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Sculptists. . .

(Reminder: "sculptist" is a made up word for anyone interested in sculpture.)

Well, this issue has a mixed bag: at the beginning we've got some opportunities for sculptors, a question about insurance, a question about finding Oscar Pumpkin, then we've got some comments on "What makes a great sculpture installation?" and finally, some comments about Cows Projects and a couple of websites with interesting stuff.

Enjoy.

Don't forget to send in your comments by replying to <rjcj@texas.net>. I am happy to post just about anything, except brazen self-promotion. With that in mind don't miss me in March's Art in America! Actually, if you read the Report from Poland you will find out about an amazing artist-run project that will blow your mind.

Take care,
RJ


OPPORTUNITIES
Exhibition Opportunity at McLean Project for the Arts, Virginia
FUTUR SKULPTURE
Exhibition of sculpture and new media to be juried by Glenn Harper, Editor of
Sculpture Magazine. Submission Deadline: April 18, 2001. Exhibition Dates:
June 7 - July 21, 2001. $ 1,500 cash awards. Open to mid-Atlantic
professional sculptors or 3-D artists working in new media. Call 703.790.1953
or e-mail mpaart@aol.com for a Call for Entries prospectus. McLean Project
for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA 22101 www.mcleanart.org


The City of Pasadena, CA is seeking an artist to collaborate with a 12
person design team for the Centennial Square project persuent to the
Pasadena Civic Center Expansion. Artist recommendations will be
considered in the final design. Design Elements may include but are
not limited to a paving pattern, water feature or material selection.
Artist will receive a $25,000 stipend for participating in the project
(project budget is separate).
deadline for submitting RFP's is 3/15/01
for further information contact
Steve Augustyn saugustyn@ci.pasadena.ca.us



OSCAR PUMPKIN WHERE ARE YOU??
I am trying to locate an out door artist by the name of Oscar Pumpkin . Not
sure of the spelling. I have seen some of his work and would like more
information about his work. I believe he is an artist located on the south
shore of long island new york. thank you.
Eileen Murphy



INSURANCE QUESTION
Hello Randy,
I was pleased to find information on insuring temporarily exhibited sculpture in Digest #16. Who would I look to for insurance on permanently installed, exterior sculpture? Any suggestions? Is there any insurance specifically for this need?
Thanks!
Johnathan Beery



WHAT MAKES A GREAT OUTDOOR SCULPTURE INSTALLATION?
Randy,
I like no outdoor sculpture display better than the garden at Versailles. Maybe you have to be a meglomaniac French king to put it together, but Versailles has quantity (hundreds of statues) and quality (made by the best sculptors of their time), and it has environment. The space available prevents the quantity from smothering you, and the flower beds provide colorful, natural organic relief to the bare, manipulated stone and bronze. The water features (fountains, giant lake in the shape of a cross) provide not only an organic background for Neptunes and numphs, but King Louie's engineers invented water games with squirting showers of color that provide entertainment and please a crowd.
So I don't think your pleasure at the River Gallery was due so much to your long drive. I think the installation was a success because there was space to let you and the sculpture breathe, and a pleasant natural background, and pieces of individual quality. And I think it helped that there were people around. I think sculpture is placed outdoors to be available to people, it's a social thing, and having society around is proof that the art was fulfilling its role.

Bill Diem
www.solid-citizen.com
(You'll note that if there is a cutting edge for sculpture, I'm at the trailing edge. Solid Citizen is a trade magazine devoted to
manufacturers of mass-produced concrete garden art.)


Dear Randy
I do not know you but I can tell you your experience is shared by many.
I believe that some places have a special energy that touches our soul like having a glimpse of reality that seems hidden from us. When we touch that
point in ourselves we are suddenly transported.

I say that these sculptures were drawn there because of the pull of the place. In other words intuitive powers were allowed to flow and blossom. When
something comes from this place in us it gathers great momentum. There is an inevitability to it.

Eileen


Hello Randy,
While I am not a sculptist I am a very interested individual who has enjoyed the news and talk. So, rather than only "lurk," let me respond to your request for our thoughts on what elements are in our favorite sculpture spots.

For me, personally, what stirs my soul is amazing sculpture in an amazing natural setting. What's an "amazing natural setting"? Surely everyone has their favorites. A grove of tall pine trees with even a few sculptures does something to me that never happens in a gallery. The rolling simple majesty of the fields at Storm King make the outstanding sculpture extraordinary. I look forward to seeing more outdoor sculpture keeping your question in mind.
Cheers (and thanks for your hard work),
Tara Phethean



COWS PROJECTS
Regarding Cows, Wolves and the like:

Having thought long and hard about it over the last two years, here is where I
stand on the projects:

1. The publicity, money and enthusiasm for art that the Chicago Cow project,
and subsequent projects are generating is a great thing, a significant thing, a
valuable thing. There are many and complex reasons for the Chicago success and
the potential of other projects.

