Puerto Vallarta's First International Sculpture Symposium (PVISS) has ended and the sculptors have returned to their respective countries and homes. but lasting sculpture, friendships, and memories remain.
The sculptures were carved of Cantera, a Mexican limestone obtained from a quarry in Queretaro. Two weeks of carving began at Palos Talleres de Arte and continued on Puerto Vallarta's famed Malecon next to the Pacific Ocean, where the artists worked in front of large audiences of curious residents and tourists.
At the conclusion of the symposium, the sculptures were moved to the grounds of the Peter Gray Museum on the campus of the University of Guadalajara for final exhibition, and thanks to generous museum patrons, a number of the sculptures will remain there permanently.
Many thanks to the symposium sculptors, and to all who helped make PVISS 2010 a success!
Plans are already underway for the next PVISS. Much was learned from the first PVISS and the next one will be bigger and better -- and that includes the stones, which will be marble.
Please see www.pviss.com in the coming months for participant information and sponsorship opportunities.
The sculptures were carved of Cantera, a Mexican limestone obtained from a quarry in Queretaro. Two weeks of carving began at Palos Talleres de Arte and continued on Puerto Vallarta's famed Malecon next to the Pacific Ocean, where the artists worked in front of large audiences of curious residents and tourists.
At the conclusion of the symposium, the sculptures were moved to the grounds of the Peter Gray Museum on the campus of the University of Guadalajara for final exhibition, and thanks to generous museum patrons, a number of the sculptures will remain there permanently.
Many thanks to the symposium sculptors, and to all who helped make PVISS 2010 a success!
Plans are already underway for the next PVISS. Much was learned from the first PVISS and the next one will be bigger and better -- and that includes the stones, which will be marble.
Please see www.pviss.com in the coming months for participant information and sponsorship opportunities.
