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The winners of the National Sculpture Competition have been announced.

NSS 75th Annual Awards Exhibition at Brookgreen Gardens - June 28 - August 24, 2008.

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National Sculpture Society is seeking nominations for the Henry Hering Award, which is presented as the occasion warrants for outstanding collaboration between architect, owner and sculptor in the distinguished use of sculpture in an architectural project.

The jury is looking for excellence in an architectural project in which the architect collaborated with a sculptor and the owner of a site. The winning entry will receive three medals and three hand-lettered citations -- one each for architect, owner and sculptor. The awards will be presented at the Society's Honors and Awards Dinner in May.

Nominations for the award should take the form of portfolios describing the nature of the project and should include photographs clearly showing the building or buildings, the site of the sculpture and close-up photos of the sculpture itself.

Eligibility
Architects, landscape architects, building owners and sculptors are eligible. The use of figurative or realist sculpture is of greatest interest.

Selection Process
The jury is composed of three sculptors and two architects.

Type of Recognition
The winner is awarded a high relief bronze medal and a certificate at an annual awards dinner.

Submission Materials
No entry fee. Project statement indicating purpose of architecture (church, corporate headquarters, etc.), 8" X 10" photographs of architecture and sculpture clearly showing relationship of each to the other.

Schedule
Submissions are due by January 10, 2007. Awards will be presented in May at a formal dinner in New York City.

About the National Sculpture Society (NSS) - NSS is the oldest organization of professional sculptors in the United States. In 1893, leading U.S. sculptors and architects founded the NSS to "spread the knowledge of good sculpture" throughout the country. Founding members created most of the nation's public statuary at the turn of the last century. NSS was incorporated in 1896 and exemption was granted pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in 1939. Today, the Society's mission is to further the evolving tradition of figurative sculpture in America, to which end its programs are directed.