National Sculptors' Guild

12/23/2024

just a little more time to submit to Sculpture in the Park’s 2025 exhibit.

**CALL FOR ENTRY**
Join us for the 2025 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK SHOW AND SALE on August 8th, 9th, and 10th, celebrating 41 years!
This prestigious event showcases 160 sculptors from around the world at Loveland’s Benson Sculpture Garden, attracting 15,000 to 20,000 art lovers and generating over $1,300,000 in sales.

**Beneficiary**
Proceeds fund additional sculptures and park improvements. To date, 187 pieces valued at over $5.5 million are installed in the garden.

**About Loveland High Plains Arts Council**
A volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit, dedicated to fostering art in the community and funding improvements for the Benson Sculpture Garden.

**Important Dates**
- **January 31, 2025**: Application Deadline
- **March 11, 2025**: Notifications of Acceptance
- **August 7, 2025**: Artist Set-Up
- **August 8, 2025**: Patron Party
- **August 9-10, 2025**: Weekend Show

**Application Requirements**
- $50 non-refundable fee
- Submit four digital images of different works, no artist identification in image
- Works must be finished and created within the last three years
- Acceptance implies agreement to the rules set forth (see CAFE)
**Eligibility**
Open to sculptors working in durable materials like stone, metal, or wood.
CAFE LINK: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php...

12/18/2024

Another wonderful sculpture by one of our members in Benson Sculpture Garden. We love Abracadabra by it certainly spreads a little magic.

Posted • Good Morning everyone!
It’s a great day to explore the magic of the park!
Speaking of Magic, what magical creations have you got?

12/17/2024

Posted • “‘Strength of the Maker’ right from its title to the strength shown even in the toes is a statement of how I view my very inner belief. Nature and all things natural have always been of the utmost importance to me all my life. Believing in a God, the Great Spirit, Buddha, Mohammed, the Mysterious One, and other beings of greatness is important. I feel they all exude the same message: a life of oneness, love, honesty, and a source of emotional strength. ‘Strength of the Maker’ is my visual version of how I see my Maker.” - Denny Heskew

Denny Haskew, a member of the Potawatomi citizen nation, is known for creating art that reflects Native American and Southwestern culture. His work has been described as intensely personal and honest, reflecting recurring themes of spirit, love, forgiveness, healing, endurance, and strength.

Haskew recalled visiting the inaugural Sculpture in the Park Show and Sale in 1984.

“My mom knew that I was messing around with wood carving and stuff, and so I came, and I saw sculpture for the first time with that show,” he said. “It was a lightbulb going off in your head. This is what I should do, and I stayed. I never went back.”

Undeterred by his lack of formal training, Haskew dedicated a year to apprenticeship. His determination paid off when he entered five pieces in the next Sculpture in the Park Show and Sale, using the earnings to expand his portfolio further. Denny is a charter member of the National Sculptors’ Guild.

The installation of his “Strength of the Maker” on the grounds of the Benson Sculpture Garden honors the beginning of his career and a life of oneness, love, honesty, and emotional strength.

11/19/2024

Apply to the acclaimed Sculpture in the Park show and sale.

get ready to Visit Loveland Colorado this August to purchase sculpture at the largest juried outdoor fine art sculpture show in the nation.

**CALL FOR ENTRY**
Join us for the 2025 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK SHOW AND SALE on August 8th, 9th, and 10th, celebrating 41 years!

This prestigious event showcases 160 sculptors from around the world at Loveland’s Benson Sculpture Garden, attracting 15,000 to 20,000 art lovers and generating over $1,300,000 in sales.

**Beneficiary**
Proceeds fund additional sculptures and park improvements. To date, 187 pieces valued at over $5.5 million are installed in the garden.

**About Loveland High Plains Arts Council**
A volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit, dedicated to fostering art in the community and funding improvements for the Benson Sculpture Garden.

**Important Dates**
- **January 31, 2025**: Application Deadline
- **March 11, 2025**: Notifications of Acceptance
- **August 7, 2025**: Artist Set-Up
- **August 8, 2025**: Patron Party
- **August 9-10, 2025**: Weekend Show

**Application Requirements**
- $50 non-refundable fee
- Submit four digital images of different works, no artist identification in image
- Works must be finished and created within the last three years
- Acceptance implies agreement to the rules set forth (see CAFE)

**Eligibility**
Open to sculptors working in durable materials like stone, metal, or wood.

CAFE LINK: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14486

11/11/2024

We love that Shippers' Supply is packing our Ice Skaters to head back home with some beefed up security measures made by Bronze Services. We know they’ve been missed from the Paramount Pond, and happy they will be installed in time for the city’s lighting ceremony. We look forward to sharing pics once reinstalled.

Sculptures pictured are from Dee Clements ice skating series. Please contact us if you’d like a set for your public art collection.

11/07/2024

Sculpture Depot has new ownership offering the same quality sculpture supplies and services it’s been known for in the past.

Next time you visit one of Loveland’s great foundries, also stop by and stock up on your art supplies.

11/07/2024

Call for Art 2D: Posted • Original artwork will be purchased for $1000.00.
Submit artwork at: [email protected]

(The National Sculptors’ Guild is not affiliated with Sculpture in the Park, or Loveland High Plains Arts Council, please contact Sculpture in the Park with any questions or concerns)

11/05/2024

CALL TO ARTISTS!!!
Outdoor Sculpture Purchase for Benson Sculpture Garden!

Loveland High Plains Arts Council is ready to purchase life-size or larger outdoor sculptures to add to the collection in Benson Sculpture Garden.

