Noreña holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Design and Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting and drawing from La Universidad de Los Andes and additionally holds a Master of Fine Arts in the Fiber and Material Studies from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Noreña’s latest solo exhibition, titled Territorio Ceniza, which translates in English to Territory of Ash, explores the páramo landscape of Colombia, which was devastated by wildfires in January of 2025.Through the material ecology of this land - soil, quinoa seeds, blackberry leaves, wood, eucalyptus, and ash – Noreña builds intimate sculptural memories of the landscape of her home country, to both grieve and honor the land and the ancestral knowledge that intertwines culture with ecology.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.  Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for details.

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Danielle Julian Norton, Full Professor at the Columbus College of Art & Design in Fine Arts, has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2025. The unanimous vote for the selection of Danielle Julian Norton as the award recipient from this year’s pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator. Norton will be the subject of a feature article in International Sculpture Center’s award-winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Norton received a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Columbus College of Art & Design. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including the Midwest Museum of American Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Cleveland MOCA, Wexner Center for the Arts, and Cynthia-Reeves NY. Her practice has been featured in several publications including the Boston Globe and Sculpture magazine. Norton has received an Ohio Arts Council Creativity Grant, as well as a Greater Columbus Arts Council Germany Exchange Grant. Attended residencies include Headlands Center for the Arts, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Norton works multidisciplinary to examine the structures and conditions that shape our perceptions, beliefs, and experiences. Often working collaboratively, Norton mixes materials and techniques to emphasize tension, contrast, and humor as key aspects of her politically minded practice. Feeling patriarchal fatigue and looking for both old and new ways of healing, Norton works with plants, ecosystems, and new beings while exploring and dismantling power structures.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the Outstanding Educator Award program to honor inspiring, influential artists who have taught sculpture at institutions of higher learning for 15+ years and have sustained exemplary careers as professional artists. Recipients are valued by students and colleagues as mentors for future generations, are recognized nationally and internationally for their significant artistic production and have made significant contributions to the field. Past winners include Christopher McNulty, Shirley Tse, Coral Penelope Lambert, Bonnie Collura, Foon Sham, Patrick Strzelec, Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Ten students have been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for 2025.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions, including 96 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs for a nominated total of 176 students.

A distinguished panel made up of Lauren Fensterstock, artist, writer, curator, critic, and educator, Maine; Henry Jackson-Spieker, artist and educator, Washington; and Shohei Katayama, artist and educator, Kentucky, deliberated over 500 images of sculptural works to select 10 award recipients and 8 honorable mentions. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students' work.

The award recipients will have an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition coinciding with the 31^st International Sculpture Conference held in Dallas, Texas. The artists' work will be featured in the January/February 2026 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award-winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC’s website at https://sculpture.org/page/studentawards.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit https://sculpture.org/ for further details.

2025 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Eva Aguero: I Know more words in Spanish than I do in English; Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts; Faculty Sponsor: Amy Hauft

John Felix Arnold: Sermons in the Soil; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Faculty Sponsor: Hông-Ăn Truông

Miguel Caba: Couch (1 & 2);School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts; Faculty Sponsor: Lauren O’Connor-Korb

Julia Duva: 784 (Blanket); Bennington College; Faculty Sponsor: John Umphlett

Yuming “Griffin” Liu: Alien Condition No.2; University of Notre Dame; Faculty Sponsor: Austin Collins

Gaylin Eugene Nicholson: Altars to The Could Have Been; Kansas City Art Institute; Faculty Sponsor: Jill Downen

Nicole Ponsart: Backlot 02; Arizona State University; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Beiner

Redford Reece: Self Portrait l; Maine College of Art and Design; Faculty Sponsor: Josh Reiman

Tabeena Wani: Kakaz Kyom | کاکز کیۆم (Silverfish); Ohio University School of Art + Design; Faculty Sponsor: Kate Hampel

Emily Woo: Made In New Jersey; Alfred University; Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Blood

For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the 2025 Student Awards feature page on sculpture.org.

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(Hamilton, NJ) The International Sculpture Center proudly announces Alison Hiltner (Minneapolis, MN) has been awarded the prestigious Innovator Award for 2024.

