SculptFest

Since 1998, SculptFest, our annual site-specific installation exhibition, has inspired a wide range of contemporary artists to “think outside the box.”

The theme for SculptFest24 is "Coruscation," guest-curated by Colin C Boyd. Applications are being accepted until July 8, 2024.

  • SculptFest23 "Re:-Extraction" by Bill Botzow

  • SculptFest23 "A Beautiful Question" by Lee Williams

  • SculptFest23 "Untitled" by Brigitte Grenier

  • SculptFest23 "To/From" by Jonny Farrow

  • SculptFest23 "...to be continued" by Margaret Wiss

  • SculptFest23

    Theme: Communing with Nature

    Guest Curator:

    Gabe Strader-Brown

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Robert Aiosa, Bill Botzow, Isa Dray, Jonny Farrow, Brigitte Grenier, Jill Magi, Maya Murphy, Florian Okwu, Lee Williams, Margaret Wiss

  • SculptFest22

    Theme: Games

    Guest Curator:

    Evan Morse

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Haley Kean, Dway Lunkad, John Morris & Maya Murphy, Samantha Newman, Melissa Shaak, Laurie Sheridan, Phil Whitman

  • SculptFest21

    Theme: artifact

    Guest Curator:

    Steve Shaheen

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Bill Botzow, Carolyn Enz Hack, Declan Kearns & Samantha Newman, Jessica Leete, Susan Maas, Beth McReynolds, MOR, Madeline Pritchard, Meghan Rigali, Laura Travis

  • SculptFest2019

    Theme: Changes

    Guest Curator:

    Bill Wolff

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Kadazia Allen-Perry, Carol Driscoll, Lila Ferber, Haley Kean, Thomas Kearns, Geoffrey Krist, Jessica Leete, Susan Maas, Jake Paron, Moonshine Shorey, Nora Valdez

  • SculptFest2018

    Theme: Interdependence

    Guest Curator:

    Alisa Dworsky

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Charles Hickey, Amy Königbauer, Sophia Latysheva, Jessica Leete, Nathaniel Lieb, Susan Maas, Indigo Naar, Sayward Schoonmaker, Lynn Sullivan, Sam Talbot-Kelly

  • SculptFest2017

    Theme: The State of Hope

    Guest Curator:

    Whitney Ramage

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Jessica Adams, Lila Ferber, Charles Hickey, Yasunari Izaki, Kate Katomski, Tom Kearns, John Morris with Maya Murphy, Gary Parzych, Rick Rothrock, Ryan Smitham, Joanna Sokolowska

  • SculptFest2016

    Theme: Forecast Now

    Guest Curator:

    Taylor Apostol

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Johanna Becerra, Dalila Bennett, Tamara Berdichevsky, Ray Ciemny, Charlie Hickey, Jessica Leete, Desmond Lewis, Beth Miller, Chris Miller, Alexander Jose Ramirez, Rick Rothrock, Gordon Wright

  • SculptFest2015

    Theme: Memory Work

    Guest Curator:

    dj Hellerman

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Robert Bennett, Jr., Katherine Langlands, Mark Lorah, Zoë Marr Hilliard, Stella Marrs, Angus McCullough, Samuel Spellman, Mary Zompetti

  • SculptFest2014

    Theme: When the Work Stops and it becomes more than it was

    Guest Curator:

    Sanford Mirling

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Taylor Apostol, Colin Boyd, Marisa Di Paolo, Kate Katomski and Judd Mulkerin, Evan Morse, Julie Anne Nagle, Alexander Russo, Gary and Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Nora Valdez, Levi Westerveld, Cha Tori

  • SculptFest2013

    Theme: Historical Markers

    Guest Curator:

    Phil Whitman

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Glenn Campbell, Josie Dellenbaugh, Maeve Doolan, Ashley Goodwyn, Evan Morse, Rick Rothrock, Oliver Schemm, Kate Weigel, Brian Zegeer

  • SculptFest2012

    Theme: Keep on Keepin’ on

    Guest Curator:

    Adam Frelin

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Taylor Apostol, Maxwell Brake, Marisa Di Paola, Maeve Doolan, Iva Fabrikant, Scott Garren and Jim Reid, Cecelia Kane, Heather Molin, James A. Van Duyne, Chris Wells, Phil Whitman

  • SculptFest2011

    Theme: Forces of Nature

    Guest Curator:

    Rick Rothrock

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Marisa Di Paola, Erica Ehrenbard, Crystal Ellis, Isabelle Garbani, Brigitte Grenier, Erica Johnson, Jessica Leete, Zoë Marr and Paul Hilliard, R.G. Solbert, Andrew Thomas, Chris Wells

  • SculptFest2010

    Theme: Messages from the Future... where are we going next?

