Sculpture Symposium in New Brunswick Seeks Artists

The Board of Directors of the New Brunswick International Sculpture Symposium is putting forth an international call to artists to create sculptures for public art. Six sculptors will be creating works of art from ten ton pieces of New Brunswick granite on the Saint John Waterfront. “Sculpture Saint John” will take place in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada from August 2nd to September 15th, 2012. The deadline for entry in “Sculpture Saint John” is January 10th, 2012.

This international sculpture symposium will be the first for New Brunswick and for Atlantic Canada. It promises to be an exciting event. Diana Alexander, Chair of Sculpture Saint John, said, “The Sculpture Saint John team; the City of Saint John; towns of Rothesay, Quispamsis, St. George, Grand Bay-Westfield; and UNBSJ are pleased to offer this opportunity for artists from around the world to experience our city, our culture and our hospitality. Their finished work then becomes a new and permanent part of the landscape of those communities”.

If you are interested in participating or if you know someone else who may be interested, the application and all details are available on our website at www.sculpturesaintjohn.com.

If you have questions you can contact Diana Alexander, Chair of Sculpture Saint John (506)647-8773, Diana.Alexander@SculptureSaintJohn.com

Call to Sculptors

The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is the largest public sculpture Symposium in the USA. The Symposium is looking for applicants to participate in the six week 2012 program from approximately July 22 through August 31, at the University of Maine on the Orono campus. Deadline for applications is December 31, 2011.

To be considered, artists should prepare:
1. A signed copy of the Artist Application form that can be downloaded from:
http://schoodicsculpture.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Call-2012-SISS.pdf
2. An artist’s statement
3. CD/DVD images of prior work.
4. Artists resume

Application materials should be submitted to:

Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
PO Box 122
Steuben, Maine 04680

Invited artists will receive:
- Airfare, reimbursed up to $1500 USD with receipts.
- Housing
- Meals
- Ground Transportation provided to and from Maine airports, and during the symposium to community and symposium events.
- $5000 Honorarium

The symposium will provide:
- Compressed Air
- Electricity and Electric Cords
- Air Hoses
- Fork Lift (and other necessary heavy equipment for moving and positioning stone)
- Quarried granite blocks of various shapes and sizes not to exceed 18,000 lbs. will be supplied by the Symposium. Both granite and basalt will be made available.

Sculptors should bring other tools as desired. Please check with the Symposium regarding the availability of specialized equipment.

For more information you can visit the Schoodic Symposium website
or contact:
Jesse Salisbury, Art Director: jesse@schoodicsculpture.org Tel. (207) 546-8992
or
Tilan Langley, Project Manager: tilan@schoodicsculpture.org Tel. (207) 255-4948

Schoodic Call To Artists!

Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is a biennial event that brings together artists, visitors, and communities to create a Public Sculpture Collection in eastern Maine. Symposia last 6-weeks, from late July to early September. Artists from around the world are selected through a juried process to participate. Visitors can watch the sculptors work and see them create their sculptures. The finished pieces are placed at public sites in Maine communities. The next symposia is scheduled for 2011.

The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is currently accepting applications from interested artists. If you want to apply you can download the application here:

http://www.schoodicsculpture.org/pdfs/SISS_application_2011.pdf

To learn more you can go to the Schoodic website.

Sculpture Symposium Documentary Premiere

The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is premiering a documentary about the symposium at 7:00pm on August 23 within Hammond Hall in Winter Harbor. In attendance will be Symposium coordinator/sculptor Jesse Salisbury and filmmaker Richard Kane.

The Schoodic Sculpture Symposium film documents seven of the world's finest stone sculptors from the USA (Maine), Germany, Poland, Sweden and Japan in a six week event on the beautiful coast of Maine with 450 million year old granite and basalt donated by local quarries. Featuring sculptors: Jesse Salisbury, Don Justin Meserve, Roy Patterson, Jo Kley, Ian Newbery, Dominika Griesgraber and Narihiro Uemura.
The screening is free and open to the public.

Those interested can view the trailer on Youtube by clicking the video below.

The 2009 Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is Now Underway

The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium follows a tradition, set in Austria in1959, where sculptors gather worldwide to practice their art and to learn from each other in a symposium setting.
The 6-week Schoodic Symposium is a biennial cultural event that brings together artists, visitors and communities to create a public sculpture collection in Eastern Maine. This gathering of sculptors is a fun and educational way to see how large-scale sculpture is made from granite, one of Maine's natural resources that at its 1901 peak, during commercial production, was responsible for the employment of 3,500 people in 152 Maine quarries.
From July 25 to September 12, visitors can get a sense of that history while witnessing the creation of sculptures. Artists from around the world are selected through a juried process to participate in the symposium. The final sculptures that are produced are placed at public sites in Maine communities. The symposium is free and open to the public.
This year’s artists are Ahmed Karally from Egypt; Attila Rath Gerber from France; Jhon Gogaberishvili from the Republic of Georgia;

Mark Herrington from Maine; Roland Mayer from Germany, and Songul Telek from Turkey. The Maine communities that are set to receive the finished artwork are Franklin, Gouldsboro, Machias, Deer Isle/Stonington, Bar Harbor, and Lamoine.
Remember that the symposium is free and open to the public as an educational resource. Schools are welcome. Students from pre-school to college participated in the 2007 symposium. Younger students came not knowing what to expect and then took in the stone sculptures with all of their senses-smelling the stone, rubbing the surfaces and feeling the variety of textures.
Contact details and full information is available at the symposium Website.