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Sculpture Society (1992). In 2003, Offner was named 2003 Master Wildlife Artist and given International Master Wildlife Sculptor Medal and Exhibition, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI. After retiring from Smith College in 2004, he following year he was given an Honorary Doctorate from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC, and was named one of four Kenan Master Sculptors for 2005. In 2007, for the first time in a decade, the National Sculpture Society granted its Medal of Honor to Offner, and featured the artist in its Sculptor Profile.
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During his artistic career, Offner was the subject of 27 solo exhibitions, and numerous group exhibitions. His public works include "Loon, Great Blue Heron and Grouse", at the
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN; "Child With Dog", Children's Inn, National Institute of Health, Washington, DC; "Monument to
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His creative output peaked from 1964 until 2007, during which time Mr. Offner won many awards such as the Louis
Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1964, 1965); grants from National Institute of Arts and Letters (1965) and National Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966, 1967); a Gold Medal from the
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Carriers of America", Milwaukee, WI, "Holocaust Memorial Figure", Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, "Karl Lehmann Memorial Plaque", Archaeological Museum, Samothrace, Greece, among numerous others.
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