Eight additional sculptures placed in Korca park

TIRANA, July 7 – Eight sculptures have been added to the Rinia “Youth” park of the southeastern city of Korca. The sculptures were created during a two-week international symposium bringing together eight international artists.
Some 24 sculptures have been created during the symposium’s three editions and placed in the local park, one of the most visited areas of the biggest southeastern city.
Korca Mayor Niko Peleshi said the new sculptures have turned the local park into open-air modern art gallery, the first of this kind in Albania.
“Our goal is to provide the city with artworks showing our culture as our predecessors did almost one century ago with their acts of philanthropy,” the Mayor told local media.
The park sculpture project consists in promotion and exchange of culture and art between artists. For 2 weeks the artists worked in the open area of the main park of the city, which is much known for its greenery spaces. The artists’ works were a great show for the park visitors and as an open studio for the artists.
The ideas and the models presented by the artists were judged through the Culture Commission of Korca municipality. The works were made mainly in stone, Greek marble with a volume of 2m x 0.5m up to 3m x 0.6m.
Each artist had the necessary equipments and its works space. The final goal of this event, following the successful experience of the last year, will be that all the participants will contribute with their works and the sculptures will be placed in the park site as a symbol of art and culture of the city, so that to turn this event in an annual activity.
The artists will have a copyright payment. The organizers, Korca Municipality and the Cultural Centre “Vangjush Mio” provided the necessary materials and arranged all the contacts with artists inside and outside Albania.