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Duke Riley, MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’06, has been chosen as the Wassaic Project’s honoree at their 2025 Summer Benefit. “We’re proud to be honoring the one and only Duke Riley this summer,” said Wassaic Project Co-Directors Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, and Jeff Barnett-Winsby. “Duke is one of our earliest artists-in-residence, whose work—whether developing intricate scrimshaw pieces out of shoreline trash or piloting a homemade submarine into the path of a cruise ship—has always served as a model for the kind of fearless approach and meticulous craftsmanship we hope to inspire in our artists and our students.”