Jay Hall Carpenter (born 1961), is an American sculptor, perhaps best known as creator of 500 sculptures for the

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

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, the

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, the

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, and the State of Maryland. Elected into the

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before the age of thirty, he has won national awards for his sculptures. Carpenter's education includes studying sculpture at the

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and

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, as well as philosophy, religion, acting and playwriting at The Catholic University.Donna M. Cedar-Southworth: "Jay Hall Carpenter", ''Chesapeake Home Magazine'', http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2005/04/07/jay-hall-carpenter/ , Thursday, April 7, 2005. He served as sculptor's assistant to Master Sculptor Frederick Elliott Hart on projects for the Washington National Cathedral and the

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

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

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