Sculpture Contest

Art in the Hollow X
Annual Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

7th Annual Outdoor Temporary Installation/Sculpture
Competition and Exhibition
Saturday September 25, 2021

We are seeking art work to grace the wild and lovely Swede Hollow Park during the annual Art in the Hollow festival on September 25, 2021. The competition is inspired by the spontaneous work of Erick Wiger, a local glass artist and founding Art in the Hollow Advisory Panel member. In 2012, while presumably tending his exhibition booth in the park, he surprised and delighted everyone by hanging a whimsical, sparkling mobile in a quiet grotto (pictured left). Everyone was struck by this wonderful union of art and nature. Accordingly, we are calling for works designed and placed in relation to specific settings, adding a new dimension to our pursuit of art in action at Swede Hollow Park. Artists are invited to walk the park, refer to maps, photos, and consider what it will look like in June.

How to Enter

Read the Criteria section below
Fill and submit the Registration Form.
Submit the application fee of $15 via Paypal to ArtintheHollowmn.org
To be considered, application fee must be paid.
Deadline for submissions is May 11, 2020.
Artwork must be ready to display in the park from 10am - 5pm during Art in the Hollow
Artworks will be judged the day of the festival
Four winners (!st, 2nd, 3rd, People's Choice) will be announced and cash prizes will be awarded at 4:30pm

Terms & Regulations

Applicant must be a Minnesota resident.
No age limit.
Preliminary entries may be concept drawings; photos of the original (.pdf, .jpeg, .png); existing or planned 3D works conceived in conjunction with or applied to a specific location in Swede Hollow Park.
Applicants may enter any number of works; the entry fee is $15 per submission.
Entry Cards (see below) must be completely filled out.
Friends of Swede Hollow reserves the right to use images of submissions for publicity.
If selected, sculptures will become part of the Art in the Hollow X to be installed by the artist, on site, for display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2020.
Artwork must not endanger the safety of artist or the public.
Works must be retrieved/deconstructed at 5:00 pm, the day of Art in the Hollow.

Judging

Relationship to natural surroundings
Quality of Design
Execution
Originality of Idea

CRITERIA: Relationship to natural surroundings; quality of design; execution; and originality.

Awards

First Prize: $200
Second Prize: $100
Third Prize: $50
People’s Choice Award: $100

Entry Card

Click on image for downloadable .pdf.

Along with submission of the form below, please include an entry card and up to three concept designs in an email to Artist Liaison, Karin DuPaul ([email protected]).

Concept designs may be sketches, models, or photos (.jpg, or .pdf no larger than 1 MB each).
Title your entry card using the template given. You may download a .pdf of the template by clicking on the image.

Note: The artist’s name(s) will be temporarily masked off during judging.