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SCULPTURE BY THE SEA PARTNERS WITH STORM KING TO PRESENT THE PERTH SCULPTURE CONFERENCE
Sculpture by the Sea is pleased to announce that New York’s Storm King Art Center, widely regarded as the most important outdoor sculpture museum in the world is the International Presenting Partner for the Perth Sculpture Conference. The Perth Sculpture Conference will be held from 8 – 9 March 2023 at the State Library of Western…
UKRAINE SHOWCASE
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA TO SHOWCASE LEADING UKRAINIAN ARTISTS ON BONDI COASTAL WALK Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi will showcase artworks by sculptors from the Ukraine as a highlight of this year’s exhibition and to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees and those displaced by the war. The Ukraine Showcase will feature four sculptures by Dmitriy Grek…
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST TO RECEIVE INAUGURAL POMMERY CHAMPAGNE ARTIST AWARD OF $5,000
Sculpture by the Sea has announced a new partnership with Champagne Pommery, Champagne Pommery, one of the world’s most beloved champagnes, is a National Supporting Partner of the exhibition, providing sponsorship and artist support through the newly created Pommery Champagne Artist Award of $5,000, to Western Australian artist Paul Caporn whose sculpture ‘Heads It Is’…
PERPETUAL AND SCULPTURE BY THE SEA ANNOUNCE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS HELEN LEMPRIERE SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2022
Perpetual and Sculpture by the Sea are delighted to announce that acclaimed Indigenous artist Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart AM will receive this year’s $30,000 Helen Lempriere Scholarship. The Helen Lempriere Scholarships are designed to enable artists to further their artistic development through travel, study and the purchase of important new equipment while supporting their inclusion in…
‘Wings of Our Angels’ unveiled at Wayside Chapel
Members of the Sculpture by the Sea staff were delighted to be at Sydney’s Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross for the unveiling of ‘Wings of Our Angels’, a sculpture by Joel Adler and Aunty Nancy Long on Tuesday 12 October 2022. “It was a beautiful occasion,” said David Handley, Artistic Director and Founding CEO of Sculpture by…
Submissions for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2023 are open
Submissions for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2023 are open. International and Australian artists, at all career stages, are encouraged to apply for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe. The Nineteenth annual exhibition will be held at Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Western Australia from 3-20 March 2023. All types, forms and sizes of sculpture, in all…
Call for Submissions: Shop Art Projects Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail
Organisers of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail are calling for expressions of interest from artists living in or raised in the Eastern Riverina to create new artworks for the Shop Art Projects in the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail in Batlow and Tumbarumba. As part of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail, organisers have leased several shops…
Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail Review: John McDonald
John McDonald’s review of the newly opened Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail appeared in the The Sydney Morning Herald. “The Snowy Valleys project demonstrates that sculptures can look just as impressive set against a backdrop of hills, fields, trees and mountains, as they do when spread across the Sydney foreshores. There is a simple dichotomy between…
Britt Mikkelsen – recipient of the Kids’ Choice Prize
Youngsters were drawn to the WA artist’s work ‘Anthroposcenic’, which was voted most popular by children who visited the exhibition. The Kids’ Choice Prize of $2,000 is funded from the donation of Emrys, Jasper and Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM. ‘Anthroposcenic’ comprises of found objects embedded in resin, then set within a large piece of stone. The…
Sachio Ingrilli – recipient of the EY People’s Choice Prize
Perth-based 22-year-old artist and current University of Western Australia student Sachio Ingrilli has been awarded the EY People’s Choice Prize of $5,000 after visitors to Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe voted his sculpture, ‘Perspective’, as their favourite out of 70 artworks by Western Australian, interstate and international artists. ‘Perspective’ is a playful array of 3.2m-high…
Andrea Stretton Memorial Invitation, Cottesloe: Nicholas Samartis, 2022
“You always return to your first love, and for me, it was sculpture and the study of it,” says Sydney based artist, Nicholas Samartis. Exhibiting for his first time at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, this year, his work ‘Mother’ is positioned at the start of the groyne. It is a “preoccupation of our perception…
ALCOA School Education Program Goes Virtual
COVID-19 will not deny students the opportunity to take part in Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, this year with the exhibition’s education program being adapted to an online offering. The Alcoa School Education Program, supported by resources company and founding sponsor Alcoa, has been part of the annual exhibition since it started 18 years ago,…
Partnership with ECU Celebrates Six Years
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is proud to again be a partner of Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2022. ECU’s partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, now in its sixth year, provides excellent opportunities for Visual Arts students to gain practical experience, including an artist mentee relationship and an internship placement. This year’s mentee is Timothy…
Celebrating 50 Exhibitions in Australia & Denmark
The Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe exhibition, held in March 2022, marked the 50th Sculpture by the Sea exhibition held at the following locations in Australia and Denmark: 23 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibitions on the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk since 1997; 18 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe exhibitions staged on Cottesloe beach…
VOXLAB receives Andrea Stretton Memorial Invitation
Perth based Collective VOXLAB, led by founding director Jon Denaro, is the recipient of the Andrea Stretton Memorial Invitation to exhibit in Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi later this year. They will receive $5,000 towards the costs of exhibiting their striking infinity-shaped artwork, ‘Prickle’, made from upcycled car panels. This year Jon Denaro joins the Sculpture by the…