15th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, deadline: May 10th, 2014

The 15th China Changchun (Zhong Dong Group)

International Sculpture Symposium

 March 17, 2014

Changchun is now inviting sculptors for the 15th China Changchun (Zhong Dong

Group) International Sculpture Symposium.

Host: Changchun Municipal People’s Government, China

Organizer: Changchun Sculpture Planning and Management Office, Changchun

Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, Changchun Planning Bureau, Changchun Zhong

Dong Group

Co-organizer: Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute, The Fine Art College of

Northeast Normal University, Jilin College of the Arts

Time: 40 days from July 22 to September 5, 2014

Place: Changchun, China

Number of participant sculptors: about 40

Theme: Joy·Life·Future

Background: By the year of 2013, Changchun city has successfully held 14 sessions

of international sculpture symposium, which had produced wide influence in the

international sculpture field. This year’s sculpture symposium will be funded by

Changchun Zhong Dong Group. Zhong Dong Group was established in 1984, it has

become a collective corporation engaged in the development and lease of commercial

real estate, pharmaceutical products supply, financial services, and property

management. Its mission is to create a new life style for the public.

Purposes: by organizing such a sculpture symposium, Changchun city hopes

to popularize sculpture art, improve citizen’s culture cultivation, create artistic

atmosphere and further promote local culture prosperity. The sculpture symposium

will definitely become a platform for international exchange on art and culture.

First step: call for submitting sculpture proposals

Submission must include:

1. At least three original proposals, which are requested to reflect the Symposium's

theme “Joy· Life · Future”, bright in color, modern and fashionable in style, novel in

concept, full of vitality, and coordinate with the commercial environment. Decorative,

interesting, interactive and innovative works are appreciated. New materials are

encouraged. The size could fall to the following three scales, 3-3.5m. 1.5-2m, and 0.8-

1.3m. Group sculptures are encouraged.

2. A4 size colored design drafts or photographs of the maquettes of your proposals

in JPEG format (no less than 2M). Please specify the detailed information of the

author and the work in the picture and name the picture as the following format:

Nationality, Name of the Author, Title of the Work, Dimensions, and Material. For

example, “France Auguste Rodin Thinker 145cm X98cm X180cm, Bronze”.

3. Registration form and enclose your passport photo, your recent daily photo and

your resume. Your sculpture portfolio is also appreciated.

 4. Deadline for submitting proposals: May 10, 2014. The submitted works

which do not follow the instructions will not enter the second step.

Second step: select and confirm participant sculptors

All the applicant proposals will be carefully reviewed by the Organizing Committee,

extensively evaluated by the public and finally appraised by celebrated masters. If any

sculptor’s proposal gets accepted, he or she will receive an official invitation from

Changchun for creating it on site from early July 22 to September 5, 2014.

The accepted sculptors will be provided with:

1. Round-trip economic flight tickets (only from his or her residence city to

Changchun)

2. An allowance of US $3000, free accommodation in Changchun.

3. General processing tools, sculpture materials

4. Assistant and interpreter

5. Honor diplomas, picture albums and souvenirs.

All the completed sculpture works will be permanently placed in the large commercial

environment of Changchun city. The Organizing Committee reserves the final right to

interpret.

Contacts:

Miss Aimee: cccsculpture@163.com

Tel & Fax: +86-431-85649312 Mobile: +86-13943054070

Websites: http://www.jlzhongdong.com/ www.ccsculpture.org, http://

en.changchun.gov.cn/

The Organizing Committee

The 15th China Changchun (Zhong Dong Group) International Sculpture Symposium

Attachment：1. The Registration Form

 2. The Effect Picture of the Shopping Mall