17th Aswan International Sculpture Symposium

18h January-3th March 2012

Regulation

The Symposium was founded by the Ministry of Culture 1996 ,

Sponsored by the cultural Development Fund with the co-operation of Aswan governorate.

The main concern of the Symposium is to revive and continue sculpture on the Aswan Granite.

The Culture Development Fund provides the following:

- Travel expenses (for foreigners) and internal transportation.(all travel tickets are reserved and paid by Culture Development Fund )

- Full board accommodation 4 stars Hotel single room. +  laundry - additional personal expenses will be covered by the artist

- The Symposium will arrange cultural visits during the period of the Symposium. For 3 days in Luxor

The Symposium will supply

- Lifting and Moving machines.

- Steel traditional chisels no vidia.

- Diamond cutting disks (4 disks per the artist – 9 inches)

- Compressed Air without tools.

- An assistant for every participant ( 8 hour per day ).

- the participant kindly requested  to order in advance the stone measurements and colors ( size are limited in black granite ) ( usually the Symposium provide the participant 1 block of red Granite size 2.5 x 1x 1 m )

- Cutting saws are not available.

-The artist should be available throughout the whole duration of the Symposium unless there is a previous agreement that states otherwise. 

- Participants will have the chance to show their works in an auditorium equipped with slide and video projectors.

- All works executed at the Symposium are considered a property of Egypt.

- The Symposium has the right to exhibit the works in public areas all over Egypt or in the Aswan International Open Air Sculpture Museum.

- The application form must be signed and sent before the 30th December 2008.

- Signing the application form means acceptance of all the conditions mentioned above

General Commissioner

 Of the Symposium

    Adam Henein

FAX: 00 202 7364634

Tel.: 00 202 7380947

Web Site: www.cdf.gov.eg        E-mail: cdf@cdf-eg.org

Administrative Office – Opera House Area, El Gezira, Cairo, Egypt.

P.O. Box : 119 Mohamed Farid, Cairo, Egypt.