The Kistler Prize (created 1999) is awarded annually to recognize original contributions “to the understanding of the connection between human heredity and human society,” and includes a cash award of US $100,000 and a 200-gram gold medallion.

The prize is awarded by the Foundation For the Future, and is named after its benefactor, physicist and inventor Walter Kistler. The recipients have been:

2000 – Edward O. Wilson
2001 – Richard Dawkins
2002 – Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
2003 – Arthur Jensen
2004 – Vincent Sarich
2005 – Thomas J. Bouchard
2006 – Doreen Kimura
2007 – Spencer Wells
2008 – Craig Venter
2009 – Svante Pääbo
2010 – Leroy Hood

Learn more about the Kistler Prize at the official website

With expert guidance from an Internationally recognized Ice Sculptor, your guests can help create a unique piece of art!
Weighing in at 2500lbs, this wall truly comes to life with the details from each guest artist. The graffiti wall can be made with or without logos and is guaranteed to delight guests by gaining their interaction!

This display of Nike shoes is more elaborate than one would expect at their local shoe store! Doesn’t it make you want to pull on a pair of sneakers and go for a run?

Over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend we traveled out to Lake Chelan for the 2009 Annual Winterfest celebration. Among the sculptures was a giant chair that Steve made for people to get their picture taken while sitting in.

With 18,000 pounds of ice and eight people working on set-up, this was one spectacular show of ice for opening night at the Snoqualmie Casino!

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