The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, recently received a unique sculpture award created by Bennett Awards in recognition of his leadership and vision in transforming Mexico’s energy industry. President Peña Nieto received the prestigious IHS CERAWeek Global Energy Lifetime Achievement Award, which is awarded to individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on the global energy future. For this award, President Peña Nieto received the bronze Bennett sculpture award “Departure,” designed by sculptor Tom Bennett.

The National Association of Television Production Executives (NATPE) honored Steve Harvey, Quincy Jones, Doug Herzog, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear with Bennett custom awards as recipients of the 13th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. These awards recognize a select group of television professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming. For these awards, NATPE worked with Bennett Awards to create unique custom glass desk plaque awards featuring a green tint and sub-surface engraving.

Smokey Robinson received a Bennett recognition award from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of their American Music Masters Series. These awards honor groundbreaking musicians who have helped shaped the evolution of popular music, and whose contributions and stories merit broader recognition. For the 8th year, the Rock Hall of Fame used the Bennett sculpture award “Harmonize” for these awards, which features a unique sculpture in the shape of a stylized music note.

The Bay Area Council honored Marc Benioff, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce, and Charles Feeney, Founder of Duty Free Shoppers, with Bennett recognition awards in honor of their induction into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame. The Bay Area Business Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements and contributions of Bay Area business leaders who have built some of the world’s most recognized and respected companies and brands. For these recognition awards, the Bay Area Council selected the Bennett Awards design Boundless, originally designed by renowned sculptor Tom Bennett.

Bennett Awards created a new custom perpetual trophy for the Bayou Classic, an annual football game between Grambling State University and Southern University. This game is one of America’s greatest college sports rivalries, and represents a celebration of football, family, tradition and pageantry surrounding these Historically Black Colleges. Bennett Awards worked with the Bayou Classic to create a new, modern trophy design consisting of a football sculpture sitting atop of sleek geometric stand. The sculpture was mounted on a handcrafted wood base with a custom medallion in the shape of the Bayou Classic logo.

For the second straight year, the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), a national organization of collegiate lacrosse programs, presented custom recognition awards created by Bennett Awards at its National Championship tournament. The design of the award is based on the MCLA logo: an impressionistic shape of the curved end of a lacrosse stick. The physical awards are created in a combination of both anodized steel and acrylic.

The Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new custom award design for their 2015 Awards Gala. This was CIMA’s inaugural awards presentation, and was created as part of CIMA’s 40th Anniversary Celebration. For these recognition awards, Bennett Awards created a new custom award design based on a 6” round medallion. The medallions were cast in pewter, and incorporated both embossed and engraved images and text – including the CIMA logo and logotype - sculpted directly in the medallions.

For the seventh straight year, the Principal Charity Classic presented by Wells Fargo, the top charitable contribution-generating golf tournament on the PGA Champions Tour, used a unique, custom recognition award from Bennett Awards to present to their tournament champion. This award was based on Bennett Award’s Envision Tower recognition award with a giant golf ball attached to the top of the sculpture. This sculpture award was mounted on a two-tier base constructed from hardwood and marble that included engraving on both the marble and wood component. 

Bennett Awards created a new custom award design for The Native Creatives, the inaugural native advertising awards. The Native Creatives, presented by Sharethrough, honor creativity and innovation in native advertising. For these recognition awards, Bennett Awards created a new, unique custom award design bases on the event’s logo. These awards were created using a combination of wood and pewter.

Bennett Awards created custom crystal recognition awards for the inaugural Golden Maple Awards. The Golden Maple Awards, presented by the Academy of Canadians in Sports & Entertainment – Los Angeles, recognize Canadian entertainment and sports talent working in the United States.  Winners included Rick Fox (former NBA player and actor), Jay McLaren (Graceland), Amanda Crew (Silicon Valley), Emily Hampshire (12 Monkeys & Schitt’s Creek), Meaghan Rath (New Girl), and Lucas Parker (Canadian CrossFit Champion).