Fall 2004

The SOS! Update posts in spring and fall. We welcome your comments and suggestions—send them to the Editor at dmossholder@heritagepreservation.org.

Preserving Memory Nears End
The SOS! traveling exhibit will wrap up its national tour in April 2005.

NEA Funds Sculpture Programs in Two Cities
El Paso and Santa Monica will host public sculpture conservation programs.

Staff News

Thank Goodness for SOSers!
SOSers Diane Buck, John Carroll, and Susan Wilczak are still saving sculpture in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan.

2005 Save America's Treasures Grants Available
Save America’s Treasures, a federal grant program for preservation, supports the conservation of nationally significant outdoor sculpture. Since the program's inception in 1999, $2,384,432 has been distributed to support the preservation of more than 24 sculptures and three cemeteries. Large-scale conservation projects ($100,000+) should apply. Grants are a minimum of $50,000, and require a 1:1 match. Deadline: February 1, 2005. TIP: Group sculptures together to apply.

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Los Logartos by Luis Jimenez was part of a nationwide project coordinated by SOS! and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to professionally assess NEA-funded artworks. The assessment inspired El Paso to fund the sculpture's conservation.

For the Spring 2004 issue, click here.

Save Outdoor Sculpture! is a joint project of Heritage Preservation and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. SOS! Update reports on the project's progress and activities related to outdoor sculpture in the United States. Readers are encouraged to reprint or duplicate SOS! Update articles. Credit should read: "Reprinted with permission of Save Outdoor Sculpture!"

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