The Annual ALI Life Casting Awards

 ArtMolds of Summit N.J. (USA) has announced that it will again co-sponsor the ALI Annual Life Caster’s Sculpture Awards.

Since one of the central purposes of Association of Lifecasters International (ALI) is to promote life casting awareness among the general public . . . the competition is designed to do just that with a spirit of fun  and creativity.

The Awards will be given in the following categories:

• Best Use of Medium
• Most Outrageous
• Most Meaningful Use of Art Form
• Public Relations Award for Coverage in Media

This year's theme is: "Wild For Art." Artist's are encouraged to include this theme in their work.

PRIZES:    

This year there will be eight opportunities to win:

The winner of each category will receive an engraved ALI Trophy, plus US$ 500.00

Runners up in each category will receive an ALI certificate of merit.

The ALI trophy was created by Philip Hitchcock, ALI of formerly of Venice, California and now more recently, St. Louis, Missouri, especially for the competition. This unique one-of-a-kind award is created in "cold cast" metal with a glass-green Lucite base and signed by the artist. The engraved base will include the winner’s name. Mr. Hitchcock an internationally renowned artist and sculptor designed the prestigious Ovations Award given each year to deserving members of the Los Angeles Theatre industry.

RULES:

1.      Limited to ALI Members. (Membership in ALI is free. To become a member click here and fill out the short application. )

2.      The artist must create a piece of life casting art within one of the four categories.

3.      IMPORTANT: A photo(s) of the artwork in a 300 dpi JPEG format must be submitted along with the official application. The application must be in English. Please include a copy of the artist's headshot with your submittal.

RESULTS:

Contest results will be announced November 1, 2006. In additions, photos of the winners along with their story will appear in Art Casting Journal. News release will be circulated to art magazines, Internet art sites and art organizations to further promote our artists.

DEADLINE

All entries must be received by October 1^st 2006.

JUDGES:

Ed McCormick - Managing Director of ALI (ALI) and ArtMolds.

Bruner Barrie - Trustee of National Sculpture Society (NSS), President of Sculpture House

Third Judge to be announced

APPLICATION

Click here for the 2006 Annual Lifecasting Awards application.