CALL FOR ENTRIES
It’s that time in the competition where Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), in conjunction with the Association of the Arts Pretoria, encourages all prospective participants to bring their vision to life and submit their competition entries before 29 September 2011.
The 2011 PPC Young Concrete Sculptor Awards (YCSA) Competition promises to be even bigger than previous years as it marks the competition’s 20th anniversary. Entrants once again stand a chance to win R50 000, a first prize for the piece to be crowned “Best Sculpture on Exhibition”. The runner-up will receive R25 000 and two deserving artists will win merit awards of R5 000 each. These fantastic prizes will, as always, be awarded based on the judges’ assessment of each piece’s technical skill and creativity combined with outstanding conceptual design and thinking in concrete as the main medium.
This year’s theme, “Our Strength, Your Vision” is the hallmark of PPC’s values, which speaks to and encourages all our customers, including artists entering the YCSA Competition, to rely on our products in bringing their construction or sculpture vision to life.
Photographic entries of up to two sculptures may be submitted by participants who are eighteen years of age or older and “young” in the art of sculpting using concrete as a medium. They should be upcoming sculptors or are not yet recognised as professionals in this field.
The YCSA Competition continues to impress the art community with the quality of its annual entries and has become one of South Africa’s most prestigious art competitions. The quantity of entries remains impressive every year, with the competition targeting a niche market.
“The PPC Cement YCSA Competition not only produces outstanding works of art, but has empowered many artists to embark on a professional career utilising concrete as a sculpting medium,” says Customer Executive, PPC Cement, Richard Tomes.
The judging panel looks for work that demonstrates outstanding craftsmanship, aesthetic appeal and conceptual strength. A fine balance between technical ability, artistic creativity and respect for the medium of concrete is essential.
This year’s judging panel consists of Technical Advisor for PPC, Donovan Leach; Chairperson, Kay Potts; Academic, Marc Edwards; practicing artist, Rina Stutzer; gallerist, Jacob Lebeko and previous YCSA winner, Bevan Thornton.
Photographic entries of completed works can be e-mailed to artspta@mweb.co.za. The whole presentation may not be bigger than five megabytes. Alternatively, hard copy colour entries can be delivered by hand or post to the Association of Arts Pretoria,173 Mackie Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk inPretoria. Entries are to be submitted on Tuesday 27 September, Wednesday 28 September and Thursday 29 September 2011.
For more information and entry forms contact Nandi Hilliard at the Association of Arts Pretoria at 012 346 3100.
Posted on September 8, 2011
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