2019

11/18/2019 - Philo T. Farnsworth statue needs a new home - any good ideas? - Deseret News
"The statue of TV inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, currently residing in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C., needs a new home."

09/22/2019 - Utah leaders unveil design of new Martha Hughes Cannon statue heading to D.C. next year - Taylor Stevens, Salt Lake Tribune
"The sculptor behind the new statue of Martha Hughes Cannon that will be sent to Washington, D.C., next year unveiled his design Friday at a Salt Lake City celebration of the ratification of women’s right to vote in Utah."

07/28/2019 - Llandudno statue plan for US senate pioneer Martha Hughes Cannon - Neil Prior, BBC News
"A proposal for a statue in Llandudno to commemorate the first female US state senator will be revealed at this year’s National Eisteddfod."

02/15/2019 - Sculptor chosen to create Martha Hughes Cannon - ABC 4
"One year after the state legislature voted to send a statue of the nation’s first female senator, an artist was selected to sculpt it."

02/15/2019 - Photos: Martha Hughes Cannon sculpture one step closer to reality - Deseret News
"At a news conference at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, the Martha Hughes Cannon Statue Oversight Committee announced Ben Hammond has been selected to sculpt a bronze statue of Cannon for the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C."

02/14/2019 - Artist selected to sculpt statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon - Hunter Geisel, KUTV

"An artist has been selected to sculpt the statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon on Thursday.”


2018

08/12/2018 - Utah Sending The Nation’s First Female State Senator To D.C., As A Statue - NPR

“Utah is sending a new representative to the U.S. Capitol, but it might not be what you think.”