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Bicentennial Schools Of Excellence Honors 21 Alabama Schools With Grant, Unique Marble Sculpture

| September 4, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Lee PerrymanSylacaugaNews.com

Just when you might think sculptor Craigger Browne has done it all with Sylacauga marble, he chisels something new to help mark the state’s 200th birthday.

On Tuesday, 21 schools were honored during a Bicentennial Schools of Excellence ceremony hosted by Gov. Kay Ivey at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery. Each school, three from each of Alabama’s seven Congressional Districts, received a $5,000 grant along with a special Sylacauga marble sculpture created by Browne.

Browne’s latest inspirational masterpiece – and only the 21 were created, with no two exactly alike – is called “The Dawning.” Three hills, he told SylacaugaNews.com, symbolize the foundation of a solid education as pyramids, the most stable of geometric shapes, weathered by wisdom and time. The rising sun represents every student – a circle, the shape with the most potential for motion, and translucent, polished and glowing.“Just as the sculptor brings to life the beauty and potential inside each stone, so does the teacher with each student,” according to Browne in the event’s printed program.

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