About the Library Sculpture Gallery
The Library Sculpture Gallery is a permanent collection of Library Purchase Award winners from the National Drawing and Small Sculpture Competition sponsored annually by Del Mar College. The Library Purchase Award has been given annually since the fourth annual competition in 1970.
The National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show is the only such competition and show in the United States to be held at a community college. The juried exhibition features diverse, contemporary drawings and sculpture by artists from all across the nation. Well-known judges and lecturers, such as Jesús Bautista Moroles, James Surls, Luis Jimenez, Fritz Scholder, Marisol, Peter Saul, Ivan Karp, Melissa Miller, and Peter Selz, contribute to the prestige of the National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show.
The Library Sculpture Gallery is CLOSED due to the William F. White, Jr. Library renovation.
1974
Title: Maquette for Manufactured
Artist: Barry W. Tinsley
Medium: Steel
1975
Title: Untitled
Artist: Gary Slater
Medium: Stainless Steel & Copper
1976
Title: Canyon Spirit
Artist: Del Christensen
Medium: Masonite
1977
Title: The Still Hour
Artist: Ray Replogle
Medium: Bronze & Polyester
1978
Title: If I Ever Did
Artist: Ralph Magruder
Medium: Mahogany
1979
Title: Beauty & The Beast
Artist: Charmaine Locke
Medium: Mixed Media
1980
Title: Untitled
Artist: Edward Wicklander
Medium: Mixed Media
1981
Title: Untitled
Artist: Roberly Bell
Medium: Bronze
1982
Title: Construction
Artist: Ruth Berlin
Medium: Stainless Steel
1983
Title: Vortex
Artist: Don Bartlett
Medium: Bronze
1984
Title: Night Stand
Artist: George Potter
Medium: Ash
1985
Title: Two Tier-One Arch
Artist: Steve Reynolds
Medium: Glazed Ceramic
1986
Title: Shadows of Tikal
Artist: Roger B. Colombik
Medium: Bronze
1987
Title: Tower #3
Artist: Roger Bisbing
Medium: Laminated Masonite & Plastic
1988
Title: Burner...From Worst Fears
Artist: Ron G. Koehler
Medium: Polychromed Wood
1989
Title: Debutante's Offering
Artist: Don Osborn
Medium: Assemblage, Welded Steel
1990
Title: Life Goes On
Artist: Kevin J. Standberg
Medium: Mixed Media, Polychromed Wood
1991
Title: Prince Charming Makes the Lunch
Artist: Ruth S. Beal
Medium: Assemblage
1992
Title: Traveled
Artist: Greg R. Reuter
Medium: Mixed Media, Concrete & Bronze
1993
Title: Prairie Piece 20
Artist: Meredith M. Jack
Medium: Cast Iron
1994
Title: Poetry, Prose & Point
Artist: Thad A. Duhigg
Medium: Steel & Canvas
1995
Title: Beetle Traps
Artist: Willaim Joseph Zack
Medium: Brass, Wood & Glass
1996
Title: Untitled
Artist: Van Benschoten
Medium: Polychromed Wood
1997
Title: Mom Ran the Household
Artist: Willaim Joseph Zack
Medium: Wood, Brass & Resin
1998
Title: Artists' Brushes
Artist: Ron G. Koehler
Medium: Mixed
1999
Title: Mask Song
Artist: Marco Santos
Medium: Clay
2000
Title: Unique Mesquite
Artist: James D. Burling
Medium: Mesquite
2001
Title: Twigs with Lichen
Artist: Jennie Couch
Medium: Clay
2002
Title: Flight is the First World
Artist: Stephanie Bowman
Medium: Mixed Media, Metal, Clay
2003
Title: Proof of PurchaseArtist: Patrick A. Luber
Medium: Mixed Media
2004
Title: Cinta Verde
Artist: Ben Woitena
Medium: Iron
2005
Title: Sitting Duck
Artist: Joan Painter-Jones
Medium: Mixed Media
2006
Title: Missing Point
Artist: John Vinklarek
Medium: Cast Paper
2007
Title: Visual Circuitry
Artist: Allison Helm
Medium: Mixed Media, Aluminum, Wood, Glass
2008
Title: Coffee Spoons
Artist: Corey Ackelmire
Medium: Silver & Wood
2009
Title: Earth Landscape #2
Artist: Dennis Smith
Medium: Ceramic
2010
Title: The Space Between Us "Two Worlds Collide"
Artist: Allison Helm
Medium: Mixed Media, Wood, Glass, Metal
2011
Title: Splash
Artist: Phil Simpson
Medium: Steel/Iron
2012
Title: Inclined Keel
Artist: Kurt Dyrhaug
Medium: Mixed Media, Wood, Steel
2013
Title: Round Rocks Book Sculpture
Artist: Jesus Moroles
Medium: Granite with Book
2014
Title: Figuratively Burdened
Artist: James Gibson
Medium: Welded Steel on Copper
2015
Title: Betrayed by Geometry & Time
Artist: Philip Laber
Medium: Wood, Glue, Intaglio Print
2016
Title: Relics from an Age of Progress
Artist: Ward Sanders
Medium: Wood, Glass & Found Items
2017
Title: Gaia
Artist: Dora Natella
Medium: Bronze
2018
Title: Boat-Tailed Grackle
Artist: Greg R. Reuter
Medium: Iron
2019
Title: The Lunch Lady
Artist: Suzanne Storer
Medium: Ceramic