PICK YOUR BRAIN
Sometimes you have to eat outside your comfort zone. I’m not suggesting you all go out and order brains to go with your eggs at the diner, but I am asking you to live a little. Ordering food from a menu that you may not like is not earth shattering. There ARE worse things. Expand your palate. You would be amazed at the adrenaline rush I get from discovering a new taste or food experience. This Call will be a challenge for a few of you closet sculptors out there. Just take a deep breath and order the brains…
Check out the Call for Entries from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas for the 16th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. The entry fee is only $25, and having an academic exhibition of this nature on your resume could truly alter the trajectory of your career. Think carefully about this one…
*Editor’s note: I know there are a large number of you that sculpt, even if it isn’t your primary media. If you aren’t sure you are ready to jump into this arena, I want to encourage you to visit a local university campus. Inevitably they have outdoor sculpture that may inspire you… or at least get you thinking about what that sculpture needs to endure outdoors for a year. Don’t just dismiss the call… give it a chance.
CALL for ENTRIES:
Outdoor Sculpture
The 16th annual exhibition will be August 2011 to July 2012 and will feature up to five sculptures. The purpose of the annual outdoor exhibition is to provide the campus with a different selection of sculptures each year. The exhibition will allow the featured works to be complemented by the natural beauty of the campus and experienced in a casual, unhurried way by visitors, students and faculty. A brochure will be published which will feature each selected sculpture and a map of a walking tour of the sites.
ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all sculptors internationally 18 years of age and older. Artists may enter up to three works for consideration.
MEDIA: All submitted sculptural work must be of sound design, free standing and suitable for outdoor public display without external support. Steel and concrete pedestals and ground mounts will be provided for each selected entry when required. Only finished works will be considered.
DEADLINE: Entry forms and CDs must be in the hands of the committee by midnight May 31, 2011.
ENTRY FEE: $25 non-refundable entrance fee. Please make checks payable to Washburn University, with Campus Beautification Committee written in the notation line.
JUROR: A professional selection committee will choose up to five sculptures through a process of jury review. Jurors are not eligible to submit work.
AWARDS: $1,000 per sculpture paid as an honoraria. Washburn will facilitate purchases of selected artwork without commission. The exhibition is coordinated by, and funded through, the Campus Beautification Committee of Washburn University.
For complete details, Download the Prospectus!
