Deadline subscription: March 1, 2012
Call for artists
Prize money: EUR 2.000
Valentina Dusavitskaya, AIESM Manager in Russia, organizes together with sculptor Yuri Tkachenko and local institutions, the 5th International Sculpture Symposium “Autumn. Inspiration. Penza 2012”. The symposium will be held in Penza from the 15th of August to the 10th of September at the hotel complex ‘Chistie Prudi’. Russia, Penza region, Mokshan district, Ramzay village, Ozdorovitelnaya str, 2, tel: +78412390717
The topic of the Symposium: ‘The poetry of love’
The Symposium provides the participants with: accomodation and alimentation at the hotel ‘Chistie Prudi’, materials for the sculptures: stone (white marble from 1.5 to 2 cubic metres), metal (steel or stainless steel), clay for making a life-size model , casting in bronze after the end of the Symposium, glass in sheets and in blocks .
For sculptors money reward amounting to 2000 Euro (its equivalent in rubles) for completed sculptures at the end of the Symposium; and for painters 1000 Euro (its equivalent in rubles) for 20 completed works 1m x1m by size at the end of the Symposium.
Transportation expenses coverage: for artists from counties of Europe – 200 Euro, for artists from countries of Asia and Africa – 300 Euro, for artists from countries of North and South America and The Far East – 500 Euro.
Working site commodities for sculptors: electricity, air compressor, crane, storage for keeping working clothes and instruments, umbrellas to protect from sun or rain, big (230mm) angle grinders. For metal sculptors welding and cutting machines, grinders, another tools, working space. Local transportation, exhibition of smaller sculptures during the Symposium, Symposium Catalogue
Coverage of the most important events of the Symposium on www.symposiumsculpture.ru at facebook links.
Coverage of the Symposium events by russian mass media ( television, radio, newspapers, magazines)
During the selection, for sculpture the preference will be given to more figurative proposals.
HOW TO APPLY:
How to apply: for the selection artists should send the filled and signed registration form. Please ask for it to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The results of the selection will be given out on the web site of the symposium www.symposiumsculpture.ru on the 20th of March 2012.
