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. Since his distinction as a Master Designer in the U.S.Mint's AIP, Joel Iskowitz has had 20 of his designs minted for United States Coinage. In 2009 Joel's winning designs included both Obverse and Reverse of the Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coin, the DC Quarter Dollar Obverse featuring Duke Ellington and the 2009 Bicentennial Lincoln Cent Reverse (Professional Years in Illinois,3rd Aspect). In 2007 Joel had his artwork for the Dolley Madison Gold First Spouse coin displayed at the White House at a debut ceremony and reception which he attended. In March of 2010 his design honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots was selected for the Obverse of the Congressional Gold Medal which will be displayed in the Smithsonian Museum. Joel and his lovely wife Suzanne attended the ceremony in the Capitol's Emancipation Hall to witness the Congressional leadership bestow this highest civilian honor on these marvelous heroic women.
	Courtesy of the UNITED STATES MINT Courtesy of the UNITED STATES MINT  Congressional Gold Medal,Obverse awarded to the WASP March 10, 2010. We look forward to welcoming you to browse through our collection of the orignal art of Joel Iskowitz, widely considered to be the world's preeminent philatelic artist.	For three decades Joel Iskowitz has created artwork that has graced the covers of books, periodicals , journals and postage stamps world wide. He is also an active Air Force artist, having documented missions from Cape Canaveral to commemorative ceremonies in India , China and Japan, with a number of oils in the USAF permanent collection, including a major piece which hangs in the distinguished visitor's lounge at Andrews AFB and prominently at the Pentagon. Mr.Iskowitz has been invited twice to document Space Shuttle missions and his artwork is on permanent display at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Museum. contact usMr.Iskowitz's artwork has been featured in many international journals,private and public collections including the permanent collections of NASA and the US Airforce Art Program,the Smithsonian and the Historical Society of Carentan,Brévands, France. Author Tom Wolfe has called the artwork of Joel Iskowitz "a fabulous and wonderful accomplishment". To Purchase Prints and Giclées visit: To purchase limited edition signed prints and lithos visit: www.signatureartmedals.com International Design Awards Honorable Mention <a href="http://www.woodstockchamber.com">Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Arts </a>