• In 2004, ML Snowden completed the commissioned monumental sculpture, which is composed of a three-ton twelve foot high public sculpture installation for the new 56 million dollar Police Plaza for the City of Glendale, California.  The Memorial encompasses all that is honorable and pure in the hearts and souls of the men and women who have protected the communities throughout the nation in the past, honors those who continue to do so today, and stands as an inspiring monument and encouragement to those who will do so in the future. 


• In 2001, ML Snowden received the Inaugural Presidential Order of Merit Award given to her by The Academy of Fine Art Foundation in recognition of significant contributions to International Sculpture. 


• In 2000, M. L. Snowden was commissioned from a field of 8,000 international sculptors, to be the sculptor for the Main Altar of the new 165 million dollar Los Angeles Cathedral to be dedicated


• In 2002. For this commission Snowden has created a composition of Angels, which uphold the 8-ton main altar. Snowden’s Angels are the first depiction of a group of Angels for a permanent public setting in the history of the City of Los Angeles. In Addition, Snowden was commissioned to create a half-ton twelve-foot long bronze frieze of four angels for the Cathedral.


• In  1998, Carano Gordon of Atlanta commissioned M.L. Snowden to create her vision for the largest collection of bronzes in contemporary existence. In a continuing program, Snowden has created 28 geological bronzes ranging from one hundred pounds to one-ton weights.


• In 1993, M. L. Snowden’s work was purchased for the permanent collection of the Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan. The National Museum For Women in The Arts in Washington DC and Brookgreen Sculpture Museum in South Carolina, the nation’s largest sculpture garden, maintain permanent archives on M.L. Snowden.


• In 1992, M. L. Snowden won the richest and greatest sculpture prize in the world, The International Rodin Competition in Tokyo, Japan. Her work was selected from professional sculptors from 32 countries. Upon receipt of the prize, Snowden has been considered the greatest living sculptor of our time.


• In 1989, M.L. Snowden was awarded The Inaugural Alex Ettl Grant for Lifetime Achievement in American Sculpture presented by The National Sculpture Society in New York City.


• In 1975, M. L. Snowden won Post Graduate Foundation Grants to study at the Louvre in Paris, the Uffizi in Florence, and the Vatican Collections in Rome.


• In 1974, M.L. Snowden was an Honors Graduate of Loyola Marymount University. She was one of the first women admitted to the University and among the first women to be elected to Alpha Sigma Nu, The National Jesuit Scholastic Honor Society.

Monumental Installation of Glendale, CA Police Memorial
CELEBRATING COURAGE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL COMMUNITIES
Master sculptor M L Snowden has completed a true masterpiece, a 20-feet monument entitled “Shield Protectite”.  It was unveiled on May 27, 2004. In the heroic figure we see the personification of the commitment and sacrifice that law enforcement has pledged to the community it serves.  The figure stands in one context as a protector, or shield, against the threat of chaos, disorder and darkness, fending off this threat with a powerfully upraised forearm.
This sculpture encompasses all that is honorable and pure in the
hearts and souls of the men and women who have protected the
community of Glendale and communities throughout the nation in
the past, honors those who continue to do so today, and stands as an
inspiring monument and encouragement to those who will do so in
the future.  It embodies the heart of a sacred pledge to citizens that
police officers will always stand in harm’s way.

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