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Art Hedlund Student Model Making CompetitionWhat is the Art Hedlund Student Model Making Competition?The Art Hedlund Student Model Making Competition, a well-established part of the Association of Professional Model Maker’s regular conference program, now runs online via Instagram. Prizes are offered for 3 winners (1st $300, 2nd $200 and 3rd $100), and we will feature these and some ‘honorary mentions’ on our Instagram, in our newsletter and at other events. This is a great opportunity to add an impressive accomplishment to your CV/resume! The competition is open to students of any program that we recognize as teaching → We’ve watched many of our SMMC alumni become talented professional members of the APMM – with some receiving internship and employment offers right at the Conference. Many return for Conferences as professional attendees, and even take on leadership roles in the APMM. The competition is open for entries during June 2022. All entries must use #APMMawards to be recognized. Winners will be announced on or around 4th July. CASH PRIZES AND MORE! Each winner will also receive free registration to the next APMM conference, a certificate of merit in pdf format, and will be invited to join ‘meet-ups’, conference events, etc. during the following year if/when applicable. Prize money will be awarded in US dollars and paid via PayPal as soon as can be arranged after winners have been announced. Winners will be contacted through Instagram to arrange a PayPal transaction. There is no need to demonstrate a PayPal account to enter, but prize money will only be paid to a PayPal account in the name of the winner. Fees and currency conversion costs will be applicable to this, but it will avoid the complication and delays of international money transfers. As a competition winner, photos of your model and information about you will be featured on the APMM website following the competition. Images of your winning project will be also be permanently included in the Art Hedlund Student Model Making Competition archives, hosted on APMM's website. ELIGIBILITY BASIC ENTRY INFORMATION
Entries must be made during the month of June, in the year of the competition. Entries will be acknowledged with a comment, on the Instagram post, from the @modelmakersorg SELECT THE RIGHT MODEL
PHOTOGRAPHY
A clear description should include: JUDGING CRITERIA
Craftsmanship and Execution
Commercial Relevance
WOW Factor?!
Winners will be announced via the @modelmakersorg Instagram account on or around the 4th of July. Winners and, if applicable, honorable mentions will be celebrated in the APMM newsletter.
Any other Questions?… You can’t win unless you enter! Past Art Hedlund Student Model Making Competition WinnersOne of the highlights of our Conferences is to meet and get to know some of the rising stars in model making. Here are some past winners of our SMMC at Conferences. 2020 #APMMAWARDS (INSTAGRAM) WINNERS
2018 GRAND RAPIDS, MI AWARD WINNERS
2018 GRAND RAPIDS, MI COMPETITORS
Jasper Cousins, AUB, "Dali's Elephant"
2016 GREENVILLE, SC AWARD WINNERS
2014 SAN JOSE, CA AWARD WINNERS
2012 KANSAS CITY, MO AWARD WINNERS
2nd Max Broman, Bemidji State, for R2-D2 Astromech Droid
2010 BOSTON, MA AWARD WINNERS
2008 PORTLAND, OR AWARD WINNERS
2006 ORLANDO, FL AWARD WINNERSCaliper Awards (granted by category)
2004 AWARD WINNERSUnknown 2003 AWARD WINNERSUnknown 2002 Silver Springs, MD AWARD WINNERSTop Award Addy Widjaja Best of Show Addy Widjaja Best of Category (Architectural): Addy Widjaja Best of Category (Product Design): Arthur Ward Best of Category (Other/Group Projects) James Elliot, Mike Gofman. Mike Dwyer Most Innovative: Rebecca Hayes 2001 Pasedena, CA AWARD WINNERS1st Randy Kinser 2nd (tie) Brian Dugas, Peter Miro 2000 Cincinnati, OH AWARD WINNERS1st David Domanski 2nd (tie) Tommy Lucas, Robin Krieg 1999 Grand Rapids, MI AWARD WINNERSBest of Show Jared Hamilton 1998 Seattle, WA AWARD WINNERSUnknown 1997 Redondo Beach, CA AWARD WINNERSStudent Winners Environmental: Hideki Nakashima Student Best of Show Michael J. Falcony Professional Winners Scott Lukowski Professional Best of Show Scott Lukowski 1996 Boston, MA AWARD WINNERSStudent Winners Transportation: Ryan Nilsen Student Best of Show David Larkin and Ryan Nilsen (tie) Professional Winners Craig Martin Professional Best of Show Thomas McMahon 1995 Milwaukee, WI AWARD WINNERSStudent Winners Transportation: Leigh Collyer and Brian Gross Student Best of Show Paul Petri, Scott Lucowski Conference Foam Off John Kammerer (student) Professional Winners Jim Dore 1994 AWARD WINNERSUnknown 1993 AWARD WINNERSUnknown CONTACT US!If you are a past winner, or have records or photos of past winners, please get in touch info@modelmakers.org
Who Was Art Hedlund? In the late '80's, Professor Art Hedlund started a model making program at Bemidji State University, supplementing an existing degree program in Industrial Arts Education. The new program included classes introducing the basic skills for model making, with emphasis on accurately interpreting documentation, finish work, safe tool-use and meeting deadlines. Core classes included woodworking, hot and cold metalworking, "industrial synthetics" (working with solid plastic stock, thermoforming, RTV molding, resins, injection molding, etc.), technical illustration, manual and computer drafting, and electronics and also included classes on managing both a project and a model shop. Art always made sure the students kept a real-world job mindset. What the "client" wanted was the model maker's primary concern, and he said missing a deadline would result in not getting paid and therefore should result in failing the course. Sometimes a student could plead extenuating circumstances (sometimes involving Northern Minnesota winter weather) and avoid that, though. Besides teaching technical skills, Art tried to make sure the students grasped the artistic and design elements of model making, like slightly dulling the specified material colors for small-scale architectural and other models so they wouldn't look like toys, or airbrushing subtle color transitions onto models of natural things. While there were very few women in the model making program, and a lot of small-town guys who weren't prepared to deal with them as colleagues and competitors, Art made sure everyone in the program was treated with respect, given the same opportunities for paid work from local clients, and were fairly considered for internships. Many students were offered jobs after their internships but before they graduated, and Art encouraged them to finish their degrees first in order to maximize their future potential. A lot of current model shop managers and people who were able to move up in their companies are probably grateful for getting that advice. Art was instrumental in establishing the model making program at BSU and is remembered as “a great professor and a student-oriented person.” Professional model makers recall being mentored and advised by Art, and of his lasting positive influence on their careers. In 2006, our competition was renamed The Art Hedlund Memorial Student Model Making Competition (SMMC) recognizing the significant contributions of Mr. Hedlund as a teacher, mentor and guide for aspiring model makers. |