2010 Southern Downs Sculpture Symposium is scheduled to be held in September. During the 4th to the 20th September 2010 the Symposium will commission five Guest Sculptors to carve local Warwick Tanamerah Sandstone and recruit up to 20 Participating Sculptors. Stanthorpe and surrounding areas will also be able to submit an expression of interest for a sculpture. In this particular case a block of granite will be supplied as it is the local stone for the granite belt.
Progress can be viewed and enjoyed by general public at Leslie Park, Warwick. Five sculptures, monumental in size, will be donated to various community groups within the Southern Downs Regional Shire adding to the ‘Sculpture Trail’.
The Symposium will include workshops, school programs, Information Sessions, a Sculpture Gallery Exhibition, Market Stalls and the Sculptor’s Auction. Sign up to our Newsletter to be kept up-to-date.
Expressions of Interest
Expressions of interest for community groups are now being called for from local community groups of the Southern Downs region. If you would like to see one of the sculptures commemorate your group or town now is the opportunity to contact us.
An initiative of the Killarney Area Promotions Association, this project was modeled on other successful national and international sculpture symposiums, in particular Mount Gambier, SA and Sunshine Coast, Qld. The 2010 event will be the third Sculpture Symposium to take place in the Southern Downs region since 2006. As the Symposium continues to develop it also gains great interest from artists and visitors. It is expected to attract over 4000 extra visitors to the region during the 2 week, 3 weekends Sculpture Symposium.
2010 Sculpture Symposium receives share of Qld Events funding
Art and sculpture lovers will have another opportunity to be involved in the third bi-annual Southern Downs Sculpture Symposium in September 2010. Qld Events recently confirmed they are willing to support the Symposium with a grant of $20,000 through the Qld Events Regional Development Program. Warwick is already well known for its events and is fast becoming recognised nationally and internationally for its contribution and dedication to the arts.
