Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture

The Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture is an annual award for public sculpture in the UK or Ireland.^[1]^[2]

The Award is funded by the Marsh Christian Trust and is made on the recommendation of a panel of judges under the auspices of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA).

Scope and ceremonies[]

The award is generally made to a work of new sculpture, which has to be erected in a place accessible to the public. However awards have also been made to restorations of historic sculpture and in 2011 an award was made to the town of Harlow in Essex for its work in creating an environment for sculpture in the town and promoting this as Harlow Sculpture Town.

The Award Ceremony is held annually at the PMSA headquarters in Cowcross Street, London, every November, although in 2009 it was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, when it was presented by Boris Johnson.

The PMSA also organises a biennial award for public fountains in association with the Marsh Christian Trust. The Trust also organises other awards in arts, heritage, conservation and the environment and social welfare, with other organisations.

Past winners[]

Winners of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture include:^[3]

2006 (2006): Maggi Hambling for Scallop
2006 (2006): Jim Hurley & his team for restoration of the Sheffield Cholera Monument
2006 (2006): Peter Randall-Page, for Give and Take^{[citation needed]}
2007 (2007): Bryan Kneale RA, for Capt Quilliam
2007 (2007): James Turrell for Deer Shelter Skyspace (at Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
2008 (2008): SI Applied Ltd for Cutting Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire
2008 (2008): Ian Rank-Broadley for the Armed Forces Memorial
2009 (2009): and for the Chinatown Lion, London^[4]
2009 (2009): Jaume Plensa for Dream
2010 (2010): for the Memorial to 158 Squadron
2011 (2011): Andrew Sabin for Coldstones Cut^[5]
2011 (2011): , for Harlow Sculpture Town^[6]
2012 (2012): Gordon Young for Comedy Carpet
2012 (2012): for Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial
2013 (2013): Philip Jackson for the RAF Bomber Command Memorial
2014 (2014): Richard Wilson for Slipstream
2015 (2015): Antony Gormley for Room
2015 (2015): Douglas Jennings for Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Puji DFC
2016 (2016): David Nash for Habitat
2017 (2017): Martin Jennings for Women of Steel
2017 (2017): and for Four Brick Reliefs
2018 (2018): Martin Jennings for George Orwell

Notes[]

^ "The 2018 PMSA Marsh Awards – nominate your favourite new public sculpture | Art UK". artuk.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
^ "Marsh Awards Open for Nominations". icon.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
^ "Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture". Marsh Christian Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-07-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Unique sculpture opened". BBC News. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-scoops-prestigious-sculpture-award-30092011.htm^{[dead link]}

External links[]

Official website

[1] "The 2018 PMSA Marsh Awards – nominate your favourite new public sculpture | Art UK". artuk.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

[2] "Marsh Awards Open for Nominations". icon.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

[MCT-3] "Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture". Marsh Christian Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-07-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[BBC-8994655-5] "Unique sculpture opened". BBC News. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[6] ttp://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-scoops-prestigious-sculpture-award-30092011.htm^{[dead link]}

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