The final goal of this event, following the successful experience of 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
Tirana Times
TIRANA, July 6 – Eight international sculptors have been selected to participate in this year’s edition of the sculpture symposium in Korca, scheduled for July 6 to 16. The event which is directed by Albania’s Genti Tavanxhiu, will bring together sculptors from Portugal, Turkey, Belgium, Romania, Spain, and Albania for 10 days. The sculptures, which are specially created for this event, will be placed in the local Rinia park.
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 Korca.
Korca’s Mayor Niko Peleshi said the new sculptures have turned the local park into an 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 almost two weeks the artists work in the open area of the main park of the city, which is much known for its green spaces. The artists’ works were a great show for the park visitors and a unique open studio for the artists.
The ideas and the models presented by the artists are judged through the Culture Commission of Korca municipality. The works are made mainly in stone, Greek marble with a volume of 2m x 0.5m up to 3m x 0.6m.
Each artist has the necessary equipment and work space. The artists will also 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.
