2017 Award Winners
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
When Buffalo Roamed - Jerry McKellar
BEST OF SHOW
Eclipse - Ben Stillman - $3,000
BEST OF SHOW II
“Germination III” - Nathan Johansen - UT
“Solitude” - Tuck Langland - IN
“Geronimo” - Dawn Record - CO
“FishKaBobs” - Robert Bruce - SD
“Sitting Panther” - Eric Thorsen - MT
“Whirlwind of Life” - Travis Sorenson - SD
“Generations” - Ben Hammond - UT - 2nd leg of 3 to achieve Virtuoso Certification
“Salmon Runner” - Heather Wall, BC, Canada
“Nucleus” - Jeff Satter - SD
“MUSE-IC” - Lee Leuning/Sherri Treeby – SD
“Pecos” – Wayne Salge - CO
The Best of Show awards are a part of a generous grant from the Scoular Family Trust to provide a monetary award for excellence in sculpture. Named the Virtuoso honor, artists jury each other’s work to select the Best of Show awards. The overall winner receives $2,000 and all honorees are rewarded with $1,000. The program was established in 2016 and is designed to recognize great works art and as an incentive artists to place their sculptures in Sioux Falls.