OPEN CALL to Artists
10 May 2023 – 10 July 2023
International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture
4th Edition: 2023
We are inviting artists to take part in the International Symposium of Contemporary Art. The project is an important element of the Centre’s programme and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and private entities. The programme of the event includes workshops for professional sculptors and young volunteers acting as assistants, students/graduates of artistic universities, as well as lectures and discussions concerning important challenges of contemporary culture and ways artists face those challenges, including the verification of the usability of traditional techniques and materials in the context of searching for new forms of artistic expression and new techniques and materials to develop the field of sculpture and widen the audience thereof.
Based on the verification of projects, the Centre will choose the participants. During the event they will create their original spacious projects on: Damages and repairs, which will be exhibited in the park in Orońsko.
Projects can be created by use of all techniques and materials which can be contrasted with the nature and exhibited in the outdoor space. The participants will carry out their artistic activities on the basis of CRP’s technical resources in cooperation with the Centre’s employees and volunteers acting as their assistants. The Symposium will be summed up with meetings with invited guests who are interested in and deal with the perception and functioning of sculpture.
Date of the Symposium: 3–17 September 2023
Organiser: Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej in Orońsko
Organiser representative: Agata Zboromirska
Subject: Damages and repairs
Enrolment period: 10 May 2023 – 10 July 2023
APPLICATION FILING
To be qualified to the Symposium, Artists must prepare and provide the following materials to the Centre by 10 July 2023:
- AN APPLICATION FORM
- A PROJECT, including:
- visualisations: maximum 8 visualisations in pdf, jpg, etc.;
- the description of ideas: up to 4000 characters with spaces;
- a cost estimate: a detailed cost estimate including the technical specification of materials (type, quantity, size, colour, diameter, etc., preferably with links to the product) and services necessary to create the work (cutting, burning, etc.).
The cost estimate must also include a demand for technical assistance of the Centre’s workers (carpenter, ceramist, electrician, etc.);
- PORTFOLIO: in pdf of the maximum size of 10 MB;
- A SCAN OF THE SIGNED INFORMATION CLAUSE on the protection of personal data of the participants in accordance with the GDPR.
The above materials should be sent by e‑mail to the following address:
or by mail in the form of hardcopies to:
Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej
ul. Topolowa 1
26–505 Orońsko
with the annotation: Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture
The information about the chosen participants will be published in the Centre’s website and FB profile and will be sent to the applicants by e‑mail within 7 days of the end of the selection process.
Please address all questions concerning applications by e‑mail to a.podsiadly@rzezba-oronsko.pl