The ISC Innovator Award recognizes the creative innovation of individuals, organizations, or collectives who develop new ideas and work to improve and/or expand the field of contemporary sculpture. The recipient of this award demonstrates a commitment to their community and affects social change through their work.

Jurors Claye Bowler, artist, UK; Aurora Noreña, artist, MX; and Supermrin, artist; US, selected this year's recipient Alison Hiltner and 3 honorable mentions from a pool of 95 submissions. Hiltner will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center’s award-winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Hiltner is a multi-media installation artist and current associate director of Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis, MN. Hiltner has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and views herself as an archeologist of science fiction, exploring its terrain and then intertwining those concepts with current scientific inquiry. Hiltner’s work is pollinated with visits to laboratories that reach forward into the future for answers to questions that plague the present. This odd temporality creates works with a fluid sense of time, highlighting how knowledge of the structure and dynamics of complex ecological networks are constantly evolving. By maintaining a sense of wonder, humor, and the absurd, each piece presents a vignette – a laboratory of the mind. It is tenuously balanced between reality and artifice, formed with science and science fiction’s materials, tools, and techniques. Through her work, Hiltner invites audiences into imaginary worlds to discover their own forms of comfort.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.  Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for details.

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McNulty received a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Arts degree Lawrence University. He has exhibited work in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., including the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Rochester Art Center, and Saltworks Gallery in Atlanta. His diverse art practice has been featured in many publications including Art Papers, New American Paintings, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and The Week. McNulty has received numerous grants and awards including a Hemera Foundation Fellowship, Alabama State Council on the Arts Grant, Madison CitiARTS grant, and Rowland Fellowship, as well as completed artist residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Marble House Project, the Hambidge Center, and the Vermont Studio Center. Christopher McNulty is a visual artist who creates sculptural objects, video, and works on paper. His work has explored the limitations of human thought and performance, and the tensions that exist between our ideals and everyday lives. His current work explores how environmental space penetrates the body, creating relationships among individuals, species, and objects.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the Outstanding Educator Award program to honor inspiring, influential artists who have taught sculpture at institutions of higher learning for 15+ years and have sustained exemplary careers as professional artists. Recipients are valued by students and colleagues as mentors for future generations, are recognized nationally and internationally for their significant artistic production and have made significant contributions to the field. Past winners include Shirley Tse, Coral Penelope Lambert, Bonnie Collura, Foon Sham, Patrick Strzelec, Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

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(Hamilton, NJ) Thirteen students have been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for 2024.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of the participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions, including 98 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs for a nominated total of 197 students.

A distinguished panel made up of Natani Notah, artist and member of the Navajo Nation, Oklahoma; Andrew Wilson, artist, Michigan; and Alisha B. Wormsley, artist and educator, Pennsylvania, deliberated over 600 images of sculptural works to select 13 award recipients and 4 honorable mentions. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students' work.

The award recipients will have an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition. The artists' work will be featured in the January/February 2025 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award-winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC’s website at https://sculpture.org/page/studentawards.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit https://sculpture.org/ for further details.

2024 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Reginald Ayivor: Death Within; Eastern Illinois University; Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Bonstra

Caroline Calvano: Slag God; Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design; Faculty Sponsor: Will Pergl

Kyle Cottier: all day long/ wearing a hat/ that wasn’t on my head; University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Faculty Sponsor: Jason Brown

Sara Cruz: Harness; California College of the Arts; Faculty Sponsor: Taro Hattori

Mich Dillon: Supporting Dreams; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Faculty Sponsor: Glenn Williams

Abby Franke: Unbridled Rage; Herron School of Art + Design: Indiana University; Faculty Sponsor: Eric Nordgulen

Megan Grierson-Desheilds: Hallow; Wayne State University; Faculty Sponsor: Eric Troffkin

Veronica Ibargüengoitia: Otherness; University of North Texas; Faculty Sponsor: Alicia Eggert

