Jay Hall Carpenter, born ca. 1961, is a professional sculptor, perhaps best known as creator of 500 sculptures for the Washington National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral

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. His oeuvre includes private and public works in the hands of individuals and in American churches, the State Department, the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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, Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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, the New England Medical Center, West Point Military Academy, and the State of Maryland. Elected into the National Sculpture Society

National Sculpture Society

Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects. The founding...

 before the age of thirty, he has won national awards for his sculptures.

Carpenter's education includes studying sculpture at the Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...

 and The Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America

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, as well as philosophy, religion, acting and playwriting at The Catholic University. He served as sculptor's assistant to Master Sculptor Frederick Elliott Hart

Frederick Hart (sculptor)

Frederick Elliott Hart was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, and clear acrylic .-Biography:American master sculptor Frederick Hart is recognized for creating work that is at once traditional in its...

 on projects for the Washington National Cathedral and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 in Washington, D.C. He has also served as Sculptor-in-Residence at the Washington Cathedral, Wesley Theological Seminary

Wesley Theological Seminary

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, and The Catholic University of America, and has taught at the Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia

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, and Montgomery College

Montgomery College

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 in Rockville, Maryland

Rockville, Maryland

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.