Graduate Student Wins Honorable Mention in Sculpture Contest

June 27, 2012

Andy Lonnquist MFA ‘12 was awarded honorable mention in the International Sculpture Center’s 2012 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award program.

Lonnquist’s work will be recognized in the 2012 October issue of Sculpture magazine, as well as on the International Sculpture Center website. This achievement points to the success that graduate students at PNCA have around creating rigorous work and engaging in a vital design and craft history. 

There were an exceptional number of nominees with 434 students from over 174 college and universities, world-wide. The jury included Donna Dennis, Winifred Lutz, and Joseph Becherer, and they reviewed more than 1,300 images of student work to make their selections.

Read more about the success of the students from the MFA in Applied Craft and Design program. Check out the flickr slideshow of the 2012 MFA AC+D Practicum Exhibition.