    Guest Curator:

    Robert Black

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Josie Dellenbaugh, Marisa Di Paola, Caroline Gold, Jessica Leete, Zoë Marr, Elizabeth Michelman, Russell Prigodich, Jodi Puckett, Jacques Talbot, Casey Wright

  • SculptFest09

    Theme: FIGURE/GROUND: the object in situ

    Guest Curator:

    Fran Bull

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Michelle Acuff, Robert Black, Marisa Di Paola, Jessica Leete, Zoë Marr, Elizabeth Michelman and Louise Farrell, R.G. Solbert, Jesse Williams

  • SculptFest08

    Theme: Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape

    Guest Curator:

    Carlos Dorrien

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Jonathan LaFarge, Brooke
    Nuckles, Mick Mather, Mary Mead, Rod Northcutt, Gary Orlinsky, Meghan Rigali, Rick
    Rothrock, Benjamin Todd, Gill Whiting

  • SculptFest07

    Theme: Nature and Transcendence

    Guest Curator:

    Bill Ramage

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Jonathan Bechard, Carol
    Driscoll, Jessica Leete, Elisabeth Marsh, Pat Musick, Persi Narvaez and Kevin Oduor, Michael Smith, Piper Strong, John Tidd, Nora Valdez, Allison Warren, Shannon Wright

  • SculptFest06

    Theme: Extraterrestrial

    Guest Curator:

    Don Eyles

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Jonathan Bechard, Charlet Davenport with Peter Blodgett, Alicia Deya, Marisa Di Paola, John Gardner & Brett
    Tetro, Dennis Grady & Elizabeth Mayor, Yoshimura Noriyuki, Colleen Paz, Ean White

  • SculptFest05

    Theme: Approaching the Infinite

    Guest Curator:

    Mark S. Waskow

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Gordon Auchincloss, Dave Blumenthal, Chris Curtis, Lars Fisk, Leslie Fry, Ruth Hamilton, The Iron Guild, Antoinette Jacobson, John Matusz, Mary Mead, Christopher Nitsche, Torin Porter, Leonard Rachita, Deborah Redwood

  • SculptFest04

    Theme: Site/Countersite

    Guest Curator:

    Matthew Weber

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Blanca Liria Arnedo Asio, Ria Blaas, Kate Dodd, Richard Garrison & William Bergman, Lisa Hein, Rula Jones, Wendy Klemperer, Mark Shoffner & Rebecca Herman, Oona Stern

  • SculptFest03

    Theme: boundaries

    Guest Curator:

    Mara Williams

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Elizabeth Billings and Michael Sacca, Mary Cooke, Barbara and Norton Garber, Mei Ling Hom, Ed Levine, Kathleen Schneider, Carolyn Webb

  • SculptFest01

    Theme: SculptFest01

    Guest Curator:

    Jim Florschutz

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Ahren Ahrenholtz, Bob Boemig, Ian Eisenmann, Daniel Ladd, Stephanie Nichols, Hector Santos, Gaal Shepherd, Ronnie Solbert, Bart Uchida, Meg Walker, Andy Wasserman

  • SculptFest2000

    Theme: SculptFest2000

    Guest Curator:

    Knox Cummin

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Bill Botzow, Barbra Cieslicki, Don Eyles, Jim Florschutz, Charlotte Hastings, Whit Humphreys, Sue Katz, Daniel Pittman, Li Shen, R.G. Solbert

  • SculptFest99

    Theme: SculptFest99 - art beyond object

    Guest Curator:

    Janan Compitello

    Exhibiting Artists:

    Frank Anjo, Marc Barreda, Anthony Cafritz, Carlos Dorrien, Jill Epstein, Jeff Feld, Sean Folley, Stephan Fowlkes, Daniel Richmond, Gregory Smith, John Umphlett, Zac Ward, Andrea Wasserman

  • SculptFest98

    Theme: SculptFest98 - art beyond object

    Guest Curator:

    Carol Driscoll

    Exhibiting Artists:

    B. Amore, Anthony Cafritz, Charlet Davenport, Woody Dorsey, Jim Florschutz, Peter Harris, Jackie Holan, Whit Humphreys, Delia Robinson, Gary Haven Smith, Masaharu Suzuki