Post by deanna on Nov 7, 2013 15:58:50 GMT -7
Deadline: January 10, 2014
The United States Mint is seeking artists interested in taking coin and medal design in new directions and trying new approaches as part of our endeavor to ensure that the designs on United States coins and medals are of the highest quality to best represent our country for years to come. The United States Mint will award contracts to up to 20 artists to participate in the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) and submit designs for selected coin and medal programs. Depending on the number of active years in the AIP, artists receive between $2000 and $3000 for each design submission and an additional $5000 if their design is selected and used for a coin or medal design. All selected designs are sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engravers, who also prepare designs for coin and medal programs. Artists of selected designs are named as designer in historical documents, Certificates of Authenticity and promotional materials. In most cases, the artist’s initials appear on the final coins or medals (along with the initials of the United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver who sculpted the selected design).
The current opportunity is offered through the National Endowment for the Arts. Details are here:
arts.gov/grants-individuals/united-states-mint-call-for-artists
[Side note: the sculptor for the Sacagawea "golden dollar" coin was local sculptor Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, and the model was Randy'L He-dow Teton, a Shoshone-Bannock/Cree graduate of UNM in Art History.]
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Stephanie L. Padilla, MSW
Grants Coordinator
College of Fine Arts
University of New Mexico
Center for the Arts 1101
MSC04 2570
505-277-2218
stefpad@unm.edu
The United States Mint is seeking artists interested in taking coin and medal design in new directions and trying new approaches as part of our endeavor to ensure that the designs on United States coins and medals are of the highest quality to best represent our country for years to come. The United States Mint will award contracts to up to 20 artists to participate in the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) and submit designs for selected coin and medal programs. Depending on the number of active years in the AIP, artists receive between $2000 and $3000 for each design submission and an additional $5000 if their design is selected and used for a coin or medal design. All selected designs are sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engravers, who also prepare designs for coin and medal programs. Artists of selected designs are named as designer in historical documents, Certificates of Authenticity and promotional materials. In most cases, the artist’s initials appear on the final coins or medals (along with the initials of the United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver who sculpted the selected design).
The current opportunity is offered through the National Endowment for the Arts. Details are here:
arts.gov/grants-individuals/united-states-mint-call-for-artists
[Side note: the sculptor for the Sacagawea "golden dollar" coin was local sculptor Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, and the model was Randy'L He-dow Teton, a Shoshone-Bannock/Cree graduate of UNM in Art History.]
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Stephanie L. Padilla, MSW
Grants Coordinator
College of Fine Arts
University of New Mexico
Center for the Arts 1101
MSC04 2570
505-277-2218
stefpad@unm.edu