Having selected the participants in for the 2010-2011 Salisbury Sculpture Show, we are pleased to announce the addition of these talented artists and pictures of their works to the Artists Page. The pieces seen in the pictures will be installed in Salisbury, NC for the upcoming show, so check back often for more information!

A successful initial run has built Salisbury’s reputation as a venue for First Class sculpture. The 2009 Sculpture Show drew coverage from UNC-TV and Our State Magazine as well as multiple local and regional media outlets.

Salisbury is a unique city with historic main street charm where public art is a mainstay in the city’s physical, cultural and economic pro-file. The Salisbury Sculpture Show provides an appealing venue for artists as it engages residents and visitors with different styles of art, generates citizen input, and cultivates art patrons for the community.

Selected pieces will be carefully sited to best enhance the sculptures’ visibility and accessibility.

Exhibiting artists will receive a stipend. In addition, three sculptures from the 2009 or 2010 selections will be purchased for the City of Salisbury's new Fiber to the Home Customer Service Center. A 25% commission on work sold during the show will help build funds for future public art projects.

Best of Show Awards were given on June 20, at the annual Salisbury Day of the Arts and Art on Easy Street Event. What perhaps was one of the hottest days of the summer did not diminish the audience’s appreciation of the 3 award-winning sculptors.

Judging for the awards was Joe Rowand, well-known art critic and 37-year owner with Somerhill Gallery, now located in Durham, NC. Mr. Rowand expressed his appreciation for each piece as well as their sensitive and contextual settings within Salisbury’s historic downtown.

In fact, what makes Salisbury’s sculpture show so unique and enjoyable is that each piece of sculpture has been uncannily placed as though it was selected specifically for the site. Such adept placements will be difficult to replicate with the next round of sculptures, yet they will open the door to new exciting possibilities with the sculpture still to come.

Congratulations to all of our 2009 exhibitors for their excellent work with special acknowledgement to our Best in Show winners:

Best in Show Award - $1500.00

Look Homeward, Angles
Robert Winkler, Asheville, NC

1st Runner-up - $750.00

Tecton #9
Don Green, Winston-Salem, NC 

2nd Runner-up - $500.00

Pipeline
Jim Gallucci, Greensboro, NC

University of North Carolina Television featured the Salisbury Sculpture Show in a five minute segment that aired in June.  The segment is part of the station's North Carolina Weekend program that "... takes viewers on a journey beyond black and white pictures and boring text descriptions and into the colorful sites and sounds of the story - giving them a firsthand look at what North Carolina has to offer." 

» Watch the video here.