TACOMA, Wash. – The International Sculpture Center of Hamilton, N.J., which publishes Sculpture magazine, has made the following announcement about an award for Alexander Keyes’10, who recently graduated from University of Puget Sound with a major in art. Keyes was a student of Michael Johnson, professor of sculpture in the Department of Art.

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Alexander Keyes of Tacoma, Wash. has been awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for 2010. Alexander is a recent art major at University of Puget Sound.

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 a record number of participating institutions, including more than 176 universities, colleges, and art school sculpture programs from 16 countries, for a nominated total of 445 students.

A distinguished panel made up of artist and educator Creighton Michael, curator Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, and artist Oliver Herring selected 20 winners and 15 honorable mentions through a competitive viewing process of the works submitted. The selection of the winners from a large pool of applicants, including international students, is a great accomplishment and testament to the artistic promise of the students’ work.

The 20 award recipients will participate in the Grounds For Sculpture’s Fall/Winter Exhibition, which will be on view from Oct.10, 2010 to Jan. 2, 2011 in Hamilton, New Jersey, adjacent to the ISC headquarters. The artists’ work will be included in Grounds For Sculpture’s 2010 Fall/Winter Exhibitions catalogue and featured in the Oct. 2010 issue of the International Sculpture Center’s award-winning publication, Sculpture magazine, as well as on the ISC award-winning website at www.sculpture.org.

Photo top right: Wave by Alexander Keyes in the 2010 Senior Art Show at Kittredge Art Gallery.

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