Tommy Lomeli: Serpent; University of Kansas; Faculty Sponsor: Steven Gurysh

Chad Alexander Matha: Wreck Room Matchbook; Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design; Faculty Sponsor: Will Pergl

Josh Mitchem: Anchored Reflections; University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts; Faculty Sponsor: Garry Bibbs

Ray Perez: Beacon; Ohio University School of Art + Design; Faculty Sponsor: Duane McDiarmid

Kelly Tapia-Chuning: home is in the purple line cradled by the land, what’s above and below (el hogar está en la línea violeta acuñada por la tierra, lo que está arriba y abajo); Cranbrook Academy of Art Fiber Department; Faculty Sponsor: Joey Quiñones

For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the 2024 Student Awards feature page on sculpture.org.

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(Hamilton, NJ) The International Sculpture Center proudly announces Ogwado Joachim (Kampala, Uganda) has been awarded the prestigious Innovator Award for 2023.

The ISC Innovator Award recognizes the creative innovation of individuals, organizations, or collectives who develop new ideas and work to improve and/or expand the field of contemporary sculpture. The recipient of this award demonstrates a commitment to their community and affects social change through their work.

Jurors Marcus Brown, sculptor and educator, New Orleans, LA; David Oresick, Executive Director of Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; and Joshua Reiman, sculptor, educator and writer, Portland, ME, selected Joachim from a pool of 72 applicants from 9 different countries. Joachim will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center’s award-winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Ogwado Joachim’s work is centered strongly on sculpture and installation. His artistic approach seamlessly blends imagination and reality, resulting in captivating visual imagery that documents both the present and the memories of the past. Using ordinary and widespread materials, Joachim aims to foster a deeper understanding of his community's history and culture. The medium that predominantly captivates Joachim is plastic, chosen for its unique properties of transparency, reflectivity, and widespread availability. Embracing a collaborative approach with the public, Joachim actively involves his community in his art, encouraging engagement and dialogue. Drawing inspiration from indigenous knowledge archives, Joachim adopts techniques from his cultural heritage. These practices help him connect with his roots and better comprehend the vanishing aspects of his own cultural identity. Through his art, Joachim endeavors to invite his audience on a journey to explore their past and envision their future dreams.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.  Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for details.

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The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of the participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions; including 94 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs for a nominated total of 182 students.

A distinguished panel made up of Erin Lee Antonak, artist and curator, Louisiana; Isaac Duncan III, artist and ISC board member, Tennessee; and Lynn DeClemente Losavio, non-profit executive, curator, and collaborator, New Jersey, deliberated over 646 images of sculptural works to select 10 award recipients and 11 honorable mentions. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students' work.

The award recipients will have an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition. The artists' work will be featured in the January/February 2024 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC’s website at https://sculpture.org/page/studentawards.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit https://sculpture.org/ for further details.

2023 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Aaron Deshields: Configuration 1; Wayne State University; Faculty Sponsor: Evan Larson Voltz

Abigail Hedley: Pressure; University of Tennessee Knoxville; Faculty Sponsor: John Powers

Aurora Wolfe: my body is the river that shapes the ground before you: part 1; University of Saskatchewan; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Shantz

Candy Fordjour Frimpong: Adom (Grace); Eastern Illinois University; Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Boonstra

Gwen Lambert Kelling: Capacity 1; Southern Illinois University; Faculty Sponsor: Alex Lopez

Hallie Maxwell: Senninbari; Boise State University; Faculty Sponsor: Lily Lee

Hedieh Sharifzadeh: Maternal; Columbus College of Art & Design; Faculty Sponsor: Danielle Norton

Joseph Jesse Ovalle: Drain The Swamp; Indiana University Bloomington; Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Stanislav

Marielena Ferrer: Broken Monarchs; State University of New York at New Paltz; Faculty Sponsor: Emily Puthoff and Michael Asbill

Stephanie Okromea Nyarko: Tender Headed; Kenyon College; Faculty Sponsor: Manami Ishimura

For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the 2023 Student Awards feature page on the new ISC website.

