GCA’s 2nd Annual Classical Figure Sculpture Competition took place
last week in GCA’s Sculpture Atelier from June 8 – 12. Twelve finalists competed in a
40 hour competition, modeling a half-size figure from life.

The sculptures were judged Friday evening, 6:00 – 8:00pm.
Judges Jacob Collins, Stuart Feldman and Richard Cameron
awarded the following:

First Place – Joshua Koffman
Second Place – Kate Brockman
Third Place – Jiwoong, Cheh
Honorable Mention went to Julia Levitina McGeehan & Angela Cunningham

Carla, Colleen & Will keeping the cheese under control

Twyla serving the wine

and the winner is…. Joshua Koffman! here with his fiance Jessica

For photographs of the twelve final pieces, information about the finalists, and many more photos from the week-long event, check out our website tomorrow! Here are some that I took the night of the event.

Joshua’s winning sculpture

2nd place Kate Brockman’s sculpture

3rd place winner Jiwoong Cheh

Note: four of the finalists are competing in back to back figure
sculpting competitions! Mason Sullivan, Mark Porter, Adam Matano and Chad Fisher are
competing this week in the National Sculpture Society Competition taking place this year at the New York Academy.