Brookgreen Gardens In 1931, Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington founded Brookgreen Gardens, a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, to preserve the native flora and fauna and display objects of art within that natural setting.

Brookgreen Gardens, was America's first public sculpture garden. In 2003, the sculpture garden was named the Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculpture Garden in honor of the founders. The collection currently contains over 900 works spanning the entire period of American sculpture -- from the early 1800s to the present. Its placement in more than 50 acres of beautifully landscaped settings creates an extraordinary blending of art and nature. In addition to the sculpture collection in the gardens there are two indoor sculpture exhibition galleries.

For further information call 800-849-1931 or access our website at www.brookgreen.org

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts was founded in 1976 by the distinguished sculptor, Elisabeth Gordon Chandler. The College provides a four-year degree education through a commitment to traditional concepts and methodologies and develops both intellect and skill through a strong emphasis on figuration. The sculpture curriculum of the College includes portrait sculpture, relief, figure sculpture and advanced sculpture concepts. The major includes three years o f courses in anatomy including scientific anatomy, sculptural écorché plus substantial life drawing. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the State of Connecticut and the New England Association of College and Schools (NEASC), the Lyme Academy offers a 4-year Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, Sculpture, and Illustration (fall 2008), a 3-year Certificate, and a one–year Post-Baccalaureate Certificate.

For further information call 860.434.5232 or access our website at www.lymeacademy.edu

National Sculpture Society The National Sculpture Society (NSS), founded in 1893, is the oldest organization of professional sculptors in the United States. The purpose of the NSS is to promote excellence in figurative sculpture throughout the United States, to which end its programs are directed. Scholarships and youth awards help young aspiring sculptors. NSS collects and maintains source materials of America’s most important sculptors, past and present. Archives are open to art historians, students and other interested researchers. Videocassettes on various topics are available to universities and other organizations free of charge. Sculpture Review magazine, a quarterly publication , is entirely devoted to sculpture. NSS holds exhibitions open to all American sculptors which showcase the best in current figurative sculpture in the nation, as well as being represented in museum, corporate, and private collections around the world.

For further information call 212-764-5645 or access our website at www.nationalsculpture.org

New York Academy of Art Located in the heart of TriBeCa, the New York Academy of Art, a not-for-profit educational and cultural institution, is dedicated to the advancement of figurative painting, sculpture and drawing. The only graduate school in the United States devoted exclusively to the study of the human figure, the Academy fosters values and skills intrinsic to the creation of significant contemporary art.

For further information call 212-764-5645 or contact us at www.nyaa.edu