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International Sculpture Center's 

2023 Outstanding Educator Award

(Hamilton, NJ) Shirley Tse, Faculty, School of Art Program in Art, CalArts, has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2023. The unanimous vote for the selection of Shirley Tse as the award recipient from this year’s pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator. Shirley will be the subject of a feature article in the January/February 2024 issue of International Sculpture Center’s award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Tse received a Master of Fine Arts degree from ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. At the 58th Venice Biennale, Tse was the first female artist to represent Hong Kong in a solo exhibition. Her work is featured in many articles, catalogues, and other publications. Tse received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2009 and has been on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts since 2001, where she held the Robert Fitzpatrick Chair in Art from 2018 to 2021. Shirley Tse works in the media of sculpture, installation, photography, and text. She at once deconstructs the world of synthetic objects that carry paradoxical meanings and constructs models in which differences might come together. To visualize heterogeneity, Tse conflates different scales, fuses the organic with the industrial, moves between the literal and the metaphorical, merges narratives, and collapses the subject and object relationship.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the Outstanding Educator Award program to honor inspiring, influential artists who have taught sculpture at institutions of higher learning for 15+ years and have sustained exemplary careers as professional artists. Recipients are valued by students and colleagues as mentors for future generations, are recognized nationally and internationally for their significant artistic production, and have made significant contributions to the field. Past winners include: Coral Penelope Lambert, Bonnie Collura, Foon Sham, Patrick Strzelec, Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

HERMAN VAN BERGEN RECEIVES

INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER’S

2022 INNOVATOR AWARD

(Hamilton, NJ) Herman van Bergen (Curacao, Dutch Antilles) has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Innovator Award for 2022. Herman will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center’s award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Herman van Bergen is a versatile visual artist, who resides on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. His work invites viewers to recognize the beauty in what is usually deemed ugly. His sculptures made of thorns create unique atmospheres in dozens of homes, offices and public buildings and they have often been selected for prestigious art exhibitions in Curaçao, the Caribbean, South America, United States and Europe. The Cathedral of Thorns is a building-sized illuminated labyrinth. Visitors are invited to walk through its corridors and experience an artistic journey through a troublesome history toward a bright future; both sides represented by the hostile yet beautiful thorns. The walls have niches that hold objects of contemporary art by guest artists, expressing mankind’s ability to change, share and collaborate through creativity.

The ISC Innovator Award was established to recognize the creative innovation of individuals, organizations, or collectives who develop new ideas and work to improve and/or expand the field of contemporary sculpture. The recipient of this award demonstrates a commitment to their community and effects social change through their work.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.  Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for details.

Coral Penelope Lambert Receives
International Sculpture Center's
2022 Outstanding Educator Award

(Hamilton, NJ) Coral Penelope Lambert, Professor of Sculpture and Director of the National Casting Center Foundry at Alfred University, has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2022. The unanimous vote for the selection of Coral Lambert as the award recipient from this year’s pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator.

Coral will be the subject of a feature article in the January/February 2023 issue of International Sculpture Center’s award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as featured on the ISC website.

Coral achieved her B.F.A at Canterbury School of Art and M.F.A at Manchester Metropolitan University. After teaching in England for a few years she received an International Research Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Coral Co-Founded New Orleans Sculpture Lab and Co-chaired the 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. In 2000 she was recognized as a cultural asset by the US government and granted the O1 Visa as an Artist of Extraordinary Ability. Showing her work internationally, Coral has received numerous awards, grants and honors throughout her career. Spanning three decades, Coral’s approach to making sculpture is extensive in her response to site, process and material. She combines her background as a formal steel sculptor with her passion for iron casting. Her work explores forces of nature and seeks to address darker issues related to earth’s resources.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the “Outstanding Educator Award” program in 1996 to recognize individual artist-educators who have excelled at teaching sculpture in Institutions of higher learning. An exemplary career combining personal studio practice and measurable academic contribution form the evaluative basis of this award. Successful candidates for this award are masters of sculptural history, theory, processes and techniques, who have devoted a major part of their careers to the education of the next generation and to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole.  Past winners include: Bonnie Collura, Foon Sham, Patrick Strzelec, Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.  Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

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The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of the participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions; including 100 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs for a nominated total of 234 students.

