This list of events for sculptors is an ever-evolving list, and as such is never complete. If you have information you want to add to it, please contact us. Please do NOT send us information for one-off workshops – we only show links to annual events, residencies, schools and annual festivals. You’ll notice that so far, we have listed only stone symposia and the like – if you have information about annual events in other sculpture media, please do email us so we can list it, too. Thanks.
WORKSHOPS
Scotland: Scottish Sculpture Workshop
http://www.ssw.org.uk
The Scottish Sculpture Workshop is a unique place – we are the international centre for sculpture in Scotland. We provide facilities for making sculpture and self-catering accommodation on a site in the foothills of the Highlands of Scotland. Please get in touch, tell us about yourselves, and lets see if we can do something together. ssw@sculptur.demon.co.uk
SCHOOLS/RESIDENCIES
The International School
http://www.giotto.org
is an ideal environment in which developing artists can completely devote themselves to working and learning. The time spent working at the school has always been extremely productive and conducive for breakthroughs, for students and faculty alike. Many have written to say that they learned more in six weeks at the school than they did in a semester of university. Here you can work in a scenic environment, in an artist’s community.
The Artist’s Residency program in Montecastello provides the ideal combination of seclusion and community in a setting of truly inspirational beauty. Artists can work intensively and independently for four or more weeks in a supportive and intimate environment. The Residence Program also enables students to continue to work and progress independently.
Art Colonies & Artist-in-Residence Programs
HERE. Organizations are listed in alphabetical order by name
SYMPOSIA
The Picton Sculpture Symposium, NZ
http://www.pictonsculpture.co.nz
a thirteen day event in Picton, New Zealand on the Picton Foreshore in New Zealand which is within the beautiful Marlborough Sounds. Our aims are to raise the local understanding of 3D art, promote and sell the stone carvings of the participating artists and to generate funds for scholarships that assist new, emerging Marlborough based developing artists.
8th Annual Sculptors Symposium, California, USA, 2010
http://www.californiasculptorssymposium.org
April 18-25, 2010. Camp Ocean Pines, Cambria CA, USA. 805 927.0254. We have been enjoying great week long symposiums at Camp Ocean Pines since 2003, and invite you to join our 8th Annual Symposium for all sculptors in April.
Location: California, USA
Marble Sculpting Symposium, Colorado, USA, 2010
http://www.marbleinst.org/Home2.htm
July 2 – 9, July 15 – 22 and July 29 – August 5, 2010.
Location: Colorado, USA
Southern Downs Sculpture Symposium, Australia, 2010
http://www.sculpturess.com
Southern Downs Sculpture Symposium is scheduled to be held in September. During the 4th to the 20th September 2010 the Symposium will commission five Guest Sculptors to carve local Warwick Tanamerah Sandstone and recruit up to 20 Participating Sculptors. Stanthorpe and surrounding areas will also be able to submit an expression of interest for a sculpture. In this particular case a block of granite will be supplied as it is the local stone for the granite belt. Progress can be viewed and enjoyed by general public at Leslie Park, Warwick. Five sculptures, monumental in size, will be donated to various community groups within the Southern Downs Regional Shire adding to the ‘Sculpture Trail’.
Location: Australia (Queensland).
Vandalia Chiseled, Ohio, USA, 2010
http://www.vandaliaohio.org/vandaliachiseled.cfm
Call to Artists-deadline 1/1/10. Vandalia “Chiseled” is a two-week long, five participant sculpture symposium in Vandalia, Ohio, Sept. 4 thru 18, 2010. Blocks of Indiana limestone up to 75cf will be carved to result in the completion of five pieces of public art to commemorated Vandalia’s fiftieth anniversary.
Location: USA (Vandalia, Ohio).
For information after reviewing the website call Candice Farst (937) 266-9066.
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
http://www.schoodicsculpture.org/home.html
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium follows the path set by the first sculpture symposium of the modern era, which was held in Austria in 1959. Since then, sculptors have been gathering at various places around the world to practice their art and to learn from each other and from the symposium setting. In addition to learning new techniques, sculptors gain valuable exposure to different concepts and other cultures. The visiting public is able to share this experience and to gain a sense of what it takes to create a sculpture. The finished work then becomes a new and permanent part of the community’s landscape.
In 2009, six artists from Maine, the United States, and three other countries were invited to sculpt monumental works out of Maine granite and basalt. The finished sculptures were exhibited in the park and then permanently installed in public locations in Washington and Hancock counties. The public was invited to watch the event at all times during the six weeks. A catalogue was produced after each symposium.
Location: USA (Acadia National Park, Maine).
Contact:
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
PO Box 22
Steuben, Maine 04680
FESTIVALS
II Festival Internacional de Escultura, Guatemala Inmortal 2010
http://www.guatesculturas.com/
The II International Sculpture Festival, Immortal Guatemala, 2010, promises to be an outstanding artistic event, full of energy, talent and creativity. Participate and become part of a unique learning and entertaining opportunity.
El II Festival Internacional de Escultura, Guatemala Inmortal, 2010, promete ser un evento artístico excepcional, lleno de energía, talento y creatividad. Participa y forma parte de una oportunidad de aprendizaje y entretenimiento sin igual. Le II Festival International de Sculpture Guatemala Immortel 2010,
se promet d’être un événement artistique exceptionnel, plein d’énergie, de talent et de créativité.
offre une opportunité d’apprentissage et de loisirs sans pareil.
Location: Guatemala (Guatemala, Central América).
