Call for Proposals
Children’s Sculpture @ The Fort
As part of
NZ Sculpture OnShore 2010
2-14 November 2010
Call for Expressions of Interest
The popular Children’s Sculpture @ The Fort Exhibition (CS@TF) will again feature as an integral component of the November 2010 NZ Sculpture OnShore. As in the past, primary and intermediate schools are invited and encouraged to create site-specific exhibitions that will be displayed in the historic underground tunnels and rooms of Fort Takapuna in Devonport. The Children’s Exhibition supports NZ Sculpture Onshore and provides an opportunity for children to exhibit alongside leading New Zealand artists. New Zealand Women’s Refuge is the sole beneficiary of the adult exhibition.
Recognising that NZ Sculpture OnShore will be the first major cultural event in the new Supercity of Auckland, we are now extending the invitation for expressions of interest to all Auckland-area schools.
Is your school designing a theatre production set, about to embark on a garden sculpture, involved in paper mache forms or simply thinking about creating 3D works over Term 2 and Term 3 in 2010? This could be an opportunity to showcase what you are already doing in your school calendar. Alternatively, does your school want to create sculptures specifically for this event?
Key Dates and Deadlines
Term 1 (Week 7) 12 March 2010 Expressions of Interest
Term 1 (Week 9) 19 March 2010 Exhibiting schools selected
Term 2 (Week 2) 29 March 2010 Site information briefing and allocation of space @ the Fort
Term 3 (Week 1) 23 April 2010 Complete concept of installation
Term 3 (Week 10) 24 Sept 2010 Catalogue blurb and photograph of work
Term 4 (Week 1) 14 Oct 2010 Installation briefing @ the Fort
Term 4 (Week 3) 26 Oct 2010 Installation begins
Term 4 (Weeks 4-5) 2-14 Nov 2010 NZSoS Exhibition (including CS@TF Exhibition)
Term 4 (Week 4) 3 Nov 2010 CS@TF Powhiri
Term 4 (Week 6) 15 Nov 2010 Deinstallation
(NB: A school representative must attend the site information meeting on 29 March to be allocated a space)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Transportation and installation of the work
Transportation, installation and removal of the students’ works in the Fort are the responsibility of the school.
Security and insurance
The Fort will be locked between 6pm – 10am daily. During the exhibition opening hours, it will be staffed by volunteers. The full exhibition site will be fully fenced and monitored 24 hours a day with support from a professional security firm. Public liability insurance will be provided.
To be considered, please provide the following:
- Concept of installation (please provide any photographs of similar projects if applicable).
- Confirmation of your participation from your Principal.
- Confirmation that you understand the terms and conditions of participation.
Please return your Expression of Interest to Children’s Sculpture @the Fort Committee by 12 March 2010 by email to:
Tania Stewart
Co-ordination from classroom art teacher and/or art adviser, liaising with Curator of NZ Sculpture OnShore
Jill Cahill (021 02697690); Rhonwen Dewar (027 2571045); Jo Cummings (0273017977)
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NZ Sculpture OnshoreNZ Sculpture OnShore presents a major biennial exhibition of New Zealand sculptural work suitable for the outdoors.
New Zealand Sculpture OnShore's biennial sculpture exhibition has become recognised as one of New Zealand's leading exhibitions. We have developed a reputation for exhibiting a vast and excellent collection of contemporary New Zealand art and have consistently delivered on our promise of providing an "excellent day out". Our connection with the spectacular cliff-top Fort Takapuna site overlooking the Hauraki Gulf, the breadth and diversity of our exhibition allows us to take some artistic risks whilst still undertaking that there is "something for everybody" and particularly our direct link and support of New Zealand Women's Refuges, set us apart from other exhibitions and are points of differentiation we proudly promote.
The works of over 100 New Zealand artists are on public view and for sale during the 12-day exhibition at Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve.
NZ Sculpture OnShore 2008 raised $150,000, which brings the total of funds raised for NZ Women's Refuges to over $1 million.
NZ Sculpture OnShore Ltd is wholly owned by Friends of Women's Refuges, a charitable trust, which was formed to raise funds for the support of NZ Women's Refuges. Since 1995 eight outdoor sculpture exhibitions have been mounted. The core group of trustees who established NZ Sculpture OnShore are joined by a hundred further volunteer helpers during the ten days of each exhibition.
