http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag98/sympos/sm-sympo.htm

["Charles Kibby" <ckibby@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

Having been a participant in two 'symposia' (as opposed to seminars), I can
testify to the comments in the article by Neal Barab:  basic emoluments
should include a decent crib, great food (in Italia, what else is there?),
and a small stipend or cash grant to cover basic expenses during the stay.
I was fortunate to be involved in Carrara, 1987, and Como, 1988, and both
were amazing experiences.  Participation at Carrara was determined by a
simple sketch and a description, in extremely broken Italian, of my concept.
Como was a bonus, because my friend Bruno, a participant at Carrara,
orgnanized the symposium in his hometown near Como and I just happened to be
on his mailing list.  (I think I still owed him about 100,000 lira at the
time).  Both symposia were gratifying in the extreme, primarily because the
people were so outstanding in their support and interest in the work being
produced.  It was a rare experience to be automatically granted respect as
an artist, someone whose "opera", or work, warranted interest and serious
consideration.  I've been out of the fine arts end of the field for some
time now, but I would get back into the sypmposim circuit in a New York
minute if circumstances allowed...........

Chaz

-----Original Message-----
 From: Tom Blatt [tbsculpturemusic@-----------]

 Maybe this will be of some interest regarding the discussion about the so
called symposiums being offered in Colorado and Indiana, note that john
fisher makes some comments in the article. John Fisher was doing a giant
sculpture in s. california and there was some discussion about it recently.
I have no problem with calling it classes in marble carving or Indiana
limestone workshop.