Below are images of National Sculpture Society’s 2026 Sculpture Celebration Weekend held in Old Lyme and Old Saybrook, CT May 15-16.  All photos by Ken Gerber.  Events included:

• The Richard McDermott Miller Modeling Competition.
• Honors and Awards Dinner.
• A tour of the Florence Griswold Museum & Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.
• Patina Demo with Melanie Serkes.
• Sculpture Demonstrations with Fred X Brownstein and Janice Mauro.
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Saint-Gaudens’ Living Legacy.
  Guest Speaker: Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Painting and Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art; and President, Saint-Gaudens Memorial.
• Legal Tips for Artists: An Overview of Copyright, Artists’ Moral Rights and Best Practices, presented by Gregory Kanaan, Founder and Managing Attorney, The Legal Artist, PLLC.

All photos by Ken Gerber