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What sustains staff in an event economy
ArtsHub’s National Visual Arts Editor, Gina Fairley spoke with five staff who have worked for Sculpture by the Sea for over a decade, in an attempt to glean how festivals can retain and incentivise staff, despite the dread of event cycles. These are their five points of advice: There is always a solution Suzie Clark…
Snowy Hydro Major Partner Announcement with the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail
On Monday last week we announced Snowy Hydro as a Major Partner of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail. The Snowy Hydro sponsorship includes funding the leasing of seven sculptures for the sculpture trail and the Snowy Hydro School Education Program that will deliver 34 artist led sculpture making workshops to 17 schools in the Snowy Valleys…
Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail & Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023 Artists Visit the Snowy Valleys
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023 exhibiting artists, Milan Kuzica (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Tata Ota (Japan), Lubo Mikle (Slovakia) and Philip Spelman (Queanbeyan, NSW) have travelled to the Snowy Valleys in southern NSW to see their sculptures in Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail. They were joined by Takuro Kurokouchi, Chief Curator at The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan, Bohuš…
Aqualand Artist Interview with Anton Forde Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
New Zealand artist Anton Forde speaks about his work ‘Papare / Protection’. The series of carved sculptures are time-travelling sentinels, all seeing, all knowing, individually and collectively they stand as guardians and protectors, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Aqualand Artist Interview with India Collins Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
Australian artist India Collins talks about her sculpture ‘Yatra ‘Journey’’ – A tribute to the mysterious and ethereal jellyfish. Evoking notions of departure, eliciting possibilities of alternate existential realities, this work presents a visceral and poetic exposition of our deepest vulnerabilities, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr
Aqualand Artist Interview with Emryn Ingram Shute Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
Australian artist Emryn Ingram-Shute speaks about her sculpture ‘No Colour in War’, the installation seeks to connect with the tragedy of the Ukrainian invasion through the deconstruction of the anti-tank obstacles. The work is exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Aqualand Artist Interview with Johannes Pannekoek, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
Australian artist Johannes Pannekoek talks about his sculpture ‘Lifeblood I’, an exploration of the interconnectedness in nature, drawing inspiration from Earth’s rivers, tributaries, and their ophidian form. The sculpture represents the vital force that flows through all living organisms, inspiring reverence and reflection on our responsibility to protect the lifeblood of our planet’s ecosystems. The…
Aqualand Artist Interview with John Petrie, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
Australian artist and Recipient of the Aqualand Sculpture Award John Petrie talks about his sculpture ’23.5º’. When determining how the upper boulder would rest on the lower one, the angle of the Earth’s axis, 23.5º, came to the artists mind. The sculpture is a meditation on this phenomenon and brings together the rugged boulder terrain…
Aqualand Artist Interview with Leda Alexopoulou Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023
Greek artist Leda Alexopoulou speaks about her sculpture ‘Keep Walking’, a surreal sculpture and an ironic depiction of humankind’s impossible transformation into a hybrid-being in order to survive and adapt in an unfamiliar and hostile environment created by humans, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
John Petrie receives the $100,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award for ‘23.5°’
Congratulations to John Petrie (NSW), this year’s recipient of the Aqualand Sculpture Award. The acquisitive award of $100,000, is the most generous sculpture award in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most sought-after in the world. ‘23.5°’ will be gifted by Aqualand for permanent public placement in NSW. ‘23.5°’ is a 2.6m high work made…
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI 2023 WELCOMES WINDEX® AS A NEW SUPPORTING PARTNER OF THE EXHIBITION
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi welcomes Windex®, renowned glass cleaner brand, as a Supporting Partner of the 2023 exhibition, providing sponsorship and artist support. The sponsorship is important to Windex® who are helping keep our coasts clean by collecting plastic from within 50kms of our coasts and using to make more than 68 million Windex® bottles. As part…
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI KICKS-OFF WITH ‘SECRET’ AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE FROM SNAPCHAT AND ARTIST MOND QU
Snapchat and Australian artist Mond Qu are bringing Aussies an immersive new ‘ARt’ experience at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition. This will be the first-ever augmented reality (AR) artist collaboration for the world’s largest annual free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition, using hyper-realistic ray tracing technology to create a ‘secret’ sculpture which visitors can unlock…
Clitheroe Emerging Sculptor Mentor Program
Established in 2006, The Clitheroe Foundation Emerging Sculptor Mentorship Program awards $15,000 each to two selected artists every Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition. The mentor program aims to encourage professional and meaningful fellowships between emerging sculptors and established practitioners facilitating a skills exchange between the emerging artists and their mentors whilst providing a forum for the professional and technical development of…
Can art help save rural communities
Can art help save rural communities, raise spirits, and improve the quality of life? Right at this moment, there is a bold experiment taking place to do precisely that and, so far, it has been a resounding success. By Sasha Grishin AM, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia In the summer of 2019-20 bushfires devastated…