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Competition for a new BAMS President medal
COMPETITION FOR A NEW BRITISH ART MEDAL SOCIETY (BAMS) MEDAL
BAMS hereby announces a competition for a new BAMS President’s Medal.
The BAMS President’s Medal is the society’s premier award and is presented to individuals and organisations who are considered to have made a significant contribution to the understanding, appreciation and encouragement of the art of the medal. It is usually awarded annually.
The new medal will replace a medal by Danuta Solowiej, which has been presented annually since 2009. For that medal competition, see The Medal, 51 (2007), pp. 57-64.
The medal should celebrate the unique qualities of medals and the aims of BAMS (to encourage, develop and support the practice and study of medallic art in the UK and elsewhere).
The competition is open only to artists who are BAMS members. The prize for the winner is £2,000. There is only one prize.
Artists entering the competition are asked to make drawings (or, if preferred, models) of their proposed medal. Drawings (or photographs of models) should be sent by wetransfer (www.wentransfer.com) to BAMS secretary Janet Larkin (jlarkin@britishmuseum.org). The deadline for receiving these entries is 6 January 2021.
The medal will:
- Be two-sided.
- Have a maximum size of 100 millimetres in diameter or in width and height and a maximum depth of 15 millimetres.
- Include the words BRITISH ART MEDAL SOCIETY in its design. Other text can be added at the artist’s discretion. However, no year should be included, as the medal will remain in use for some time.
The winning entry will be chosen by BAMS Council, excluding any Council members who have entered the competition.
The winner will be notified by 15 February 2021. The winner will then be expected to produce a model for Council to see and discuss before beginning production.
The winning artist will be responsible for producing 10 medals along with their presentation cases; also a printed card to be included in each case giving information on the medal, the wording to be as agreed with BAMS in advance.
The production costs of the medals and cases will be covered by BAMS, up to a maximum of £300 per medal, for which receipts will be required. BAMS will also cover postage costs.
The first medal and case will be required by 1st November 2021, with the remainder following on an annual basis. The first award using the new medal will be in 2022, the society’s 40th anniversary year.
BAMS will retain copyright on the medal, but the artist will have the right to reproduce images of the medal where appropriate, eg in catalogues of their work and on their professional website.
2020 BAMS President Medal and Marsh Award
The 2020 BAMS President’s Medal is to be awarded to the American Numismatic Society for its longstanding promotion of the history of the medal and contemporary medallic art.
The Society has been the foremost supporter of the study of medals in America since its formation in 1858. Its activities embrace many aspects of numismatics but one of its outstanding promotions has been the presentation of the J Sanford Saltus Award for distinguished achievement in the field of the art of the medal, created in 1913. This was initially awarded to American based artists but, in 1983, was extended to include artists from other countries. Since then it has honoured some of the most outstanding practitioners of the art of the medal in many countries, thus increasing the attention and prestige of this art form. Alongside its extensive educational and profile-raising activities, ranging from regular seminars, lectures and podcasts alongside publications and exhibitions, the society makes regular purchases of BAMS medals to enhance its collections and recently purchased the significant archives of the Medallic Art Company to preserve them for posterity.
The 2020 Marsh Award for the Encouragement of Medallic Art is to be awarded to Lisa McGovern of City of Glasgow College, an enthusiastic supporter of the BAMS Student Medal Project.
Lisa McGovern is Curriculum Head for Craft Design at City of Glasgow College. She teaches students who are involved with different aspects of making, such as sculpture and jewellery. In recent years Lisa has been very involved with the Student Medal Project, using it as part of the teaching curriculum at Glasgow College. In 2019 she set the theme of ‘plastics in the environment’ and the resulting student medals were very imaginative, with one awarded a prize. Lisa organised and ran a medal symposium in 2019 which brought in students and others from outside the college, and speakers such as Kate Ive, Mark Jones, Roddy Mathieson, Ulrika Kjeldsen and Marcy Leavitt Bourne. BAMS and The Marsh Christian Trust are delighted to acknowledge the work Lisa does to encourage medallic art and bring it to new audiences.
BAMS President Medal and Marsh Award for the Encouragement of Medallic Art
We are delighted to announce that the British Art Medal Society’s President’s Medal for 2017 is to be awarded to the Royal Mint Museum in recognition of the museum’s support of BAMS educational activities over the years and the contribution the Museum has made and continues to make in researching the history of the medal. The society’s 2017 Marsh Award for the Encouragement of Medallic Art is to be presented to artist and teacher Kate Harrison. Kate was formerly Head of Jewellery at Loughborough School of Art and Design, where she encouraged her students to make medals. She has also organised medal events and promoted BAMS and contemporary medal-making in numerous ways.
These will be presented later in the year, dates to be confirmed.
Falmouth School of Art to be awarded the 2016 BAMS President Medal
We are very pleased to announce that the 2016 BAMS President Medal will be awarded to Falmouth School of Art.
The BAMS President Medal is awarded annually to individuals and organisations who have made significant contributions to the understanding, appreciation and encouragement of the art of the medal.
The work of Danuta Solowiej, this medal was commissioned by the British Art Medal Society as part of its twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations in 2007, and first awarded in 2009.
The BAMS President Medal
This year’s BAMS President Medal was awarded to The Worshipful Company of Cutlers.
The BAMS President Medal is awarded annually to individuals and organisations who have made significant contributions to the understanding, appreciation and encouragement of the art of the medal.
The work of Danuta Solowiej, this medal was commissioned by the British Art Medal Society as part of its twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations in 2007, and first awarded in 2009.
From 2011 to 2013, the BAMS President Medal was awarded jointly with the Marsh Award for the Encouragement of Medallic Art.
Previous recipients:
2009, The British Museum
2010, Francis Dineley
2011, Thomas Fattorini Ltd.
2012, Bogomil Nikolov.
2013, Simmons Gallery.
2014, The Worshipful Company of Founders
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