Sculptor Gets $250,000 Award

A prolific and intrepid sculptor whose bold, dynamic works have punctuated landscape and urban environments for close to a half-century has been selected to receive the 11th annual Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities, one of the largest individual achievement prizes in the world. Mark di Suvero of New York, one of America’s most beloved artists and the founder of Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, N.Y., is among five distinguished Americans selected to receive the $250,000 awards, presented in five categories by the Heinz Family Foundation. For the full story - click the title Irish Art