Entry Deadline: 4 pm Friday, January 30, 2009
Exhibition opens: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Exhibition closes: Thursday, April 1, 2010

AWARDS
Artists will receive a $750.00 honorarium for each work selected.

JUROR
Douglass Freed, recently retired founding director/curator of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, grew its collection to more then 800 objects in his seven-year tenure. Many of these are large-scale, three-dimensional works. Curated exhibitions by Mr. Freed have been profiled in the national press in such publications as Sculpture magazine, American Ceramics, Art and Perception, and the Annual Guide to International Ceramics Exhibitions. Mr. Freed is a nationally exhibited painter represented in major galleries in New York, Boston, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis and Kansas City. The Daum collection can be seen at <daummuseum.org>. Mr. Freed's Web site is www.dougfreed.com.

CRITERIA and SPECIFICATIONS FOR SELECTION
Works that expand the idea of what public sculpture can be are encouraged. All work entered must be free-standing and suitable for long-term outdoor public display. The durability of the work will be a consideration for selection. Since the show is in a high-traffic area, the safety of the public, including children, must be taken into consideration. Work must be as vandal-proof as possible and cannot have sharp edges or be breakable. Several sites are available for ground-mounted works. All accepted entries must be capable of being properly secured to a site.

ELIGIBILITY
Open to all artists 18 years of age and older. All entries must be original work and may not have been shown previously in this exhibition.

ENTRY PROCEDURE
Artists may enter up to three (3) works for consideration. Please submit digital JPEG images no smaller than 1500 pixels x 1500 pixels on a CD. Entrants should also submit a biographical paragraph and a brief statement about each work entered. Mail CD and completed entry form with biographical paragraph and statement and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to:

City Manager’s Office
Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition
P.O. Box 708
Lawrence, KS 66044

Please include a SASE for return of CD or this will be discarded. Entries must be received by Friday, January 30, 2009.

DELIVERY and RETURN OF ARTWORK
Artists will be solely responsible for the delivery of artwork and return shipping arrangements; artists will also be responsible for all shipping charges. Accepted work must be received between 8 am and 3 pm on Friday, April 24, 2009 unless prior arrangements are made with Diane Stoddard. Artists will be required to reclaim their work by Friday, April 5, 2010.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Selected artists must sign a loan agreement in which they agree to: 1) permit the City of Lawrence to install the artwork; 2) promise that the artwork will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition; and 3) recognize that, in the interest of public safety and community priority, the City has the right to remove damaged sculpture unless promptly and satisfactorily repaired by the artist. Work will be insured against property loss up to a maximum of $5,000.

CALENDAR
• 4 pm Friday, January 30, 2009: Entries must be received
• Mid-March, 2009: Notice of juror’s selections sent to artists
• 9 am-3 pm Friday, April 24, 2009: Receipt of sculptures
• 5:30-8:30pm Saturday June 6, 2009: Exhibition opening tour and reception
• Thursday April 1, 2010: Exhibition closes

The 22nd Annual Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition, founded by Jim Patti, is sponsored by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, which receives financial and staff support from the City of Lawrence. The exhibition also receives additional support from the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Lawrence Arts Center.

CLICK HERE FOR A CALL FOR ENTRIES BROCHURE (PDF)

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE ENTRY FORM (PDF)