A distinguished panel made up of Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Artist, Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico; Chido Johnson, Artist, 2009 Kresge Fellow, and current section chair of Sculpture at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Detroit, MI; and Marin Sullivan, art historian, curator, consultant, and ISC Board Member, Chicago, IL deliberated over 570 images of sculptural works to select 11 award recipients and 6 honorable mentions. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students' work.

The 11 award recipients will participate in a group exhibition this fall. The artists' work will be featured in the January/February 2022 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC’s website at https://sculpture.org/page/studentawards.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit https://sculpture.org/ for further details.

2021 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Stephen Abernathy: XL (Xtended Life); University of North Texas; Faculty Sponsor: Alicia Eggert

Erin Antonak: Salt Bottle with Sky Domes; State University of New York at New Paltz; Faculty Sponsor: Emily Puthoff

Allena Marie Brazier: Passionate Desires; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Faculty Sponsor: Thad Duhigg

Amalia Galdona Broche: From my stitched prayers, the gazebo grew a skin; University of Kentucky; Faculty Sponsor: Garry R. Bibbs

Noah Greene-Lowe: How to Work Hard and Live in a Nice Quiet Neighborhood; Sam Fox School of Art and Design, Washington University in St. Louis; Faculty Sponsor: Lisa Bulawsky

Keith Kaziak: Tower of Boxes; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Fitzsimons

Miru Kim: In Practice No.4; Arizona State University; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Beiner

Anna Kruse: How are you; State University of New York at New Paltz; Faculty Sponsor: Emily Puthoff

Kylie Little: Sweeping; Georgia State University; Faculty Sponsor: Ruth Standford

Hanna Makkonen: Coprophilous Metropolis; Arizona State University; Faculty Sponsor: Mary Neubauer

Heidi Zenisek*: Dear Iowa, Wish You Were Here H(ope) You Are Well; University of Maryland; Faculty Sponsor: John Ruppert

*2021 ISC Residency at Josephine Sculpture Park recipient

For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the 2021 Student Awards feature page on the ISC website.

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(Hamilton, NJ) This year the award will be given to two amazing educators who have innovated and inspired students. Bonnie Collura , Full Professor of Art, Sculpture, The Pennsylvania State University and Foon Sham , Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, have been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2021. Both Bonnie and Foon will be the subjects of upcoming feature articles in Sculpture magazine, in print and online, as well as featured on the ISC we bsite .

Bonnie received her B.F.A. in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University. She has received numerous grants, awards and honors for her work. Most recently, she was nominated for the 2021 American Academy of Rome Prize. Bonnie has been exhibiting both in the U.S and internationally since 1996. When the key turns in the studio door; she becomes part director, part fabricator, and part weird scientist. Slip sliding between these roles, she works from a patch-work of signifiers, physical material, and cultural references questioning hierarchies often presumed in art history, pop culture, politics and consumerism.

Foon received his B.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts and M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has received various awards, scholarships, and fellowships and has public art commissions throughout the east coast. His most recent solo exhibition, Habitat, Smithsonian Garden, at National Museum of American History, Washington DC, has been extended to December, 2021. After 30 years of art making, wood is still his heart and soul, a material that is unique in grain structure, smell and color. Being an art-educator for over 30 years, he has discovered who he is after making several bodies of sculptural works, both large and small scale.

The 2021 awards program resulted in a large number of faculty nominations from various institutions of higher learning in North America. The unanimous vote for the selection of Bonnie Collura & Foon Sham as the award recipients from this pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by these educators.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the “Outstanding Educator Award” program in 1996 to recognize individual artist-educators who have excelled at teaching sculpture in Institutions of higher learning. An exemplary career combining personal studio practice and measurable academic contribution form the evaluative basis of this award. Successful candidates for this award are masters of sculptural history, theory, processes and techniques, who have devoted a major part of their careers to the education of the next generation and to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole. Past winners include: Patrick Strzelec, Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture.

