Sculpture Newsletter

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October - November 2004 Issue of
The Third Dimension, newsletter of

Contents on this page include:

Sculptfest Follow-up
Member News

Sculpture Festival Follow-up

Sculptfest 2004 hosted a record number of visitors - 2,830. That number does not include the 50 sculptors and an estimated 50 helpers, museum volunteers and staff. This year's attendance is nearly 1,000 more than in the previous two years. 1,897 persons attended in 2002 and 1,820 in 2003.

*The sunny weather and wonderful advertising helped make the event so successful. The Austin-American Statesman printed 300,000 Austin Museum Day wrappers for their Thursday paper and gave TSOS an inexpensive wrap AND they named Sculptfest as its "Sunday Best Bet:! Channel 8 gave 'early and often' coverage of the event. Theresa Bayer, SculptFest Co-Chair with assistance from Aimee Bobruk worked very hard on publicity that resulted in greater Austin Museum Day and SculptFest attention. TSOS would like to thank the following fabulous individuals for making SculptFest a success: Marla Ripperda: SculptFest Chair, Publicity: Theresa Bayer and Aimee Bobruk (Aimee also rranged the wonderful music), Food/hospitality for artists: Pat Galvin, Children's Corner: Al Carp, Richard Von Hatten, Derek Brooks, Terence and Gina***, Ripperda, Jennifer Woodruff, Mary Wolcott. Richard also purchased the clay and paid other bills. General help: Katrina Ripperda, Rose Farmer and Ruth Baker who also made name tags for artists. Take-down: Gilbert Barrera, Terence, Gina and Katrina Ripperda. ASC volunteers who promoted and signed up people for classes: Steve Dubov, Bobby Pearl, Nancy Cardozier, Mary Paige Huey and Terry Wilemon.

*TSOS would especially like to thank Nelie Plourde at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum for providing us with a wonderful venue. Museum staff Marjorie Van Beekum, Laura Wells and Nelie generously helped out in a myriad of ways before, during and after the show. We appreciate the work of the following Umlauf volunteers: Becky Ballou, Charlotte Boyle, Vanessa Davis, Ruxandra Dumitriu, Cheryl Goveia, John Marino, Allyson Pease, and Jan Roberts. The Sculptfest artists thank Nelie and USG&M for being such great hosts!

[Sculpture Festival]
Marla Ripperda speaks with festival visitors about her cement sculpture.

[Sculpture Festival]
"Communion"
by Valencia Mills and Ken Burns
Mixed Media, Size 27" diameter
Photo by Ken Burns
As featured in the American-Statesman Sunday, September 12, 2004 issue. Found under the Best Bets section and compiled by Ginger Cowles. http://www.statesman.com

TSOS MEMBER & SCULPTURE NEWS

Bobby Pearl has been appointed Director of the Austin Sculpture Center. She has been connected with the School since 1987 as a student, a faculty member and as a board member. Her background as a sculptor includes a minor in sculpture from Indiana University, special student status at Banaras Hindu University and at Yale. Bobby has been sculpting for 35 years but feels that her best training has come from her classes with the students and faculty of the Austin Sculpture Center (formerly Elizabet Ney Sculpture Academy). Bobby looks forward to meeting and supporting incoming students for the September 13th ASC Fall Semester.

Mary Paige Huey presents the last gallery showing of her stone sculpture in Austin at the Shinemond Fine Jewelry & Gallery located at 1501 West 5th St., Suite B, Austin, TX (Art on Fifth Complex). The opening reception is Friday, October 1 from 4 - 7 p.m. The show will run from Oct. 1 - 29, 2004.

Bob Coffee will participate in an exhibit entitled "Images of the Big Bend" held at the Ashby & Allison Fine Arts Gallery, 702 E. Holland, Alpine, TX 79830. The exhibit will feature his wildlife and western bronzes along with the photography of Karen Maio. The opening reception will be held Friday, September 17th from 5 - 8 p.m. The exhibit runs September 17 - Thanksgiving.

The Werth Gallery will feature the works of Michael Hall and Rosemary Malone-Hall along with the works of Joe Wigley and Catherine Werth in a show "On and Off the Wall" held from October 17 - December 30, 2004. The event will jointly celebrate thirty years of work by Michael Hall's Studio & Foundry and the inaugural opening of The Werth Gallery. Brunch to open exhibit on October 17th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

There will be an unveiling of Pat Oliphant's bronze sculpture of "Angelina Eberly", Austin heroine on Sunday September 26, 2004 at 6 p.m. The statue is located at 6th Street and Congress in Austin. Pat Oliphant is the most syndicated cartoonist in the world as well as a masterful sculptor.

WELCOME NEW TSOS MEMBERS!

New members: Joana Silva-Cradock, Rosibel Garcia-Ramirez, Eric VanWinkle, Jose Garciaguerra, Sally Packard, Gary Lott, Stephen Dubov, and Kerry Christiansen.

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