Broadway in the HOOD honored Ben Vareen, Gladys Knight and Bubba Knight with unique sculpture awards from Bennett Awards as part of their 10th anniversary celebration. Broadway in the HOOD is a national theatre program dedicated to making a positive impact in communities across the United States, with a special focus on youth between the ages of 10 to 20 residing in the worst of neighborhoods; plagued with violence, gangs, drugs, and other atrocities.

For the 6th straight year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presented custom Bennett Awards to the recipients of its Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Awards. These recognition awards honor sports teams, athletes, and community-based organizations that use sports to catalyze and sustain changes to make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. These awards were based on a custom design employing a bronze sculpture in the share of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation logo.

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) presented to the 2020 recipients of its TIFF Tribute Awards with custom awards created by Bennett Awards. The TIFF Tribute Awards recognize the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements. For these awards, TIFF used custom fabricated aluminum awards created by Bennett Awards.

Hard Rock International, one of the world’s most recognized brands, presented a set of unique sculpture awards from Bennett Awards for its 2019 Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos Awards. These annual awards recognize the top hotels, casinos, leaders and parters in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino chain. Hard Rock International selected the pre-designed sculpture award ‘Peace’ for these awards.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) presented its 2020 recipients of the Wind Champions Awards with custom awards created by Bennett Awards. The Wind Champion Awards recognize a bipartisan group of leaders for helping wind build a sustainable, affordable, and prosperous energy future. Recipients included Governers Andrew Cuoma, Jay Inslee and Kevin Stitt, Senators Chuck Schumer and Lisa Murkowski, and Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Darin LaHood. For these awards, Bennett Awards created unique fabricated aluminum awards in the shape of a wind turbine.

Shell commissioned a set of new custom awards from Bennett Awards for its 2020 Eco-maration competition. The Shell Eco-marathon is a global academic challenge focsed on energy optimization, where teams of students compete to see how can design and build the most effective ultra-energy efficient vehicle. Due to the pandemic, this year’s competition shifted to a virtual competition. Three separate custom awards designs were employed for these awards.

Bennett Awards created a set of unique custom awards for Baylor’s Golden Bruiser Awards. The Golden Bruiser Awards are presented annually to the top student-athletes and teams at Baylor University. The design for these awards is a hand-sculpted sculpture of the Baylor bear. The awards are cast in resin and painted gold.

The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) recognized its 2019 Hall of Fame inductees with custom awards from Bennett Awards. The MAX is an experiential museum that showcases Mississippi’s contributions to the arts, including music, visual arts, performing arts, and literature. These unique awards were fabricated from bead-blasted aluminum in the shape of The MAX logo. Recipients of these recognition awards included country music artist Tammy Wynette, singer/songwriters Bo Diddly and Jerry Lee Lewis, poet and writer Margeret Walker (Alexander), and bluesman John Lee Hooker.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new, unique custom sculpture award to recognize the 100th anniversary of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The unique award design was based on a geometric bas relief sculpture in the approximate shape of a standing crest. iconic symbols relevant to the National Board’s 100 years of operation were sculpted into the primary component of the sculpture.

The World Polo League presented custom awards from Bennett Awards to the champions of its 2020 Founder’s Cup. The Worlld Polo League is a North American polo league that features the top players and most athletic horses in the world. For this tournament, Bennett Awards created a new, unique sculpture design in the form of a cylindrical cup. The cup’s surfaces are formed in the shape of a horseshoe, and the iconic horseshoe shape is visually communicated on the top rim of the cup. These custom sculpture awards are cast in bronze, and feature a black-crackle patina with high-polished accents.