Regional NSW's largest outdoor sculpture exhibition, Mudgee's renowned Sculptures in The Garden, is now open for submissions for its 10th anniversary event.
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SIG provides artists an opportunity to exhibit their works and showcase them alongside local, regional, metropolitan and interstate artists. Last year was the biggest collection of works exhibited in the history of the event and over 3,500 visitors are expected to visit in 2020.
Artists will also be in the running for a number of the acquisition and non-acquisition prizes, with a total value for 2020 of over $43,000.
That includes the top prize of $25,000 for the Sculptures in the Garden and Mid-Western Regional Council's acquisition prize. There is also a new prize this year being the Artistic Merit Prize for Small Sculpture.
All works that are acquired will be showcased in Council's public art collection and displayed within the Lawson Park Sculpture Walk. The exhibition has contributed 20 acquisitive works to the walk over the years, which is visited and enjoyed year-round by both locals and visitors to the region.
Furthermore, the walk acts as a legacy of the SIG event and all it has achieved for arts in the Central West.
In 2019, over 50 per cent of works from the exhibition were sold and more than $20,000 was raised for the local branch of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
Organisers will be looking to pull out all the stops to celebrate the 10-year milestone this year.
Not to mention, sculpture and art can be such a fantastic distraction for both the creator and its audiences - which hopefully has been the case for artists over these past few months.
- Entries close August 21, visit sculpturesinthegarden.com.au/info-for-artists