First photos from China

(left to right) SIAS University Founder Shawn Chen, Sculptor Alicia Gonzalez, Sculptor Nora Valdez, Sculptor Don Ramey, SIAS Board member Lindsey Johnson, Sculptor Ray Persinger, Sculptor Wendy Klemperer, sculpture assistant Steven Brower.

Annual Members' Show and Spring Thaw Sculptors' Forum

Annual Forum, Exhibit Promise Variety

WEST RUTLAND, VT- The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center greets the arrival of spring with lively discussion and a gallery reception on Saturday, May 3, 2008. From 2-4:30 PM, CSSC founder B. Amore will moderate the Spring Thaw Sculptors’ Forum, addressing “Creating Connections.” The panel of working sculptors and arts educators will include members of the New England Sculptors’ Association.

There will be a reception for artists displaying their work in the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center Annual Members’ Show beginning at 5 PM. All CSSC members have the opportunity to participate in this popular exhibition. An eclectic mix of techniques and media are always represented. Artists of all levels exchange ideas after the often-solitary winter.

The Annual Members’ Show will be at the Gallery, 259 Marble Street in West Rutland through June 29, 2008. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4 PM or by appointment.

Please phone (802) 438-2097 or email carving@vermontel.net for more information.

636 Marble Street, P.O. Box 495
West Rutland, VT 05777
802.438.2097, fax- 802.438.2020
carving@vermontel.net
www.carvingstudio.org
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

SculptFest08 Call to Artists

Call to Artists
SculptFest08 - September 13-October 26
“Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape”

WEST RUTLAND, VT- The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center invites sculptors to submit proposals for SculptFest08, September 13-October 26. The theme for this year’s event is “Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape” and guest curator is Carlos Dorrien, Sculpture Professor at Wellesley College.

Vermont’s landscape abounds with evidence of human alterations to nature. Reminders of former activity are particularly abundant in the area of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center with quarries opening into the earth, equipment remnants and the modified landscape itself. SculptFest08 offers the opportunity for artists to respond to and interpret the post-industrial environment. Some will focus on the spirit of the past, some will offer a vision for the future and others will create installations that are totally unexpected.

Ten artists will be selected to create large-scale outdoor installations responsive to the theme and site. Inactive marble quarries, decaying structures, abandoned machinery, deep pools, rock cliffs, fields filled with stacked slabs of marble and the encroaching vegetation of the Green Mountains that line the horizon are among the features of the area.

Appointments for site tours may be made through the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Submissions, as described below, are due by July 7. Notification will occur before the end of July and artists will be provided access to the site from that day forward to the opening reception on Saturday, September 13. An artist’s stipend is awarded for selected proposals and an illustrated catalog will be published.

Proposals should include a project description on one or two pages, sketches or other visual representations, resume, optional statement and up to ten 35mm slides (or digital images on a CD) portraying previous site-specific work. Materials will be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

Address submissions to “SculptFest08,” the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, P.O. Box 495, West Rutland, VT 05777. For more information, visit http://www.carvingstudio.org/, or contact us at 802-438-2097, info@carvingstudio.org or carving@vermontel.net.