US Mint - Today, the United States Mint (Mint) announced that 25 American artists have been selected to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to enrich and enhance designs on U.S. coins. These new artists join 13 returning members of the existing AIP cohort. The new AIP artists were selected based on the artistic merit of their applications during a national Call for Artists in early 2023.
Below is an alphabetical list of the artists selected for the Artistic Infusion Program. Names of returning AIP artists appear in italics. Biographical information and photographs of the newly selected artists are featured on the Mint website at
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/artists.
Esao Andrews Eric Battle Tasha Beckwith Sean Cheetham Adrian Cherry Bud Cook Emily Damstra Don Everhart Kimberly Fulton Danny Galieote
Lisa Goesling
Elana Hagler Jesse Hernandez
Christina Hess Tom Hipschen Donivan Howard
Kathryn Hudson
Dave Johnson
Robert Kraiza
Justin Kunz Richard Masters Katie McGuire
Matt Molen
Sean Murray
Laurie Musser Walter O'Neal
Christopher Polentz
Paul Romano
Ron Sanders Dominick Saponaro
Andrew Sides
Greg Simkins
Ben Sowards Gennady Spirin
Matt Swaim Sara Tepes
Donna Weaver Beth Zaikeni Established in 2003, through the AIP, the Mint contracts with talented, professional American artists who represent diverse backgrounds and a variety of artistic interests. The AIP was specifically designed to enrich and invigorate the Nation's coin and medal designs through the development of a pool of outstanding artists ready to create new coin and medal designs, but more importantly, to consider coin and medal design in new ways. The program meets that goal by developing a pool of talented external artists who are prepared to work closely with the Mint's staff, including the United States Mint Chief Engraver and Medallic Artists, to create and submit new designs for selected coin and medal programs throughout the year.
AIP artists' designs are found on many coins and medals. In most cases, the artist's initials appear on the final coins or medals, along with the initials of the Mint Medallic Artist who sculpted the selected designs. Artist information is included in historical documents, Certificates of Authenticity, and promotional materials.
Artists who join the AIP work under a delivery order contract from their own studios, providing candidate designs in the form of finished drawings. Under current AIP provisions, artists are paid $3,000 per assignment. In addition, artists receive a $5,000 bonus for every design selected for use on a coin or medal.
To serve as an AIP Designer, a candidate must be:
A citizen of the United States
At least 18 years old at the time of application submission
A professional artist with work either published, produced, or exhibited in any design-driven media such as illustration, graphic design, animation, concept art, comics, collectibles, poster art, street art, tattoo art, or any other outlets where design integrity is at a premium.
Posted 03/15/2024 12:49 pm
Or maybe we should ask AI to do one also since its great at image creation (other than hands apparently)
