Miley Frost
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Miley Tucker-Frost | |
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| Other names | Miley Busiek |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Artist, sculptor |
| Known for | Reverse design of the American Eagle Gold Bullion coin |
Miley Tucker-Frost (previously known as Miley Busiek) is an American artist who created original sculptures by commission. Her work has been commissioned by numerous government bodies, universities and companies. Her work was in the Oval Office during the Reagan presidency. She designed the reverse image for the American Eagle Gold Bullion coin that was minted from 1986-2021.[1]
Biography
Frost created original sculpture by private, corporate, and institutional commission. The original models were sculpted in studio to actual scale in clay or wax, and then cast in metal by the foundry lost-wax method.[2] Most of her work focused on patriotic, classical, and religious themes.
Primarily self-taught, she lived and worked in Dallas from 1977 to 1996, when she moved to the Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C. area.
Works
Frost's works have been held in the collections of the Oval Office during the Reagan presidency and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,[2] the Smithsonian ,[2] the George W. Bush Presidential Library, the University of Texas at Austin,[2][3] the city of Leipzig, Germany,[4] and various foreign embassies in the United States.
Her work has been commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense,[5] U.S. Department of the Treasury/Bureau of Engraving and Printing-Western Facility, U.S. Navy League, and the FBI, and by entities such as Trammell Crow Company, Rosewood Corporation Lincoln Property Company, Hyatt Hotels, Century City Plaza Hotel, John Brown University, the University of Texas at Austin,[3] Southern Methodist University,[6][2] the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, and by many individuals for private collections.
She designed the original reverse of the U.S. Treasury’s Family of Eagles design for the American Eagle Gold Bullion coin[7][8][9][10] minted from 1986-2021. Her design of the family of eagles was mandated by a bipartisan Act of Congress (Public Law 99-185, December 17, 1985),[11] which was passed unanimously by the US House of Representatives and the Senate in 1985.[12]
She created public monuments such as:
- “Peace Through Strength Globe” at the entrance of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Headquarters, Crystal City, Virginia;
- “Seal of the President” in stainless steel at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas, Texas;
- “Founders’ View” at The Crescent, Dallas, Texas;
- * the “SMU Mustangs” for the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and
- “Hope” and Centennial Sculpture for the University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
References
- ↑ fice of Corporate Communications. "Redesigning the American Eagle Gold and Silver Coins". Inside the Mint. United States Mint. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brownfield, Cindi (29 June 1995). "Family Memorializes Son with Mustang Sculpture". The Daytona Beach News-Journal – via newspapers.com.
A sculpture of two running mustangs... in memory of ...Wade Baird, who was an SMU senior... at the entrance to SMU's Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports... Created by artist Miley Busiek...Busiek has done other work for the White House Oval Office, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Texas at Austin. He [sic] uses the foundry lost wax method
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ESA Centennial Sculpture on Display". Alcalde: UT Austin Alumni Magazine. 72 (3): 54. 1984. ISSN 0002-497X. Retrieved 24 September 2025 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "US-Künstlerin schenkt Leipzig ein Wendedenkmal" [US artist donates a monument commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall to Leipzig]. Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 8, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ The Eagle (PDF). Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Office of Public Affairs, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via mileyfrost.com.
- ↑ ""SMU Mustangs"". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ↑ ""US Strikes Gold Bullion Coin"" (PDF). Coin World. 27 (1380). 24 September 1986. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via mileyfrost.com.
- ↑ Valencia, Scott. "The History of the American Eagle Gold Coin". US Mint. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
The reverse of the American Eagle Gold Coin features a design created by Miley Busiek Frost and sculpted by Sherl J. Winter.
- ↑ "Who Designed the Gold American Eagle Coin?". USMoneyReserve.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Martin, Erik (October 2006). "After 20 years, collectors still eager for American Eagles" (PDF). Coin Values: 8. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via mileyfrost.com.
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- ↑ McMorrow-Hernandez, Joshua (December 20, 2022). A Guide Book of American Silver Eagles. Pelham, Alabama: Whitman-CDN Publishing. pp. 76–83, 184–185, 192, 195. ISBN 978-0794849795.
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