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Media 4th August 2011 Swell Sculpture Festival 2011 : :
Monumental art by the seashore
Studios all over the country are currently a hive of activity as
sculptors prepare for Queensland’s largest outdoor exhibition, Swell Sculpture
Festival.
The ninth annual Swell Sculpture Festival will transform the Currumbin foreshore for ten days from September 9 with up to 50 large scale sculptures. Set between Currumbin’s two headlands, Swell annually attracts crowds in excess of 175,000 over the ten day exhibition period. Swell Sculpture Festival Director Natasha Edwards said, “Swell is well
established and recognised as a major cultural arts event in Queensland. The
picturesque Currumbin Beach and warm weather makes for an ideal setting and
backdrop for the extraordinary diverse range of sculptures on display. People attend the exhibition to soak up
the atmosphere, photograph the moment and engage with the artwork in its
natural setting. The artist talks offer an opportunity meet with artists, exchange
stories and learn more about the artist behind the sculpture. Swell is an iconic event that is sure
to impress and inspire people of all ages”
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SWELL Sculpture Festival 2010 Queensland’s largest outdoor visual arts exhibition, in scale and attendance, will this year present the most extensive exhibition ever staged by the festival, when 55 major sculptural pieces are installed along the beach. Set between Currumbin’s two headlands, the 2010 exhibition includes work by artists from all over Australia as well as international locations such as New Zealand, Germany and India. READ MORE (PDF Document)
4th January 2010
MAJOR QUEENSLAND SCULPTURE EXHIBITION INVITES SUBMISSIONS FOR 2010
AWARDS AND ACQUISITIONS OF UP TO $60,000
Following the enormous success of the 2009 exhibition, Swell Sculpture Festival, Queensland’s premier outdoor sculpture exhibition, invites submissions from artists to exhibit in the 2010 exhibition. The eighth annual, free outdoor sculpture exhibition will be held along Currumbin Beach from the 10th – 19th September 2010. Swell Sculpture Festival provides artists with the opportunity to exhibit in a highly regarded exhibition set within a visually stimulating, expansive coastal landscape. READ MORE (PDF Document)
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Cairns sculptor creates a visual sensation at major Gold Coast outdoor exhibition. Equestrian sculptor Jennie Scott has impressed tens of thousands of visitors at the seventh annual Swell Sculpture Festival on the Gold Coast and has been voted, by the people, for the Currumbin RSL People’s Choice Award. Jennie’s sculpture titled Gold Coast Pioneer Bill Coleman drew massive interest from visitors as they marveled at the half tonne, 2.8 metre high horse and historic rider set amongst 52 sculptures along Currumbin Beach. Assembled using driftwood and embellished with copper wire the unique horse sculpture impressed visitors with its magnificent poise and sheer beauty juxtaposed against the natural coastal landscape. READ MORE (PDF Document) 12 August 2009 Sculpture Surge to Wash over Currumbin For the seventh year, the Swell Sculpture Festival, set between two major iconic headlands, will transform the seaside setting of Currumbin Beach to an outdoor gallery. Artists from around Australia and the world will install 52 sculptures for the free open-air exhibition where visitors can soak up the sculpture from the 11th to 20th September. READ MORE (PDF Document) Hooked on the big ones... what about something smaller? The Swell Smalls Gallery is an exhibition of smaller works by exhibiting artists of the Swell Sculpture Festival. Vibrant and beautiful in their own right only smaller, 40 sculptures will delight visitors as they are presented at The Way of Design Gallery on Pacific Parade, Currumbin.
Currumbin Rock to transform with mass floral message
Iconic Currumbin Rock will transform with
colour, texture and an environmental message during the 2009 Swell
Sculpture Festival. As part of the Swell Kids’ Program, invited NSW
artist Lynne Adams and 960 school children from the Currumbin Primary
School have worked together on a community sculpture. Making fun of a
serious issue, consumerism and waste, the children have learnt to hand
cut more than 5,000 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) carbonated drinks
bottles into flowers.
