Each year, the Spectrum awards attract global interest for creative excellence in ceramic design. Juries of architects, designers and journalists review the entries and select the winners. This year, winners were announced at Coverings 2000, the largest ceramic and stone trade show in the United States.
The collaborative artist team of Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan of Watertown, MA won the Spectrum Grand Prize for the four-section, 99-color porcelain tile mosaic mural designed and produced for Skyview High School in Vancouver, WA. The mural represents a snapshot of contemporary high school life, depicted in tile for perpetuity. The tile used in the project was supplied by: Dal Tile, American Olean Division, Olean, NY; Dal Tile, Dallas; Windburn Tile, Little Rock, AK; and Briare Tile of Paris, France and Hicksville, NY. Portland, OR-based Roedel Tile and Ceramics Grinding of Waltham, MA were the ceramic tile contractors.