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(Hamilton, NJ) Patrick Strzelec, Associate Professor in Sculpture, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (NJ), has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2020. Patrick Strzelec works in various processes and materials often relating to the gaps between seeing, knowing, recognizing, and remembering. Patrick will be the subject of a feature article in the January/February 2021 issue of International Sculpture Center’s award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as on the ISC website.

Patrick attended the Art Institute in Chicago, received a BFA from Southern Illinois University, and an MFA from Rutgers University. Patrick has been a recipient of numerous awards and grants in sculpture, and recently he received the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence and the Chancellor Scholar Award, both at Rutgers University. Patrick has shown nationally and internationally, with solo shows at the Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin; EKWC, Oisterwijk, Netherlands; American Academy in Rome, Italy; Jay Grimm Gallery, Gary Snyder Fine Arts, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, and Garth Greenan, New York City; OH&T Gallery, Boston; and Grounds For Sculpture, Mercerville, NJ. His work can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

The 2020 awards program resulted in an exceptional number of Seventy-Nine (79) faculty nominations from Twenty-Five (25) institutions of higher learning in North America and abroad. The unanimous vote for the selection of Patrick Strzelec as the award recipient from this large pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the “Outstanding Educator Award” program in 1996 to recognize individual artist-educators who have excelled at teaching sculpture in Institutions of higher learning. An exemplary career combining personal studio practice and measurable academic contribution form the evaluative basis of this award. Successful candidates for this award are masters of sculptural history, theory, processes and techniques, who have devoted a major part of their careers to the education of the next generation and to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole. Past winners include: Coleen Sterritt, Ellen Driscoll, Malcolm Cochran, Linda Fleming, Mary Neubauer, Aristotle Georgiades, Wayne Potratz, Winifred Lutz, Ron Pederson, Edward Mayer, Patricia Renick, Joseph Seipel, Morio Shinoda, Julius Schmidt, and George Beasley.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

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The International Sculpture Center (ISC)  established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of the participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions; including over 100 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs from five countries for a nominated total of 218 students.

A distinguished panel made up of María Carolina Baulo, art historian, curator and arts writer-critic (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Angel Cabrales, artist and educator (El Paso, TX) and Peyton Scott Russell artist and arts instructor (Minneapolis, MN) deliberated over 570 images of sculptural works to select 12 award recipients and 10 honorable mentions. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students' work.

The 12 award recipients will participate in an Artsy online exclusive exhibition from October 1 to December 31, 2020. A virtual reception will be held in conjunction with the exhibit in November 2020. The artists' work will be featured in the January/February 2021 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC’s newly launch website at www.sculpture.org.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

2020 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Sungho Bae: Study for Social Presence of Intangibility; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Faculty Sponsor: Adrian Wong

Morgan Calabrese: Exoskeleton Form #2; Eastern Illinois University; Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Boonstra

Jonathan Christensen Caballero: Service: Trash; Indiana University; Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Stanislav

Sally Clegg: Eternal Feminine (self portrait as 121 dildos); The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design; Faculty Sponsor: Professor Osman Khan

Feral Fagiola: Heavy Petting Machine; Vermont College of Fine Arts; Faculty Sponsor: Danielle Dahline

John Halligan: Entrapment; University of Delaware; Faculty Sponsor: David Meyer

Lucas Knowles: BODY_LIMINAL_I; Arizona State University ; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Beiner

Ramone Lampos: It's Lonely at the Top; Maine College of Art ; Faculty Sponsor: Ling-Wen Tsai

Abbi Ruppert: Steal My Ambitions; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ; Faculty Sponsor: Thad Duhigg

Jennifer Shelly Keturakis: Free Hugs 2.0; University of Regina ; Faculty Sponsor: Sean Whalley

Michael Thron: Corporate Colosseum; University of Maryland College Park; Faculty Sponsor: Foon Sham

Kirstin Willders: As Above So Below; Alfred University; Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Blood

For further details on the recipients and honorable mentions, visit the 2020 Student Awards feature page on the new ISC website.

