International Sculpture Symposiums
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NORA VALDEZ
Together
(Hong Kong International Sculpture Symposium, 2012)
Valdez was invited among seven international artists and sculptors from all over China and the world to create a piece using the sleepers from the train tracks to create a park with that theme.
Together represents people with diverse cultural and religious backgrounds coming together in love and peace.
NORA VALDEZ
Baggage
(International Sculpture Symposium, Santa Fe Argentina, 2011)
Valdez was among the five international artists and sculptors from around Argentina and the world. I used marble from Santa Fe, Argentina to created my sculpture. The Baggage represents the symbolic weight that each one of us carries in our lives and thus this notion is carved in a paper bag.
NORA VALDEZ
Love
(Ayacucho, Peru, International Sculpture Symposium, 2011)
Valdez was invited among six international artists to work in Piedra de Huamanga (Peruvian Alabaster). She created a piece call Love represents the feeling of pure love that you find in your family.
NORA VALDEZ
Bourne
(Marble International Sculpture Symposium, West Rutland Vermont, 2010)
Valdez was among the five international artists selected to work at The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Valdez worked on an 18 ton piece of marble. The sculpture represents the weight, struggle and responsibilities that a woman bears alone and yet is able to carry on. It does not matter what life brings to her, she always stands strong and proud. An immigrant in a foreign land. The symposium was funded by The National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 2010
NORA VALDEZ
Baggage II
(International Stone Sculpture Symposium in Alabaster Ayacucho, Peru 2010)
Valdez was invited with seven international artists to create a piece in their local stone Alabastro Andino o Piedra de Huamanga in Ayacucho Peru. Baggage II represent the symbolic weight that each one of us carries with along our path.
NORA VALDEZ
In the Paper Bag
(Marenakos, Rock Center Preston WA, USA, 2009)
Valdez was invited as guest sculptor to Stonefest 2009 in September in Seattle. She carved a 10 foot tall limestone piece with the paper bag theme or baggage as symbolic weight that each one of us carries in our lives. The sculpture is exhibited at Marenakos, Rock Center and a Gothic arch will be coming out from the piece to complete it.
NORA VALDEZ
The Visitor
(International Sculpture Symposium, Zhengzhou, China SIAS International University, 2008)
Valdez was among five International artists selected to create permanent work for the campus of SIAS International University. She worked in white marble from the Zengzhou area, measuring 10 feet tall. The piece is part of the Walking with Memories series and represents a visitor from far away coming to China.
NORA VALDEZ
Baggage, part of Walking with Memories
(International Sculpture Symposium NWSSA, 2008 Mt. Vernon, WA)
Valdez was the guest artist for this symposium and created Baggage in Indiana limestone, also giving instruction to carvers and presentation of her work.
NORA VALDEZ
NEST/NIDO
(International Sculpture Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, Les Avins, 2007)
Valdez was among the ten international sculptors selected for the symposium. Valdez worked in Belgian blue stone, which is similar to granite. She collaborated with artist Persi Narvaez, from Peru, who worked on the wood component of their piece.
NORA VALDEZ
Connections/Conexiones:
(Latin American Symposium Sumter, SC, USA Accessibility 2005 Transplanted)
In this installation Valdez worked with limestone and granite to represent symbolic images of people in a series of interconnected circles.
The heads symbolize the individuals that make up the community. The ears refer to the need to listen to ourselves, our ancestors and our environment. The hands are an expression of the generosity of the community. The connection of the three circles symbolize the circle of life and the bonds between individuals that create a community.
NORA VALDEZ
Shell
(4th International Sculpture Symposium, Thassos, Greece, 2005)
Measuring approximately 6 feet tall and permanently situated in the Sculpture Park in Thassos, this piece was created from Thassos marble. Valdez was one of seven sculptors from various countries selected to participate in the international symposium.
NORA VALDEZ
In the state of a dream anything can be possible
(International Sculpture Symposium, Connections, Sumter SC, USA, 2006)
Valdez was the organizer, curator and participant of this Symposium in collaboration with Sumter County Cultural Center in partnership with Colombia Museum of Art, Sumter County School Districts and the City of Sumter. The symposium brought together eight international artists, from Czech Republic, Estonia, Peru, Belgium, France, Canada, Argentina and United States. Valdez worked in limestone and collaborated with French/American artist Matthew Terry. He worked on the wood part of their piece, creating ” In the the state of a dream anything is possible”.
NORA VALDEZ
Sketching in Stone
(International Sculpture Symposium, Murnau, Germany, 2005)
Valdez worked on a limestone piece, approximately 6 feet tall. She was among the six international sculptors selected for the symposium, sponsored and hosted by the Seidlstrasse 4 Gallery and Cantina.
NORA VALDEZ
Le Naufrage Tranquille
(International Snow Sculpture Symposium, Quebec, Canada, 2005)
Valdez was amount of fourteen countries participated in the Carnival of Quebec representing Argentina, in her teen was Jose Luis Torres, and Alejandro Villaverde that collaborate with her in the piece, receiving the 1st place; Excelence du Quebec
NORA VALDEZ
Speaking in Stone
(7th International Sculpture Symposium Andres Institute of Art,
Brookline, New Hampshire, USA, 2004)
Valdez was among the six international sculptors selected to work in the symposium. She worked in granite approximately 9 feet tall on a piece named Speaking in Stone, a series of three figures in dialogue or conversation with each other, the environment and the viewer.
NORA VALDEZ
Within
(Nashua International Sculpture Symposium, New Hampshire, 2021)
Valdez was part of the group of international artists and created WITHIN, an eight foot tall piece combining granite and Indiana limestone.
WITHIN takes us to an inner space to suggest looking at ourselves, to see who we are, to accept ourselves and to carry our baggage not with weight, but with the pride of understanding and accepting who we are. Hearing our answer from deep within and following its direction will turn us slowly
towards peace, a peace we may not understand but one that opens us to new meaning, Inviting us home, back to our true self.