While we always accept submissions for bronze pieces, we also consider stone, metal, or other durable, permanent materials that are safe, easily maintained, and that can withstand the year-round weather conditions in Colorado as well as the many unsupervised children who climb on and play with the sculpture.

For future maintenance and repair reasons, pieces produced by reputable and well-established US facilities are preferred with the understanding that a three-year warranty on workmanship, durability, and materials is expected from the artist.

All sculptures in the garden collection are professionally inspected, cleaned, and maintained annually by the LHPAC and the City of Loveland’s Visual Arts Commission.

Important Dates:

· November 18, 2024
The deadline for submitting proposals is 3 images per piece.

· December 31, 2024
Final selection of new pieces by the Loveland High Plains Arts Council

· February 6, 2025
Final approval by the City of Loveland’s Visual Arts Commission

·July, 2025
Installation of new pieces in Benson Sculpture Garden

Application Requirements:

Submissions must be submitted via Café Call for Entry website at https://artist.callforentry.org by 12:00 pm MDT on Monday, November 18, 2024

- A 1–2-page (maximum) resume listing the artist’s education, experience, awards, commissions, collections, and galleries.

- An artist may submit up to 3 different pieces of work. Please fill out a separate entry/application for each piece proposed.

- 3 images of each proposed piece showing the front, back and side view. The artist’s picture or name must not appear anywhere in the image.

- Please do not submit pieces that you have submitted more than once in previous years or that are duplicated in a permanent, public location within a 60-mile radius of Loveland, CO.

Eligibility Criteria
Open to all sculptors age 18 and older working in a permanent medium suitable for outdoor installation.

10/27/2024

A great local article on the project we previously posted. Jane DeDecker is bringing the art community together to help young people facing housing insecurity. You can’t imagine what a drawing kit of one’s own can unleash in a young creative.

Please consider donating those art books that have served you and ready to inspire the next generation. Think about what art supplies you used in high school and provide some tools.

The Landing, a new youth shelter in Loveland slated to open in the coming months, was a collaborative effort by a number of regional partners who shared the same goal: to provide a place in town wh…

10/06/2024

Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by Helene and especially to those who have lost family members. Please consider joining us in supporting the Red Cross to help efforts in the 6-States affected by Helene. https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricane-helene.html

Asheville is a favorite area of ours and the city and its River Arts District has been decimated. This hits our heARTs hard. Seek out the River Arts District Artists, and support them through the purchase of any of their surviving artwork, artwork in galleries, or future pieces if you are able.

See the scenes of destruction in the River Arts District in Asheville after historic floods from Tropical Storm Helene.

09/19/2024

Denny Haskew’s Trail of Forgiveness has been installed in Loveland, we are so proud to be part of public art in our own community.

Learn more about this placement https://www.nationalsculptorsguild.com/project-feed/trail-of-forgiveness-loveland

09/18/2024

Site work for the Armed Forces Memorial commissioned by the City of Paramount has been underway by our team in California, Advanced Aquatics. They have done a superb job forming and pouring the 15-ft diameter foundation for the granite seals to lay on. Meanwhile, Clark Memorials in Alabama has completed the bronze elements.

This memorial has involved individuals and companies from across the nation; Colorado, Washington, Alabama, and California; how fitting for a space that honors those who serve and remembers those who sacrificed all for our country.

Learn more about this project: https://www.nationalsculptorsguild.com/project-feed/paramount-armed-forces-memorial

08/10/2024

Be sure to stop by our Guild members' displays at the 40th Annual Sculpture in the Park show and sale this weekend. NSG Fellows, Jane DeDecker, Clay Enoch, Daniel Glanz, Wayne Salge and Michael Warrick will be available to speak with and you can be among the first to see their latest sculptures.

Fall in love with a sculpture or two and add to your collection. Not a bad way to spend a weekend.

When you purchase from this show you are helping Loveland Art in Public Places grow. The show acquires new sculptures for Benson Sculpture Garden, a gorgeous collection of over 185 large-scale sculpture.

Don't miss the largest outdoor juried sculpture show in the nation featuring over 155 renowned artists from across the US.

If you can't make it to Loveland, Colorado this year, make sure to mark your calendar to attend in the future, the show is always the second weekend of August.

08/06/2024

Loveland is gearing up for Sculpture in the Park weekend. It’s their 40th Anniversary! they continue to be the largest juried outdoor sculpture show in the nation.

We hope you’ll attend, see new work and talk with over 155 renowned artists, fall in love with a sculpture or two, and add to your collection. Not a bad way to spend a weekend.

Especially be on the look out for our Guild members’ displays; Jane DeDecker, Clay Enoch, Daniel Glanz, Wayne Salge, Michael Robert Warrick, & a tribute to Carol Gold’s “Fiesta” is featured on the catalog cover.

08/06/2024

Congrats to Bronze Services Fine Art Foundry’s new General Manager, Ed Darchuk. If you’re familiar with Bronze Services, you already know Ed, and you know the quality services will continue on.

NEWSFLASH!!!
We are thrilled to announce the advancement of Ed Darchuk as our new General Manager.

Ed brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in our company and industry. With over 27 years of experience at Bronze Services of Loveland, he has demonstrated exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and a deep commitment to fostering relationships with our owners – Tom and Judy O’Gorman, our valued customers, vendors, and each and every employee.

Please join us in congratulating Ed on his promotion!!! We couldn't be more honored to have him in this new position.

Sincerely,
Tom and Judy O'Gorman

08/01/2024

Historic! The national arts education associations have joined forces to advance federal policy! Go !
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