READ MORE (PDF Document)
HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS TO PLONK THEIR ARTWORK IN A SWELL OF SCULPTURE. When a fantastic opportunity arises to exhibit in a leading outdoor sculpture exhibition close to 2,000 kilometres away, transportation costs of a large sculpture can be the deciding factor for an artist as to whether or not to enter. Plonk Art is the result of the combined approach of the Satterley Property Group’s Smithfield Village, the Cairns Regional Council and the Swell Sculpture Festival. It has been initiated to provide support for an artist within the Cairns Regional Council geographical area to exhibit at the Swell Sculpture Festival. The selected artist will have associated costs of exhibiting such as freight, packing, insurance, two return flights and public liability insurance covered. 12 January 2009 2009 Call for Entries - Swell Sculpture Festival is calling for entries to exhibit in the seventh outdoor sculpture exhibition held along Queensland’s Currumbin Beach ocean walkway. The exhibition is free to the public and is from the 11th – 20th September 2009. READ MORE (PDF Document)
SWELL SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 2008 10 July 2008 The Lure of Beach Culture and Outdoor Sculpture From 12th to 21st September, Queensland’s Currumbin Beach transforms from a quiet seaside setting of sun, sand and surfers to a massive swell of sculpture as artists from around Australia and the world install 50 sculptures for this free to the public open-air exhibition. READ MORE 22 July 2008
Sculptured Sky - Christo Style The Currumbin sky will come alive with movement and colour as more than 300 children assemble on the beach with their hand formed kites grasped excitedly eager to catch the sea breeze. Together they will form a dynamic, large scale public installation to close the Swell Sculpture Festival on Sunday 21st September 2008. READ MORE 22 July 2008 A Symposium - Public Art - an Object or an Experience? When you look at a piece of public art, what do you see? Is it a waste of space or does it energise public spaces and transform our everyday life? The Public Art Symposium will provide an informative forum for the community to engage with the topic Public Art – an Object or an Experience through three keynote sessions. The aim is to broaden community involvement and participation in cultural discussions and to challenge the perception of public art and its role in public life. READ MORE 22 July 2008 Big on beauty and fascination just ... smaller Swell Smalls Gallery is an exhibition of smaller works by the exhibiting artists of the Swell Sculpture Festival. A selection of dynamic, beautiful and energising pieces are presented at The Way of Design Gallery adjacent to the beachfront along Pacific Parade, Currumbin. READ MORE CALL FOR ENTRIES 2008 EXHIBITION 29th January 2008 Swell Sculpture Festival is calling for entries for the sixth annual, outdoor visual arts exhibition held along Queensland’s Currumbin Beach ocean walkway. The exhibition is from the 12th - 21st September 2008. Applications are now open until April 1st 2008. READ MORE SUCCESSFUL FUNDING APPLICATIONS 11th December 2007 In November 2007, Swell Sculpture Festival received notification that it was successful in its application for the Queensland Government’s Arts Queensland S2M (small2medium) grant. Arts Queensland has provided $50,000 to the Swell Currumbin Sculpture Festival. This is a huge boost for Swell as the contingent of applicants was very competitive. Feedback from Arts Queensland was very positive and we were informed that Swell is the first event to receive this type of funding on the Gold Coast. A big thanks to Arts Queensland for their support, we look forward to our new relationship with them in 2008. READ MORE SWELL FRIENDS LAUNCHED
11th December 2007 The Swell Friends Program has been initiated to financially strengthen and sustain this highly popular visual arts exhibition. This program is supported by the Queensland Government’s Queensland Events Regional Development Program (QERDP). READ MORE SWELL SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 14th - 23rd September 2007
5th August 2007 “What started as a ripple in the ocean has turned into an enormous Swell” Ten days of culture on the Gold Coast most treasured icon, the beach! Swell is now in its fifth year and offers the community a free outdoor visual spectacular, spanning ten days in September. Showcasing over fifty leading artists along the Currumbin Ocean-Walkway. The sculptors come from far and wide and have built their work specifically for the outdoor environment. READ MORE |
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