Okanagan/Thompson International
Sculpture Symposium
2002
The year 2002 is the designated year for the Okanagan/Thompson International
Sculpture Symposium. The budget for the symposium is estimated to be 1.5
million dollars.
The Okanagan/Thompson Symposium will be a natural continuation of the 1975
stone symposium held in Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver, B.C. This was an
extremely successful event that averaged over 300 spectators a day for the
three-month event, involving 15 sculptors from around the world.
The symposium will consist of three tiers representing a wide diversity of
cultural influences.
Tier One will consist of 10 International sculptors, of which three will be
invited artists, and the remaining seven artists selected by the symposium
adjudicators.
Tier Two will consist of 15 Canadian sculptors, of which five will be
invited artists, with the remaining ten artists being selected by the
symposium adjudicators.
Artists in tiers One and Two will be commissioned to create one monumental
sculptural piece in any permanent medium. The completed sculptures will
remain in the region as part of the region�s public art collection.
Tier Three will include approximately 80 non-commissioned fully
participating Sculptors and will focus on local and other artists also
wanting to be involved in the symposium. Artists in this tier will be
responsible for their own costs. These artists will have the opportunity to
sell their works during the symposium in order to help recover their costs.
All sculptors will create permanent sculpture on-site and the public will be
invited to view the works in progress. Also for the 2002 Symposium,
camcorders will be placed on the various venues, allowing the world to view
the ongoing process from a dedicated web site.
Several Communities in the Okanagan/Thompson Region including Kelowna,
Kamloops, Summerland and Lake Country are already participating in the
development of this symposium and we are anticipating the involvement of
several more..
In conjunction with the International Sculpture Symposium, the first
completed survey of Canadian sculpture will be undertaken and published by
four major B.C. interior galleries under the direction of Dr. Robert Belton,
Associate Dean of Arts, Okanagan University College. Also during the time
of the symposium the Okanagan University College will be asked to host an
International Sculptor�s Conference, making this truly an extraordinary
International event.
Okanagan/Thompson International
Sculpture Symposium
2002
Application for Sculptors
Submissions:
Pleased send to; Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture Symposium Society
1) Current C.V
2) General artists statement ( up to 150 words)
3) 10 slides of your works in a plastic slide folder
4) Self addressed envelope to return above information.
Marked with:
a) an arrow indicating up
b) title of work
c) dimensions of work
d) mediums
5) Indication of the material you would prefer to work in the symposium.
6) Current address, telephone number, fax number, email or /and a web site
of your work, if you have one.
Registration fee: Level one: International $100.00 US
Level two: Canadian $100.00 Canadian
Payable to:) Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture Symposium Society
Level three: Community level: determined by each community:
Participants will be shortlisted by the summer of the year 2001 and will be
asked to submit a drawing of their proposed work.
Final adjudication will take place in the fall of the year 2001.
All works must be completed in a permanent sculptural medium with the
exemption of resins.
The committee chair and initiator of the project is sculptor Jock
Hildebrand. Mr. Hildebrand is a professional sculptor and painter who
maintains his own bronze casting foundry in Westbank B.C. For more
information contact, Linda Ben-Hamida @ 250-862 8256 or email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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