McCormick's Signature Finalists

The Chicago Tribune reports that ten finalists have been chosen in the McCormick Museum Foundation's competition for a "Signature Work of Art." The museum will be located in the Tribune Tower and is set to open in Spring 2006.

The finalists - chosen from 690 entries from 34 countries - are:

:: Aaron Kadoch; Quechee, VT
:: Erik Hemingway & Rochelle Martin; Farmington Hills, MI
:: Matthew Kobylar & Javier Ayala; Chicago
:: Werner Klotz; New York, NY
:: BJ Krivanek; Chicago
:: Jason Pickelman; Chicago
:: Francine LeClercq; New York, NY
:: Michael Lewis, Norman Lee, Carl Rhodes; Houston, TX
:: Amy Larimer & Peter Bernheim; San Diego, CA
:: Brian Strawn & Karla Sierralta; Chicago

I'm curious to know how many entries were from countries other than the US, given that all ten finalists are from here, forty percent from Chicago.

Finalists "now must complete scale models for a second round. The winner may be named as soon as June."

(via Archinect)