Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition Awards

June 13 to September 20, 2008

The first Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition opening reception was held on Saturday, June 14, 2008. The exhibition was sponsored by the Maxwell K. Pribil Memorial Fund, administered by CITIZENS BANK Wealth Management.  Nine award winners were announced:

$5,000 First Place, sponsored by Heinz and Marlis Haller was given to Dustin Joseph Farnsworth for “Brunette”

$2,500 Second Place, sponsored by Doll-Loesel Foundation was given to Richard Bennett for “Cosmic Bambi”

$1,000 Third Place, sponsored by Peter and Barbara Carras was given to Scott Slocum for “The Fall of Icarus”

$500 Fourth Place, sponsored by Chris and Donna VanSteenhouse was given to Ann Kirby Rubin for “Full autumn moon to my gate comes rising crested tide”

$250 Honorable Mention, sponsored by Chris and Donna VanSteenhouse was given to John Schwarz for “Tribal Medusa”

$250 Honorable Mention, sponsored by Chris and Donna VanSteenhouse was given to Ray Katz for “Loops 3”

$250 Honorable Mention, sponsored by Guy and Nancy Greve was given to Thomas Aitken for “A Boomer’s Nike”   

$250 Honorable Mention, sponsored by John and Judy Lore was given to Mark Beltchenko for “Katrina Response”

Purchase Award, sponsored by Lois Ann Reed was given to Kathyrose Pizzo for “Send”

Well known sculptor Sergio De Giusti juried the exhibition.  De Giusti has taught art history and studio classes at Wayne State University and sculpture at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit for over 20 years.   His work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe in such places as The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Smithsonian Institution, and the British Museum in London.  De Giusti has had numerous public and private commissions, many of which were for major public art projects.

Regional Biennial Jurried Sculpture Exhibition (click to play)