Olympic Arts Festival

‘A Sea Change’, the second Olympic Arts Festival was held in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympic Games. It took a snapshot of Australian culture in 1998 with nearly 100 arts and cultural events taken place nationwide throughout the year. Artistic Director of ‘A Sea Change’, Andrea Stretton, regarded Sculpture by the Sea as the “jewel in the crown” of the year’s Olympic Arts Festival. Staged around the continent in some of Australia’s most spectacular locations, the free-to-the-public exhibitions provided a unique forum for Australia’s leading and emerging sculptors.

DARWIN

4-7 SEPTEMBER 1998

An exhibition of sculptures was held where the highway that crosses the continent, the Stuart Highway, meets the sea at Bicentennial Park.
Curator: Rose Cameron
Curatorial Panel: Helen Buchanan, sculptor; Daena Murray, Curator, Visual Art, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory; and Geraldine Tyson, Director, 24HR Art, NT Centre for Contemporary Art.

Cath Bowdler

‘Untitled’

Jacki Fleet & Molli Kerby

‘Soul Theatre’

 

NOOSA

18-21 SEPTEMBER 1998

An exhibition of sculptures from Noosa Beach to the rainforest at the start of the Noosa Heads National Park.
Curator: Nicole Voevodin-Cash
Curatorial Panel: Tim Morrell, Curator, Australian Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery; Mona Ryder, Sculptor; and Kevin Wilson, Director, Noosa Regional Gallery.

Heather- McCormack

‘Trilogy’

Donna Marcus

‘My Millennium Dome‘

Lesa Hepburn

‘Tendrils’

 

BONDI

8-11 OCTOBER 1998

An exhibition of sculptures along the 2km Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
Curator: David Handley
Curatorial Panel: Deborah Edwards, Curator, Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW; Geoffrey Edwards, Curator, Sculpture, the National Gallery of Victoria; and Anne Ferguson, sculptor.

Adapt Enforce XII

‘Laurens Tan’

 

Virginia King

‘Limpet Shrine’

 

ALBANY

31 OCTOBER-8 NOVEMBER 1998

An exhibition of sculptures along the stunning clifftop walk overlooking King George Sound from Ellen Cove at Middleton Beach.
Curatorial Panel: Andrew Markovs
Judges: Lee Ord, Director, Albany Arts Council; David Jones, Sculptor; and John Stringer, Curator, Australian National Equity Collection.

THE TASMAN PENINSULA

7-15 NOVEMBER 1998

A sculpture trail amongst the wilds of the Tasman Peninsula with exhibition sites at Port Arthur, the clifftop property of Windgrove at Roaring Beach and Eaglehawk Neck.
Curator: Dick Bett
Judges: Sean Kelly, Director, Contemporary Arts Services Tasmania; Pat Sabine, Director, Museum & Art Gallery of Tasmania; and Ken Scarlett, Sculptor.

William Yaxley

‘Mermaid’

Julie Livsey

‘Sea Strands’

 

Peter Adams

‘Spiral log’