After the huge success last year of the first Sculpture on Clyde event, Batemans Bay is powering ahead with plans for the second competition to choose a suitable sculpture for the “sculpture walk”.
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August 24 – September 3 will see the town transformed into a vast sculpture park.
Meanwhile, plans to create a world-class sculpture walk are underway, with the winning work from this year’s show remaining and the winning artist taking home $50,000.
“Our first winner Dora A. Rognvaldsdottir”s shining welded aluminium sculpture “Duet” is in place in the Stockland precinct, and of course our octopus sculpture Bouyansea at Mena’s Point has been stopping traffic since its installation last year,” spokeswoman Maggie Brennan said.
“This year, the artists have been shown a plan agreed to by the Eurobodalla Shire Council, where the winner could be installed along our waterways.
“Both the landscape and the seascape influence the selection of these sites so that each new winning piece will be thoughtfully placed along our foreshores.
“The town is gearing up for the expected visitors and many of our local restaurants and accommodation places are joining in with special packages for the event.”
Last winter, visitors came from far and wide to witness the magical transformation of the Batemans Bay foreshore for the inaugural Sculpture on Clyde exhibition.
More than 70 works, crafted by artists from the Eurobodalla and beyond, were exhibited at the 10-day event held on the banks of the Clyde River and at an indoor gallery.
The event drew a crowd of thousands, with several thousand votes received in the People’s Choice awards.
Artist Amanda Harrison’s ‘High Flyer’, depicting a parent and child cast in bronze, struck a chord with the crowd, taking out first place in the People’s Choice for indoor sculptures. John Fitzmaurice’s polished steel and red ironbark ‘Lady Godiva’ came in second for the same category, while Mikaela Castledine’s ‘Turtles Crossing’ received third place.
Bingie sculptor, John Payne, blitzed the outdoor sculpture awards with his winning ‘Drop to Earth’ and third-placed ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Set’.
Coming in second was Shannon Hobbs’ dramatic wind chime-like piece, ‘Musical Reeds’.
