Deadline extended for Sculpture on the Gulf artist proposals
The Call for Proposals deadline for the 2017 headland Sculpture on the Gulf has been extended to 5pm, 26 February 2016. It was set to officially close today but artists now
have one last opportunity for their ideas to be considered, thanks to demand by artists.
All artists who would like to take advantage of the extended deadline must first email Kelly Carmichael (kellyc@sculptureonthegulf.co.nz) to confirm they are submitting a proposal by this date. Selected artists will subsequently be invited to submit a more
detailed concept.
headland Sculpture on the Gulf celebrates the best of New Zealand sculpture. The biennial exhibition is New Zealand’s largest
outdoor art event and it was enjoyed by more than 55,000 art lovers in 2015. In 2017 Sculpture on the Gulf also invites
concepts for participatory, socially engaged or performative practice for the event.
The 2017 event runs from 3 to 26 February with around 30 sculptures on the two kilometre coastal route on Waiheke
Island.
headland Sculpture on the Gulf proposals will be considered for final selection by the Cultural Programme Committee which
includes Dr. Zara Stanhope (Auckland Art Gallery), Dr. Blair French (Museum of Contemporary Art Australia), Bruce
Phillips (Te Tuhi), Linda Chalmers (Waiheke Community Art Gallery) and Kelly Carmichael (headland Sculpture on the Gulf).
Zara Stanhope is heading the Cultural Programme Committee for the 2017 exhibition and she brings a wealth of experience
to the role. She is currently the Principal Curator and Head of Programmes at Auckland Art Gallery and was previously
Senior Curator at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne.
Stanhope says she’s looking forward to seeing the concepts that New Zealand’s most creative artists are proposing for headland Sculpture on the Gulf 2017.
“Every time artists have created great works for this event. We have already received a good range of proposals in which
artists have responded to aspects of Waiheke Island – including the Island’s heritage, mana whenua history, ecology,
archaeology and geographic relationships, and we are looking forward to seeing more expressions from artists engaging
with the exhibition’s striking coastal location. Beautiful Waiheke Island will be hosting another world class sculpture
exhibition in 2017.”
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