SculptFest2011 is Just Around the Corner!

The excitement is building for the opening of SculptFest2011 on Saturday, September 10. The annual Carving Studio and Sculpture Center outdoor exhibition features site-specific sculptural installations by selected regional and national artists. Past works range from directly carving into the quarry wall to land-works and interactive performances. In response to the SculptFest2011 theme “Forces of Nature”, guest curator Rick Rothrock selected 11 site-specific works. Artists include Andrew Thomas, Chris Wells, Brigitte Grenier, Jessica Leete, Erica Johnson, Isabelle Garbani, R.G. Solbert, Crystal Ellis, Erica Ehrenbard, Marisa DiPaola, Zoe Marr and Paul Hilliard. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held on September 10th from 5:00--8:00pm is open to the public with the Fine Art Raffle drawing at 7:00 pm. Preceding the SculptFest event, “Stone, Water, Metal” photography by Don Ross will open at the CSSC Gallery from 4PM.

2011 Stone Bench Project

In 2009 and 2010, the support of the business community and the Vermont Arts Council helped to provide area students with the opportunity to participate in the Stone Bench Project.  In these two-week intensive sessions, ten Rutland County youth worked collaboratively under the direction of a master sculptor to create carved stone benches for placement at the West Rutland Town Hall and Giorgetti Park in Rutland.

Call to Artists

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center (CSSC) is now accepting proposals for Sculptfest 2011, Forces of Nature. The curator, artist Rick Rothrock, will select 10 artists to create outdoor installations responsive to the post-industrial marble-quarrying environment where CSSC is located. The selected pieces will go on display September 10, 2011. Artists are invited to submit proposals to include a 1–2-page project description, sketches or other visual representations, a résumé, an artist statement (optional), up to 10 images of previous site-specific work (.jpg format on CD), and a SASE for the return of materials, if desired. The application deadline is July 22, 2011. Submissions should be addressed to SculptFest 2011, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, PO Box 495, West Rutland, VT 05777. For inquiries, contact 802/438-2097 or <info@carvingstudio.org>. Artists are encouraged to see themselves and their work as a force of nature and to interpret the subject as they understand it.

Sculptfest2010:  Untitled installation by Casey Wright

Benefit Concert For Scholarship Fund Thursday June 16, 2011

 Join us for a great evening of rolicking tunes and originally jaunty lyrics!  Characterized as "explosively intoxicating," Greensboro, North Carolina's Holy Ghost Tent Revival cannot be pigeonholed into any popular genre. Melding brass with banjo, guitar, bass, drums and keys, this six-piece ensemble boasts an eclectic mash of instruments and styles -- a musical alchemy all their own. 

Tickets sold at the door. Cost: $15

Please note that this concert is on the grounds of the Sculpture Center and not at our gallery! Come join us for an evening of frolicsome, foot-stomping fun.