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International Sculpture Center, Publisher of Sculpture magazine, 
14 Fairgrounds Rd., Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619-3447 USA 
TEL 609.689.1051 FAX 609.689.1061 www.sculpture.org

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

International Sculpture Center, Publisher of Sculpture magazine, 
14 Fairgrounds Rd., Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619-3447 USA 
TEL 609.689.1051 FAX 609.689.1061 www.sculpture.org

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

International Sculpture Center, Publisher of Sculpture magazine, 
14 Fairgrounds Rd., Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619-3447 USA 
TEL 609.689.1051 FAX 609.689.1061 www.sculpture.org

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

International Sculpture Center, Publisher of Sculpture magazine, 
14 Fairgrounds Rd., Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619-3447 USA 
TEL 609.689.1051 FAX 609.689.1061 www.sculpture.org

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

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 Linda Fleming, Professor of Art at California College of the Arts, has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Educator Award for 2016. Location is vital to Fleming in creating artwork, and as a result, she maintains studios in the mountains, the desert, and the city. Fleming's works are featured in international private and public collections in Shanghai, China; Moscow, Russia; Seoul, Korea; London, UK, Sydney, Australia and the American Embassy in Baghdad. Her recent exhibitions and installations include Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, the International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, Nebraska; the Berkeley Art Museum; Oakland Museum and Stanford University Campus. She has been teaching at California College of the Arts since 1986.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the "Outstanding Educator Award" program in 1996 to recognize individual artist-educators who have excelled at teaching sculpture in Institutions of higher learning. An exemplary career combining personal studio practice and measurable academic performance form the evaluative basis of this award.

Successful candidates for this award are masters of sculptural history, theory, processes and techniques, who have devoted a major part of their careers to the education of the next generation and to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole. Past winners include: Mary Neubauer, of Arizona State University; Aristotle Georgiades, of the University of Wisconsin Madison; Wayne Potratz, of the University of Minnesota, MN; Winifred Lutz, of Tyler School of Art, PA; Ron Pederson, of Aquinas College, MN; Edward Mayer, of the University at Albany, NY; Patricia Renick, of the University of Cincinnati, OH; Joseph Seipel, of Virginia Commonwealth University, VA; Morio Shinoda, of the University of Tsukuba, Japan; Julius Schmidt, of The University of Iowa, IA; and George Beasley, of Georgia State University, GA.

The 2016 program resulted in an exceptional number of faculty nominations from thirty-one (31) institutions of higher learning from nine (9) countries. The unanimous vote for the selection of Linda Fleming as the award recipient from this large pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator.

Linda Fleming will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as on the ISC website at www.sculpture.org. Linda will be presented with the award at California College of the Arts. Please visit the website for updates.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

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Eighteen students have been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for 2015.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the annual "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" program in 1994 to recognize young sculptors and to encourage their continued commitment to the field. It was also designed to draw attention to the sculpture programs of the participating universities, colleges and art schools. The award program's growing publicity resulted in an exceptional number of participating institutions; including 158 universities, colleges and art school sculpture programs from 6 countries for a nominated total of 423 students.

A distinguished panel made up of Chakaia Booker, Sculptor, NY; Kelly Kivland, Assistant Curator at Dia Art Foundation, NY; and Maki Hajikano, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at York College at CUNY, NY; selected 18 recipients and 7 honorable mentions through a competitive viewing process of the works submitted. The selection of the recipients from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the student's work.

The 18 award recipients will participate in the Grounds For Sculpture's Fall/Winter Exhibition, which will be on view from October 25, 2015-March 27, 2016 in Hamilton, New Jersey, adjacent to the ISC headquarters. The artists' work will be featured in the October 2015 issue of the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication, Sculpture magazine as well as on the ISC's award-winning website at www.sculpture.org. The exhibition will also travel to a prestigious art institution.

This program has been made possible through generous donations by Gertrud and Heinz Aeschlimann, Doris and Donald Fisher Fund, Grounds For Sculpture, the Johnson Art and Education Foundation, the Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.

