The Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture is an annual award for public sculpture in the UK or Ireland.
The Award is funded by the Marsh Charitable Trust and is made on the recommendation of a panel of judges under the auspices of the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA), formerly 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:
2006: Maggi Hambling for Scallop 2006: Jim Hurley & his team for restoration of the Sheffield Cholera Monument 2007: Bryan Kneale RA, for Capt Quilliam 2007: James Turrell for Deer Shelter Skyspace (at Yorkshire Sculpture Park) 2008: SI Applied Ltd for Cutting Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire 2008: Ian Rank-Broadley for the Armed Forces Memorial 2009: Jaume Plensa for Dream 2010: Peter W. Naylor for the Memorial to 158 Squadron 2011: Andrew Sabin for The Coldstones Cut 2011: Harlow Art Trust, for Harlow Sculpture Townhttp://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-scoops-prestigious-sculpture-award-30092011.htm 2012: Gordon Young for Comedy Carpet 2012: Carmody Groarke for Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial 2013: Philip Jackson for the RAF Bomber Command Memorial 2014: Richard Wilson for Slipstream 2015: Antony Gormley for Room 2015: Douglas Jennings for Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Puji DFC 2016: David Nash for Habitat 2017: Martin Jennings for Women of Steel 2017: Rodney Harris and Valda Jackson for Four Brick Reliefs 2018: Martin Jennings for George Orwell 2021: Hazel Reeves for Our Emmeline 2022: Veronica Ryan for Caribbean Fruits 2023: Kenny Hunter for Your Next Breath 2024: Tim Shaw for Man on Fire
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