On view in the HIestand Galleries September 6-October 6

SEP 6–OCT 6 | 2025 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award

Juror Talk: Thu., Sep 25, 5:50 P.M., Art 100

Through the generous gift from William (MU1936) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami University has a unique opportunity to provide students and the community at large to develop a critical understanding of sculpture in the 21st century. The competition winner will be awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award and the sculpture will become part of Miami University’s permanent collection. The Year 2025 competition is for Representational Realism Sculpture. 

The 2025 Young Sculptors Competition is a national competition that features the works of 8 U.S. artists 25-35 years of age. Sohrab Mohebbi, Director of the Sculpture Center, New York is the juror for this years competition. The award ceremony will be held in Hiestand Galleries, Friday, September 26, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Award announcement, 5:00 p.m.

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Aida Lizalde ~ Mar dormido

Aida Lizalde is the 2023 awardee of the 2023, $10,000 Yeck Purchase Award. In this recent exhibition, Mar dormido, the artist considers the subtle registers of transformation that unfold over geological time and observes the rhythms of erosion, burial, and celestial drift, positioning materials as quiet record-keepers of cycles that often transcend human perception. The series of works included a range of ceramic vessels, sculptural forms, textiles, and found objects. They are a collaboration with materials and natural phenomena alike, acknowledging their capacity to record, respond, and transform under the forces of time, sediment, decomposition, weathering, pressure, and heat. The exhibition asks how objects metabolize time, not through spectacle, but through the quiet vestiges of perpetual transformation.

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Reception: Fri, Sep 26, 4:30–5:30 P.M., Awards 5 P.M.

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