2006 Design Contest

The Institute's 2006 Design Contest featured entries competing in five categories. Family Monuments, Companion Monuments, Single Monuments, Single/Companion Markers and Public/Civic Memorials. AICA Designers submitted photographs of their completed work to be judged in each category.

Each category completed for the grand prize, the Eugene H. Faehnle, FAICA Trophy, as judges selected a first, second and third place winner in each of the five categories. The first place winner in each category became a finalist for the grand prize.  

2006 Grand Prize Winner

Designer: John-Michael Weber, AICA
Superior Memorials,
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Sculpture Designed and Sculpted by Tim Schmalz

The Firefighter Memorial is in memory of ten fallen firefighters who died in the line of duty.  Their ten helmets are also bronzed and mounted.  The sculpture done by Tim Schmalz depicts firefighters and Kitchener stations and the back is an aerial shot of the city.  This new park is now a common gathering area.

1st Place Finalists by Category

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1st Place 2006 - Public/Civic Memorial

1st Place 2006 - Individual Memorial

1st Place 2006 - Family Monument Category

1st Place 2006 - Companion Monument Category

1st Place 2006 - Individual/Companion Marker Category

2nd and 3rd Place Finalists

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Harold J. Schaller, FAICA Award

Harold J. Schaller, FAICA Award recognizes “outstanding achievement in conceptual design” and honors one of the Institute most treasured charter members and a man who served as its Executive Director for many years. Harold Schaller is most often referred to as “Mr. AICA” by members of the Institute. Harold Schaller was a great designer, an accomplished artist and a great teacher of memorial art. He died at the age of 90 on September 25, 2004.

Copyright © 2006 American Institute of Commemorative Art,
Leland B. Longstreth, AICA, Executive Director,
11003 Fellswood Ct., Louisville, KY 40243