THE 2009 J. SANFORD SALTUS AWARD - New York (USA)

The British sculptor and medal artist, Ron Dutton was awarded with the J. Sanford Saltus Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal. The award was given to the artist during the award ceremony at the American Numismatic Society on February 12, 2009.

Mr Bud Wertheim, Mr Ron Dutton and Mrs Marlene Wertheim

Philip Attwood, Keeper of the Coin and Medal Department at the British Museum and President of the British Art Medal Society, writes: "Ron Dutton has remained at the forefront of this extraordinary development, working to communicate the potential of the medal as a medium of artistic

expression and at the same time producing a body of work that is astonishing in its variety. One essential theme running through his very diverse oeuvre is the artist’s self-identifi cation with the natural world. Whether it be a ploughed fi eld or the swooping of a bird, the microscopic or the cosmic, Dutton compels us to see nature afresh through his eyes – and to ponder the role that humanity plays within nature."

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INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDALS AWARDS
- Seixal (Portugal)

The 6th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDALS – SEIXAL is an event supported and organised by Seixal City Council / International Centre of Contemporary Medals – Seixal, and it aims to encourage, publicise and disseminate contemporary medallic art.

During the award ceremony held on 29 April 2010the following awards were presented:

• The Great Prize was awarded to Olaf Stoy for his medal Minotauros in the Labyrinth
  
• The Innovation Prize was awarded to Elisabeth Varga for A wonderful bouquet
  
• The Gravate Prize was awarded to Vito Valentino Cimarosti for Anno di San Paolo
  
• The Portuguese Mint Prize Young artist was awarded to Boris Zecevic for Tsunami and Arrival
  
• The National Society of Fine Arts Award was awarded to Maria Manuela Madureira for La vision partiale

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