2. As far as the money goes, the artists simply need to negotiate a reasonable
position for themselves based on the value that they bring to the project. The
Chicago artists allowed themselves to be exploited, no question. Not unlike
professional athletes who used to help the owners to mega-bucks for peanuts.
The project organizers should recognize this and help the artists.

3. At this point there is enough awareness of these issues, that it would be
possible to do a real art project instead of a cutesie thing. I throw down the
gauntlet and ask which city will be the one to put together a project with a
similar structure that puts the work of quality artists in the public realm,
pays them to do it, and promotes the hell out of it like these other projects
have? New York City's Public Art Fund, Chicago's Pier Walk, DC's It's
Sculpture! and Kansas City's Avenue of the Arts, are all great projects that
are modelled similarly, and have put real work out there, but have not received
anywhere near the kind of business-sector hype that made the Cows fly.

Randy Jewart
Moderator
Austin, TX


Sam is right on. Here in Milwaukee there's a "contest" for artists to submit pigs. (And people where upset by the Blue Shirt, ha!)
-Todd Fillingham


I'm a sculpture student in Charlotte, NC home of Nationsbank, First Union,
Bank of America or what ever these institutions are called. Well, here in
Charlotte, with so much financially based business one could ponder the
mentally of an individual who is drawn to a career there.
Security......................so we as artists (risk takers that we be) are
encouraged to send in our proposals of our interpretation of a rocking chair.
Quite secure, quite old fashioned, nice and safe. To further the creative
slap in the face, the submissions are reviewed and chosen by the corporate
sponsor (gosh, hope he's progressive).

When will those will the financial support realize that creative investing is
not the only means of self expression?

I could always just place a head on the set of a rocking chair...ouch!



The Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble Web page is now visible at

http://www.raleigh-nc.org/arts/rrwr2.htm <http://www.raleigh-nc.org/arts/rrwr2.htm>

Joseph Covington



Did you see Dennis Rogers' column about this project last Saturday (Feb 17)?
He raised some valid points about these being bait for intercollegiate fun
and games. I don't like the project--it is so unoriginal at this point.
Chicago, New York (cows), Louisville (horses), the State of Rhode Island (Mr
Potato Heads) all have done similar projects. I hope they will sell these
wolves off to the wolfpack fans as yard art for some real money to do some
real and meaningful public art. The only good side to this is the
additional exposure it will provide for our area's artists.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Covington <JCovington@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us>
To: 'NC public art network' <ncpublicartnetwork@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:45 PM
Subject: [ncpublicartnetwork] Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble


> Well, you knew somebody had to do it: the Raleigh Arts Commission is
> sponsoring one of the international art parades. What better for Raleigh
> than the Red Wolf? (an endangered species, like public art in Raleigh) The
> City Council gave their approval yesterday, the N&O announced it front
page
> today, and the TV stations are doing initial interviews this afternoon. A
> call for artists is going out soon. You will see it, but I thought this
> group would be interested in a pre-press heads up. Should be fun, and we
> hope that after a successful project, we can do more serious projects in
> Raleigh as well.
> Joseph Covington
> Chair, Raleigh Arts Commission
>


Dennis Rogers is a humorist. His point was that the Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble
MUST be a secret Wolfpack booster project. None of the people who selected
the Red Wolf are NCSU grads, so it's only an issue in the minds of those who
have not asked what the situation is. This is an art project that is
intended to involve an entire city. It is not innovative in a national
context, although it certainly is for the people who will see it. It also
will be a delight for a huge number of people--children, families, anyone
who appreciates the whimsical side of visual art, of which there is too
little. This is certainly not taking anything away from the more serious
pulbic art efforts in Raleigh, (what precious little there is). It is
intened, in part, to breach the wall of oppostiion to more serious projects.
What's not to like? The Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble should be thought of as a
popular festival.
Joseph Cvington, Red Wolf Booster



A GREAT WAY TO INVOLVE A WEBSITE W/ PUBLIC ART!!
Dear Randy
Thought you and your readership might find this interesting. I am currently working on a large limestone sculpture for a small sculpture park in Owensboro, KY . I am carving this stone on site which is on the main street of town. The process is documented daily on www.stonesculpture.org <http://www.stonesculpture.org> . This site also has examples of my work including several large commissions.

Bill Kolok
Sculptor
270 685-1312
bill@kolok
www.stonesculpture.org



INTRODUCTION
I have a special interest in"watersculptureflotation"to coin a phrase, and am studying materials having combination of water insensitivity and climatic permanence, and which forms are capable of responding to the motion of the water or the wind, and which may have permanent anchorage or move randomly. Otherwise I have a keen interest in "mobiles" a la Calters inventive genius taken to a present day perspective relative to materials of construction , economics, and the use of tradesmen as inherent to the erection and translation of these" kineticweatherdevices" to coin another phrase. My inventive genius only needs time and an appreciative sponsor or two, or a like minded soul interested in bridging a new frontier.Thanks for anyone that reads this message on the wings of electronic speed and affirmation. <ccdeegan@wirefire.com> is where I can toasted or roasted.
Claude C.Deegan



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