2012 ANNE EDENS RAINEY MASTER SCULPTOR PROGRAM

Since 1999, Sculptors in Residence have been invited to Brookgreen Gardens.  This position was created to further cement the organization’s relationship with working sculptors.  It gives the sculptor an opportunity to work on the property, with all the inspiration that can provide.  It also gives staff, members, and the visiting public a chance to interact with a working artist.  Sculptors in Residence demonstrate the sculpture process to the visiting public, work on pieces they have in process, give lectures on their work, and teach workshops on a variety of subjects. 

Sculpture Studio

Master Sculptors are selected by invitation each year. The program is supported by a generous gift from John Rainey in honor of his wife, Anne.

2012 SCULPTORS IN RESIDENCE


March 25 - April 7 Amy Kann

Amy Kann's bas-relief sculpture is part of the permanent collections of The Smithsonian Museum, The British Museum, The Brookgreen Gardens Museum, The National Sculpture Society, and The Museum of Shermbeck in Germany. In 2011, the American Numismatic Society commissioned her to create its ANS medal. The Brookgreen Gardens Museum commissioned her to create its 2010 medal. In 2010, Ms. Kann was nominated for The Anonymous Was a Woman Grant. In 2006, The National Sculpture Society awarded Ms. Kann the Alex J. Ettl Grant for Sculpture in recognition of a distinguished body of work by a non-member, and later that year, elected her as a member. In 1988, she won her first award - First Prize, The Portrait Award - from the National Sculpture Society. Since then, she has earned numerous awards for her bas-relief sculpture, including the Best in Show Award in 2009, the First Place Award in 2008, the Second Place Award in 2010 and the Exceptional Merit Award in 2011 from The Portrait Society of America Competitions, the Bronze Medal in 2008 from National Sculpture Society, and the First Place Award for Sculpture in 2008 and the Second Place Award for Sculpture in 2011 from the Salmagundi Club. She has also won numerous other awards from the National Sculpture Society, Allied Artists of America, The Red River Museum, The Audubon Society, and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

Public Program on April 1 - The Sculpture of Amy Kann, 4 p.m. in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium. Free with garden admission.


September 30 - October 13 Gwen Marcus

Gwen Marcus, who studied privately with Clemente Spampinato, Bruno Lucchesi and Isaac Soyer, began exhibiting her work at the age of nine. Later she attended New York University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Art Students League and the National Academy of Design School. Her work is widely exhibited and collected. Marcus has received many honors and awards, among them Gold Medals of Honor from Allied Artists of America, American Artists Professional League, Audubon Artists, Hudson Valley Art Association, and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club; and the Gloria Medal of the National Sculpture Society. She is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, and a member of the American Medallic Sculpture Association, Allied Artists of America, and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Marcus lives in New York City.

 

Public Program on October 7 – The Sculpture of Gwen Marcus, 3 p.m. in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium. Free with garden admission.