NSS Fellow Kirsten Kokkin won the Grand Prize at American Women Artist’s 2023 museum exhibition “Pushing Forward Reaching Back” at Brookgreen Gardens.  Kokkin’s 60″ tall bronze, Hope, was the award winning entry and earned Kokkin a $10,000 prize.  Hope was included in National Sculpture Society’s 89th Annual Awards Exhibition in 2022. The exhibition is up at the South Carolina sculpture garden and museum through July 23.