Young Sculptors Competition
$10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award
Carrie Longley
Brookville Ohio
(Gracillus Dudas, 2009)
$1,500 Second PlaceTaylor Baldwin
Richmond, Virginia
(I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts, 2009)
$1,000 Third Place
Josh Johnson
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Understudy, 2010)
2011 Finalists: Taylor Baldwin (Richmond, VA) Venetia Dale (Milwaukee, WI) Claire Hedden (Normal, IL) Josh Johnson (Minneapolis, MN) Carrie Longley (Brookville, OH) Andrea Myers (Columbus, OH) Maxwell Stolkin (Mooresville, IN) Troy Stanley (Houston, TX) Valeria Yamamoto (Miami Beach, FL) Jason Tanner Young (Lincoln, NE)
The Competition
Year 2011: Non-representational Realism Sculpture only
Young sculptors, U.S. residents, ages 25 to 35 as of competition entry are invited to participate in a competition, held every other year for the 2011 William and Dorothy Yeck $10,000 Purchase Award. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. The winner will become part of the Miami University Best Young Sculptors of the Twenty-First Century Collection.
Jurors
2011: Dann Nardi, Sculptor, Normal, Illinois
Notification
Finalists will be notified in mid-July. Images of the finalists' works will be retained by Miami University. The $10,000 Purchase Award winner may be invited to visit the University and may be invited to deliver a lecture in parallel to the 2013 competition/exhibition. Participation in the exhibition entry process constitutes an understanding and acceptance of the conditions set forth herein, including the right of Miami University to use submitted images for publicity and educational purposes.
Shipping
All finalists will assume the cost of shipment of artworks to Miami University. Miami University will assume the cost of return shipping of the finalists’ sculptures. Works will be fully insured while on the premises of Miami University and while being returned to the artist.
Questions and additional entry forms
E-mail sfagallery@muohio.edu
Phone 513.529.1883
Fax 513.529.1992
Send to:
Young Sculptors 2011
Department of Art
400 S. Patterson Ave., 124 Art
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