2015 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients:

Kasie Campbell - Scopophilia; University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada; Faculty Sponsor: Royden Mills

Nathan Clark - Monument: 3/28/15; Brigham Young University in Provo, UT; Faculty Sponsor: Brian Christensen

Aylan Couchie - Sweat Lodge; Georgian College in Ontario, Canada; Faculty Sponsor: Amy Switzer

Robert Hackett - Archway; University of Maryland in Adelphi, MD; Faculty Sponsor: Foon Sham

Magali Hebert-Huot - Untitled (Chop); Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD; Faculty Sponsor: Maren Hassinger

James Helenski - 4 Minutes, 175 Lbs; 5 Minutes, 80 Lbs; 6 Minutes, 60 Lbs; The New England School of Art & Design in Boston, MA; Faculty Sponsor: Audrey Goldstein

Yasmine Kasem - El Qamesha El Wahida (The Lonely Cloth); Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, IN; Faculty Sponsor: Eric Nordgulen, Greg Hull

Trevor King - Listener; University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Crowell

Logan Lape - Soft Compression; Parsons School of Design in New York, NY; Faculty Sponsor: Don Porcaro

Ka Yi Leung - Fungus; California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, CA; Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Connelly

Sarah McCormick - Dandelion Root; University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR; Faculty Sponsor: Bethany Springer

Brittany Sievers - 10,656 Palms; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA; Faculty Sponsor: Loren Schward

Deborah Sperry - One Year Walking -Place, Memory, Ritual; New Jersey City University in Jersey City, NJ; Faculty Sponsor: Brian Gustafson

Gabriel Strader-Brown - Auto Canyon Parameter; University of Wisconsin, Madison in Madison, WI; Faculty Sponsor: Aristotle Georgiades

Ben Suga - Installation Shot; Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ; Faculty Sponsor: Patrick Strzelec

Lianne Wappett - Hello; University of Idaho in Moscow , ID; Faculty Sponsors: J. Casey Doyle and Stacy Isenbarger

Cosmo Whyte - Wake The Town and Tell The People; University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI; Faculty Sponsor: Osman Khan

Shiyuan Xu - Tiny Things #8; Tiny Things #7; See the Unseen; Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ; Faculty Sponsor: Susan Beiner

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Mary Bates Neubauer, Professor of Art at Arizona State University, has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Educator Award for 2015. Mary Bates Neubauer received a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Colorado State University in 1973 and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Indiana University Bloomington in 1981. Her sculpture, prototypes, and digital prints focus on the hidden aspects of our surroundings, emphasizing a visual/tactile way of understanding global and metropolitan functions.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) established the "Outstanding Educator Award" program in 1996 to recognize individual artist-educators who have excelled at teaching sculpture in institutions of higher learning. An exemplary career combining personal studio practice and measurable academic performance form the evaluative basis of this award.

Successful candidates for this award are masters of sculptural history, theory, processes and techniques, who have devoted a major part of their careers to the education of the next generation and to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole. Past winners include: Aristotle Georgiades, of the University of Wisconsin Madison, WI; Wayne Potratz, of the University of Minnesota, MN; Winifred Lutz, of Tyler School of Art, PA; Ron Pederson, of Aquinas College, MN; Edward Mayer, of the University at Albany, NY; Patricia Renick, of the University of Cincinnati, OH; Joseph Seipel, of Virginia Commonwealth University, VA; Morio Shinoda, of the University of Tsukuba, Japan; Julius Schmidt, of The University of Iowa, IA; and George Beasley, of Georgia State University, GA.

The 2015 program resulted in an exceptional number of faculty nominations from twenty-four (24) institutions of higher learning from four (4) countries. The unanimous vote for the selection of Mary Bates Neubauer as the award recipient from this large pool of applicants is a testament to the dedication and excellence demonstrated by this educator.

Mary Bates Neubauer will be the subject of a feature article in the International Sculpture Center's award winning publication Sculpture magazine, as well as on the ISC website at www.sculpture.org. Mary will be presented with the award at Arizona State University, to coincide with the 25th International Sculpture Conference in Arizona.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, non-profit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique and vital contribution to society. ISC programming includes awards to lifetime and student sculptors and patrons and educators, ISConnects, the web site www.sculpture.org, conferences and symposia, publication of Sculpture magazine and ISC Press books, and membership services to sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. 

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