Press Release San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park IMA Call to Artists for Sculpture For Immediate Release Kill Date: April 10, 2011 Contacts: Stewart Luckman luckydog@rockisland.com n360.370.5302 Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park Box 339 - 285 Spring Street Friday Harbor, WA www.sjima.org The IMA Sculpture Park Celebrates 10 Years at Roche Harbor Call to Artists for Sculpture New Perspectives: A New Decade at the Park The San Juan Islands Museum and Sculpture Park, or IMA, is located on San Juan Island. The Sculpture Park is on the Westside of the Island at Roche Harbor, and the Museum is located in Friday Harbor near the landing where ferries stop on their way to and from the Washington State mainland and Victoria B.C. on Vancouver Island. Just north of Seattle, Washington and South of Vancouver, British Columbia, the San Juan Islands were chosen as one of the top two destinations in the world for 2011, by the New York Times January edition. Both the IMA Museum and the IMA Sculpture Park have become visual and virtual jewels, delighting visitors from all over the world traveling to the Northwest area and British Columbia, Canada Adjacent to Roche Harbor on the Westside of San Juan Island, the 19 acre IMA Sculpture Park has over 87 sited sculptures. Mapped and timed plotted paths are scattered throughout the Park, in open spaces, through quiet woods, and along Westcott Bay. A Park Pond bird sanctuary has Tuck Langland¹s Dancer on a Bench, (South Bend IN) located at the Pond¹s apex. Langland¹s piece was juried in for the 2010 opening season. The following new sculptures were also installed at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park at Roche Harbor to kick off the 2010 Green Summer of Art Season at Roche Harbor. They are: Brian Berman¹s Peace Portal, Bainbridge Island; Karl Hufbauer¹s Jazz Note, Seattle; David Turner¹s Ancestor, Gazella, CA; Lloyd Whannell¹s Silent Words, Whidbey Island; Lance H. Carleton¹s Preponderance of Pyramids, Lake Stevens, WA; Cordelia Bradburn¹s Pony Play, Leavenworth, WA;Tracy Powell¹s BIGFISH, LaConnor, WA; Lee Proctor¹S Green Tailed Wanderer, Bigfork, MT; Dave Haslett¹s Solstice Stone, Orcas Island; Ross Matteson¹s Windstar, Olympia, WA; Mary Coss¹s Ladderwalk, Seattle; Nicky Falkenhayn¹s DUO, Portland; Pete Welty¹S Angel, Orcas Island; and Rick Walton-Smith¹s Totem for the Samish II, Saratoga, CA. Sculptors and artists from the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and throughout the United States are urged to submit work for the upcoming 2011 season entitled: ŒNew Perspectives: A New Decade at the Park.¹ Application materials are due by March 11, 2011, the first deadline for the IMA Sculpture Park Review Committee. Applications, Guidelines, Timelines, and Agreements are all on the IMA website at sjima.com. The late submission deadline date, April 15, is honored as Sculpture Park sites permit. New Work will be exhibited from June 2011 through 2013. Overnight accommodations for juried artists are provided at Roche Harbor Resort while the artist is installing the work. March 11, 2011 (Friday): Final Deadline for early submissions. March 16, 2011 (Wednesday): The IMA Sculpture Park Panel reviews first group of submissions and artists are notified. April 15, 2011 (Friday): Final Deadline for Submissions for the 2011 Season, as Park Sites permit. April 20, 2011 (Wednesday): The IMA Sculpture Park Panel reviews the final group, as space allows, and artists are notified. April 24-30, 2011 (Sunday-Saturday): First Sculpture Installation Week for accepted work scheduled with David Jenkins or Stewart Luckman June 12-18, 2011 (Sunday through Saturday): Second Sculpture Installation Week for accepted work scheduled with David Jenkins or Stewart Luckman June 24-26 2011: 2011 IMA Sculpture Park Opening Celebration with Sculptors and Park Guests