National Outdoor Sculpture
Competition & Exhibition
About the Competition & Exhibition
The National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition, now in its 5th year, features up to 15 sculptures by established and emerging artists from across the nation. The 11 month exhibition offers sculptors the opportunity to display their imaginative and thought provoking large-scale sculpture throughout the picturesque North Charleston Riverfront Park, as well as compete for honorariums and awards. Organized and presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, the exhibition is a component of the North Charleston Arts Festival
The exhibition will be on display at North Charleston Riverfront Park (1001 Everglades Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405) from May 2010 – March 2011. The park is open daily and admission and parking are free. Visitors can enjoy the sculpture displays among ten acres of walking paths, a fishing pier, boardwalks, a fountain, an oversized sandbox and children’s play area.
About the Juror
The juror for the 2010/11 National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition is Stuart Horodner, Artistic Director of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Georgia. During the past 20 years, he has been Curator at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Oregon; Director of the Bucknell University Art Gallery in Lewisburg, PA; and Owner/Director of the Horodner Romley Gallery in New York City. He was the originator of the Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, an intimate art fair in Portland, OR from 2004-2007; and has developed exhibitions, public art projects, and residency activities with artists including Leon Golub, Jack Whitten, Tony Tasset, Kay Rosen, William Pope.L, Joe Sola, Melanie Manchot, Luca Buvoli, Jessica Stockholder, and many others. Horodner received his BFA from The Cooper Union in NYC, and his MFA from the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. His art writing has appeared in publications including Art Lies, Art on Paper, Art Issues, Sculpture Magazine, BOMB Magazine, Dazed & Confused, and Surface Magazine.