Pacific Northwest Sculptors hosted a virtual for the “Emergence” online sculpture exhibit. View the recorded event. The reception celebrated the first online sculpture exhibit presented by the group. Entrants from 32 states submitted over 500 works. Author, critic and curator, Richard Speer was the juror for the exhibit. He shared his observations and discussed his […]
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Curator’s Statement: Emergence 2021
View the complete exhibit. Richard Speer This exhibition’s theme, “Emergence,” conjures the conundrum of expectation. We had by this late date hoped to have emerged from the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet the world still convulses in the wake of ever-mutating variants. In the realm of aesthetics, we often celebrate the promise of emerging […]
Help Shape the Future of Portland’s Public Monuments
The Portland Monuments & Memorials Project, organized by Convergr45 is coordinating the “Prototypes” show. The project is managing conversations around proposed sculptures to replace many of those removed in the past year. A group of about 30 will be on display from August 25 through October 9th at 1010 NW Flanders Street, Portland. These existing […]
PNWS Members Lead Local Sculpture Activities
PNWS members are sharing their knowledge, selling work, earning commissions and recruiting students through a series of local activities. Here are some highlights. Following the recent vandalism of the York sculpture at Mt. Tabor Park, Julian Voss-Andreae offered to raise funds to cast the bust in bronze as a gift to the city. We have […]
Art Saves Lives
Culture could save the Planet
I have posted here previously about broadening Culture, the challenge of racism and the concept of “de-colonization”…
Plans in progress for our first Virtual Sculpture Show
The pandemic isn’t over yet. While a few galleries are hosting shows, we plan to display our members’ work through our own virtual sculpture shows. We are initiating the process through CAFÉ, a platform many of you are already familiar with. Our tentative plan is to extend entries to the public, favoring and discounting entry […]
Recognizing International Sculpture Day 2021
In the tradition of York and Sacajawea, PNWS 2021 International Sculpture Day (IS Day) was a pioneering experience. A conceptual theme was chosen: Unrecognized. This word came up as a conjunction of different sculptural phenomena that were hidden, undervalued, uncompensated or intentionally made less important. A portrait of York, an uncompensated American pioneer, was secretly […]
Cartoon Sculpture: A Publishing Quandary
The goal of any cartoonist is to get published. When that happens the publisher will reproduce the drawing and distribute it. Ink is cheap. Paper is flat and easy to mail or deliver otherwise. In the case of sculpture, publishing is an involved and expensive process. Think rotational and injection molding, slip casting, bronze casting, […]