TE KUPENGA INTERNATIONAL STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM 2008

This summer Te Kupenga welcomed 5 international, 8 national and 12 local sculptors to the 2008 symposium. For three weeks in January they carved the local volcanic Andesite boulders on the New Plymouth foreshore beside the Tasman sea. We witnessed a creative surge with so many artists working together and sharing their knowledge.

The local public and tourists enjoyed this unique opportunity to observe hard rock sculptors at work and to see the fruits of their efforts at the final exhibition and auction.

Throughout the Symposium this website enabled people to see events unfold – new pictures of the artist's works in progress were loaded on a regular basis. 

Symposium Timeline:

• Collecting the stones: the stones are already on site.
• Setting up: 26-28 December.
• Carving: Monday 31 December – Friday 18 January
• Exhibition: Sunday 20 January – Saturday 26 January
• Public Auction: Saturday 26 January 2008 from 4pm Event Venue: New Plymouth foreshore (in front of Centre City).

For more information about the artists click on their name
(listed in the panel to the right).
For a photo record of the Symposium, see photos in "View Daily Progress".