Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium 2010 has ended

The nine sculptors who gathered in Puerto Vallarta for the First Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium have returned to their respective homes, but their sculptures, along with new and renewed friendships remain.

The sculptures were carved of Cantera, a Mexican limestone obtained from a quarry in Queretaro.  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.

PVISS 2010 Sculptures

Jose Carlos Cabello Millan's "That Which Joins Us Together.  That Which Separates Us."

Carole Turner's "Memoria"

Dana O'Donnell's "Embody"

Won Lee's "Chaotic Emerge"

Birgit Grapentin's "Enigma"

Martin Distancia's "Inspiracion"

David Alejandro Martinez Bucio's "Molina de Sol"

Manuel Palos' "Mermaid"

Tom Allan's "Olacaracol"