Community Scrapbook
January 26, 2009
Recently veterans gathered for viewing of the World War II statue at Ben Victor’s studio at Northern State University. The nearly 8-foot-statue of an Army Air Corps pilot will eventually be displayed at the airport in Boise, Idaho.
Barriers Broken
May 3, 2008
Towering more than 8 feet tall, Belle Babb Mansfield stands overlooking the community that helped her become the first woman admitted to the bar in the United States. On Friday, the bronze statue honoring the Iowa Wesleyan College alumna was dedicated on the east side of campus in front of community members and national and local luminaries.
Statues Evoke Thoughts of Freedom, Sacrifice
November 12, 2005
As diplomats and community leaders heaped praise on Ben Victor’s war memorial at Aberdeen Regional Airport, the local artist said that without the stories of veterans his sculptures wouldn’t be so meaningful or moving.
The Rancher
The lone cowboy looks into the distance as he sits upon his trusty quarter horse. Dedicated to ranchers of both past and present, the sculpture represents the ranching way of life. Ranchers provide food for billions of people across the country and around the world.
Class
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Kneeling Female Soldier
The Indiana Women’s Legacy Memorial was designed by Vietnam Veteran Jerry Paul. It will have three sculptures–Rosie The Riveter, Lt. Col. Shawna Kimbrell, and a Kneeling Female Soldier with a prosthetic limb.
Lt. Col. Shawna Kimbrell
The Indiana Women’s Legacy Memorial was designed by Vietnam Veteran Jerry Paul. It will have three sculptures–Rosie The Riveter, Lt. Col. Shawna Kimbrell, and a Kneeling Female Soldier with a prosthetic limb.
Rosie The Riveter
The Indiana Women’s Legacy Memorial was designed by Vietnam Veteran Jerry Paul. It will have three sculptures–Rosie The Riveter, Lt. Col. Shawna Kimbrell, and a Kneeling Female Soldier with a prosthetic limb.
The Angel
I saw a vision of an angel floating weightlessly on outstretched wings. She evokes a sense of ethereal beauty, as the viewer is swept away by her dynamic and graceful lines.
Boise State Spring Celebration and Ben Victor Gallery Opening!
May 6th, 2015
Take a closer look at some great photographs taken at the BSU Spring Celebration and Ben Victor Gallery Opening held on April 29th, 2015!
Sculptor Benjamin Victor opens a gallery and studio at Boise State
May 22, 2015
The former auto depot at Boise State University has a decidedly new look and feel these days as the Benjamin Victor Gallery, which also is a working art studio. It’s where Professor of Practice Victor creates bronze and clay sculpture, employs student assistants, develops hands-on learning opportunities that will deepen BSU’s already rich art department and runs a gallery filled with his and other artists’ work.
Benjamin Victor here for the long-haul.
October 2, 2014
After such an impressive career, you wouldn’t expect Boise State’s new Artist in Residence and Professor of the Practice to look so young. Halfway through his thirties, artist Benjamin Victor is already in the same league as many artists he’s emulated since college.
“Amercian Hero” Harris immortalized
June 15, 2014
Though he died in 1981, Cecil Harris’ life-size bronze likeness will live on for generations to come as it sits just outside Spafford Hall on Northern’s campus. Just as the artist who made the statue — Northern artist-in-residence Benjamin Victor — wanted, Harris is looking over the campus he once frequented, then Northern State Teachers College, before graduating upon his return from combat.
“World-class artist” speaks at George Daily
March 29, 2013
Oskaloosa High School Art Teacher Matt Kargol introduced sculptor Benjamin Victor before he spoke to students and others at George Daily Community Auditorium Wednesday.
SD artist wins commission for Norman Borlaug statue in US Capitol.
October 17, 2012
Sculptor Benjamin Victor won the commission over more than 60 other artists with a piece that depicts Borlaug in a field of wheat taking notes in a notebook.
Borlaug Statue: Likeness to replace Senator’s Statue in DC.
October 16, 2012
A committee selected Benjamin Victor of South Dakota to create a statue of Borlaug. Victor brought along a model of what the sculpture will look like.