The National Society of Arts and Letters, Washington Chapter
Small Sculpture Competition Winners 2001
The First Place Award of $4000 goes to Colleen Kelsey for "Sister
Two" made of wire, glue, and thread, 13"x18" which hangs in the photo below
between the winners and judges.
left to right: Ferdinand Protzman, art critic who writes for The Washington
Post; Kerry Brougher, chief curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Gardenof the Smithsonian Institution; Colleen Kelsey, First Place
Award winner next to her winning piece "Sister Two";
Pamela Soldwedel, sculptor
; Stanley Mathurin, honorable mention; missing Haegeen Kim, Promising
Young Artist Award winner.
The Promising Artist Award of $1500 goes to Haegeem Kim for "Iceberg"
made of tape measures, 9.5"x19"x8.5". winner not present at Art opening.
An Honorable Mention of $500 goes to Stanley Mathurin for "|Tung|"
made of steel, 34"x22"x21".
Art Exhibit at American University, Watkins Art Gallery March11to
16, 2001.NSAL thanks American University for generously providing thespacefor
this exhibition.
The judges were Kerry Brougher, Chief Curator of the Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
DC;Ferdinand Protzman, who writes regularly on art in Washington, DC whose
articlesmay be seen in
The WashingtonPost
; and Pamela Soldwedel, Sculptor whose works may be foundat
http://www.SoldwedelSculptures.com
The winner, Colleen Kelsey represented the Washington Chapter
in the National competition at the conference in Pittsburgh where her work,
along with work of competitors from 20 other chapters, was on exhibition
at the Carnegie Museum of Art from May 18 through the summer of 2001. All
competitors' sculptures were of excellent quality of execution of workmanship.
They represented variety of style from portrait busts and humorous creations
to more abstract concepts.The winners were chosen primarily for their unique
and creative useof materials.
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Special information on former winner achievements
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Carl Banner
'smonthly chamber concert with Washington Musica Viva, Inc. at BannerArts,4233C
Howard Ave, Kensington, MD phone 301-493-5729 |
Names of
May 2000 winners: Jennifer I. Yeo, $4000 piano
Kuei-I Wu $2000 Promising Artist Award piano
Joshua Kimerling $3000 Literature
Jennifer Smith $1000 promising writer.
Ballet winner Joie Meffert $4000
Ballet
award competed
Elizabeth Anne Terschuur $1,500 Promising artist award. |
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