Mountain Studio News Joel speaks beside his portrait of Victor David Brenner in Representatives' Hall in the Old State Capitol in Springfield,Illinois on the occassion of the "Illinois" Penny launch August 13,2009.		The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Joel Iskowitz to be awarded the designation of Master Designer to join the United States Mint's Artistic Infusion Program which creates our nations' coins and medals. UPDATE: 11/12/08 JOEL ISKOWITZ CHOSEN TO CREATE oil painting to honor"The Filthy 13",those hero's of WWll who's heroic DDAY exploits were the inspiration of the movie" The Dirty Dozen":An Artist's Proof is in the permanent collection of the Carentan Historical Society,Brévands, France. A special limited edition of this historic painting is available at Victory Art Gallery.com.
Artist, Joel Iskowitz(above,right) left,  Don Everhart who designed and sculpted the obverse and Chief Sculptor of the United States , John Mercanti. UPDATE: January 15, 2008 A new Silver Dollar Commemorative Coin with Joel's artwork depicting a bald eagle soaring in full flight will be released by the United States Mint. Also to be released in 2008 is Joel's American Platinum Eagle reverse coin design honoring the Judicial Branch of Government, the Arizona Statehood Quarter Dollar depicting the Grand Canyon and a Saguaro Cactus desert scene and the Elizabeth Monroe first Spouse Gold Coin. Just unveiled by the U.S.Mint before the New Year were the next four Presidential dollar coins honoring James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The portraits of Jackson and Van Buren were created by Joel and this brings his presidential dollar design credits to four out of the first eight presidents in the series! contact us	November 19, 2007 Joel Iskowitz was invited to the White House for the debut of the Dolley Madison First Spouse Gold Coin
Command Historian John C.Sullivan, Ramstein AFB, Germany with Joel at the National Art Presentation in Washington DC.