Call for Entries: 2024-2025 Fall Series of Outdoor Sculpture Exhibits
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: August 31, 2024.
The Midwest Sculpture Initiative is proud to be organizing 5 outdoor sculpture exhibits for the 2024-2025 “Fall Series”. All exhibits feature the following benefits to the exhibiting sculptor:
stipends of $1000. (paid to sculptor at time of installation);
high visibility sites;
year-long coordinated media promotions;
most venues offer guided tours and brochures;
exhibits posted on the MSI website (www.msisculpture.com) with links to and from the host websites;
concrete pads and installation services;
strongly encouraged sales (MSI has proven year after year that it can sell sculpture, ask the many happy sculptors);
and MSI, with the ‘host’, will provide liability insurance (sculptor supplies damage and loss insurance).
All fall exhibits begin approximately September 30th, 2024, and conclude September 15th, 2025
THE EXHIBITS
1. 12th Annual Kochville Township Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Kochville Township (Michigan) is located approximately three miles north of Saginaw. Kochville Township's residents pride themselves in the community's character…rural, yet convenient. They enjoy the wide-open spaces and the easy access to shopping, state-of-the-art medical centers and the accredited educational institutions of Saginaw Valley State University, Davenport University and Northwood University. Stipend: $1000.
2. 10th Annual Vandalia Art Parked Sculpture Exhibition Vandalia (Ohio) is “the Perfect Fit” to Live, Work & Play. The dedicated and involved citizens together with our many amenities, such as our vibrant farmers market, stable government, exceptionally rated schools, championship golf course, and recreation center/sports complex, make an outstanding community. Since 2001, Vandalia has supported a variety of arts and cultural activities including Vandalia Chiseled—Stone Sculpture Symposium which produced 5 large limestone public sculptures. At the crossroad of I-70/I-75, Vandalia is home to the Dayton International Airport and is 7 miles north of Dayton which boasts a multitude of cultural organizations such as the DAI, Schuster Center, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and the new Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (Opera, Ballet & Philharmonic). Stipend: $1000.
3. 7th Annual City of Mount Clemens Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition The City of Mount Clemens Michigan is a real city with a compact downtown as compared to the suburbs that have grown up around it and is located north/east of Detroit. Mount Clemens is a racially diverse population and with a variety in the neighborhoods. Historically, was a destination to visit its mineral baths. Most of the grand old hotels no longer exist and the city struggles between clinging to its past and developing a vision for the future. It is the county seat for Macomb County. Stipend: $1000.
4. 7th Annual Sandusky Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in Sandusky Ohio. The Sandusky area is a Great Lakes port community with a population of 112,000. Many visitors come to Sandusky for fishing and boating and to annually compete in national sailing and fishing events. The city's relationship to the islands of Lake Erie places it strategically in the heart of Vacationland with Cedar Point Amusement Park bringing in over 3,000,000 visitors each summer and fall. Sandusky's park system is ideal: maintained impeccably and beautifully located in multiple locations. Sandusky’s Bayfront Corridor located along downtown has some of the most beautiful public access waterfront in Ohio. Stipend: $1000.
5. 4th Annual Falling Waters Sculpture Trail Exhibition The Falling Waters Trail joins the Village of Concord with the City of Jackson, Michigan. It is a 12-foot-wide paved trail built on an abandoned stretch of the Michigan Central Railroad and is ideal for walking, running, or biking. The outdoor sculpture exhibition will begin at the Weatherwax trailhead parking lot and continue along Weatherwax Drive, leading to the trailhead, making much of the exhibit viewable from the road. Several pieces will be placed along the trail within 100 yards of the trailhead. It is expected to be seen by 10,000 viewers a day. Stipend: $1000.
WHAT TO SUBMIT (AS MANY PIECES AS YOU WANT!)
Work durable enough to withstand the harsh Michigan/Ohio/Indiana winters and suitable for public viewing;
completed and signed entry form;
JPEG digital images on a CD including: 1 or 2 views of each work, filenames must include: corresponding number to the image list, artist’s last name, title (03_Rodin_Thinker). Images must be at least 72 dpi; please DO NOT use all caps on the digital images’ filename or insert your information onto the image
image list including image number, artist name, title, material(s), dimensions in feet, weight, retail price; (40% commission charged on sales) and installation requirements;
current professional resume;
one paragraph artist's statement (if you’re Irish and/or an English major it can be longer);
resume, artist's statement, and image list must be in PDF format on the CD. Please do not email as an JPEG.
no electronic signatures
Submission tip: Do not be afraid to re-submit pieces that may not have been accepted in previous years or that have been in previous MSI exhibits (example: just because it was in Canton last year doesn’t mean it can’t go to Toledo this year! Also, remember jurors are fickle!)
SUBMISSIONS SNAIL MAILED or HAND DELIVER TO:
Bridgid Thompson
Midwest Sculpture Initiative
11993 East U.S. 223
Blissfield, MI 49228
Questions: 517-759-0119 or contact@msisculpture.com
SUBMISSIONS E- MAILED TO:
contact@msisculpture.com
PLEASE NOTE: Total e-mail size must be under 20MB, or the NetZero server will reject it. Please follow all the instructions above and 'attach' JPEG photos and PDF files of printed materials. We will send a confirmation e-mail.
All Calls for Entries and previous Midwest Sculpture Initiative exhibits can be seen at www.msisculpture.com
Note: We can relocate your work from show to show, for a fee of course.
Call 517-486-4591 for more information.