TheAmerican Medallic Sculpture Association Announces the First American Medal of the Year (AMY)Award

The American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA) is very pleased to announce the establishmentof the American Medal of the Year (AMY) Award. Mel Wacks, Head of the Planning Committee, indicatesthat "AMSA hopes that medalists and mints will enthusiastically participate-to help advance theappreciation of an art form that was born during the Renaissance, and that still offers collectorsthe opportunity to acquire and enjoy superb art medals at surprisingly affordable prices."

Nominations for the first AMY Award are invited from medalists, mints, judges, AMSA members, oranyone else by March 1, 2015 for medals created in the United States by an American medalist in2014. There is a limit of 3 entries per medalist per year, and once someone wins, they will not beeligible for the next 2 years.

Nomination should include name, address, email and phone number of medalist, material, size,weight, mint or foundry, maximum size of edition, actual number made, and-- if applicable--presentavailability, price and how to order. 300dpi color pictures of both sides, or one side if uniface,are required. Nominations for the 2014 AMY should be submitted by March 1 to amyaward2014@gmail.com.

The pleiade of distinguished jurors are: Philip Attwood, Curator of Medals, Department of Coinsand Medals, British Museum and editor of The Medal; Cory Gillilland, Member of theConsultative Committee of Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d'Art and formerly Curatorand Deputy Director of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution; BarbaraGregory, editor of The Numismatist; Arthur Houghton, former curator of antiquities at the J.Paul Getty Museum and president of the American Numismatic Society; Steve Roach, editor of CoinWorld, and formerly paintings specialist at Christie's; Dr. Alan Stahl, Curator ofNumismatics, Princeton University, and one of the founders of AMSA; and Ben Weiss Ph.D., medalcollector and author, member of the board of directors of Medal Collectors of America and itswebmaster.

Further information about AMSA, established by leading American medalists and collectors in1982, can be found at www.amsamedals.org.