SCULPTUREX

SculptureX was founded in 2010 as a teaching and networking platform to catalyze collaborations among educational and art institutions in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, western New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario. Initiated by CIVITAS, the four founding institutions of SculptureX are: Edinboro University, the Erie Art Museum, the Cleveland Institute of Art and The Sculpture Center in Cleveland. A 501c3, The Sculpture Center serves as the nexus for the ever-evolving “SX” exchange.

ART & AGENCY
September 16 – 19, 2020
Pittsburgh and Greensburg, PA

The 2020 SX Symposium, ART & AGENCY, will explore ways that artists are establishing contemporary sculpture practices that connect and interact broadly, often bypassing disciplinary and even national boundaries in their attempts to reshape the world. The three-day symposium will be held in Pittsburgh and Greensburg, PA free and virtually September 16 – 19, 2020 coinciding with Pittsburgh’s quarterly Gallery Crawl on Friday, September 18, 2020 and the Rivers of Steel’s Festival of Combustion at the Carrie Furnace on Saturday, September 18, 2020.

Presenters during this four day symposium include Aruna D’Souza, author of Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts, writer, filmmaker and architect Madeline Schwartzman, Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Sculpture Center, New York Kyle Dancewicz, Artist-educators Sean Derry and Sharon Massey, SX Student Alum and artist Angie Seykora, and founder of Mildred’s Lane in Beach Lake, PA, J. Morgan Puett. The Sculpture Center’s Executive Director, Grace Chin, will be among the presenters of opening remarks and offer one-on-one mentoring sessions to students.

For more information, contact SX@sculpturecenter.org