National Sculpture Society Accepting Submissions for Dexter Jones Award

National Sculpture Society Accepting Submissions for Dexter Jones Award

Website: http://nationalsculpture.org/programs-awards/

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The National Sculpture Society promotes excellence in sculpture that is inspired by the natural world.

The society is accepting submissions from individual sculptors for the 2016 Dexter Jones Award. Through the annual competition, an unrestricted prize of $5,000 will be presented to a sculptor for an outstanding work of sculpture in bas-relief. Preference will be given to figurative or realist sculpture.

To be eligible, applicants must be a sculptor between the ages of 18 and 39. All applicants must be a citizen or resident of the United States with a Social Security number. The grant is awarded without regard to sex, ethnicity, or religion.

See the NSS website for complete program guidelines and submission instructions.

The Dexter Jones Award, an unrestricted prize of $5,000, is presented annually to a sculptor for an outstanding work of sculpture in bas-relief.

Eligibility: Each competitor must be a sculptor between the ages of 18 and 39(born between 1998 – 1977).   All applicants must be citizens of or residents in the United States with a social security number. The grant is awarded without regard to sex, ethnicity or religion.

The use of figurative or realist sculpture is of greatest interest.  The winning work will be in bas-relief.

Submission Materials:

Images of up to 12 works of sculpture. At least one sculpture must be of a work in bas-relief.

A biography or resume