2025-26 Downtown Sculpture Gallery – City of Auburn, WA

City of Auburn 2025-26 Downtown Sculpture Gallery The City of Auburn invites sculptors to submit applications for Auburn’s Downtown Sculpture Gallery. The works selected for this public art exhibition will be on loan to the City for a period of twelve months (12) and can be available for sale during that time. Each selected artist will receive […]

Public Art: Boones Ferry Park – ‘The Essence of the River’

The City of Wilsonville, Oregon is requesting qualifications from talented artist(s) and/or artist team(s) to create a new and engaging public artwork(s) for Boones Ferry Park, a ~15-acre park adjacent to the Willamette River. Also located at this park is the historic Tauchman House, formerly the home to the operator of the historic Boones Ferry. […]

Arts Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Gallery – Puyallup, WA

Arts Downtown, an independent, nonprofit organization that selects and maintains public art for the city of Puyallup, Washington, is seeking five (5) leasable, pre-existing, outdoor sculptures to be installed for two years in Downtown Puyallup, WA for the Rotating Art portion of our outdoor Gallery. No entry fee, $2,000 stipend for each of the five […]

2025 Stone Carving Calendar of Events

SAVE THE DATES! SATURDAY, JANUARY 25th – NWSSA HOLIDAY PARTY – 4-8PM Stone Carving Folks, Family and Friends, our winter potluck party will be hosted at a new venue this year! The Lakewood-Seward Park Community Club in South Seattle. In the NWSSA tradition… it’s a potluck, please bring a dish to share. Also bring something to drink or a […]

Calls for Art Resources

Calls for Art Resources NWSSA frequently hosts member-only sculpture show events throughout the year. These will always be posted on our website under the Events page and promoted on our list serve and social media accounts. In addition to these member only opportunities, we are contacted by communities our artists have formed relationships with regarding […]

Percival Plinth Project 2025

Percival Plinth Project 2025 The City of Olympia is seeking up to 18 loaned sculptures from Washington and Oregon state artists for temporary outdoor display on Percival Landing a popular .9 mile waterfront boardwalk and sculpture promenade located at the tip of the Puget Sound in the shadow of the state Capitol located in Olympia, WA. Selected […]

Sculptor Doug Neil – Far Away, Yet Still One of Us

Written by M.J. Anderson When making plans autumn 2023 to visit our niece in Christchurch, New Zealand, I thought to look up points of interest that we might not want to miss while “down under.” I googled sculpture garden in the locations we planned to go and found the recently new Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden, […]

Women Carvers Gathering Once Again! 2024

NWSSA is looking forward to offering another Hand Carving Event for women from June 7-9, 2024 at the Old Alcohol Plant (OAP) and Inn. This is the 6th year that OAP will be our venue for this popular event. “Popular” as evident by how quickly the response was to reserve a spot for the weekend! […]

Display Opportunity at Marymoor Park

Display Opportunity for NWSSA Sculptors The NWSSA has an agreement with King County Parks to place large scale stone sculpture in Marymoor Park. The park is located between Redmond and Bellevue. We placed two sculptures before COVID and have five more plinths available for installation. The sculptures will stay in place for 2-3 years before […]

Outdoor Sculpture Show & Sale at Suttle Lake 2024

Outdoor Sculpture Show Saturday, August 31st 11 am – 4 pm Suttle Lake Camp 29551 SW Suttle Loop Sisters, OR 97759 Join members of the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association our Annual outdoor stone sculpture show & afternoon exhibition of their work. Visit with over 50 Artists from Japan and the Pacific Northwest region to discuss […]

2024 Outdoor Stone Sculpture Show – Port Orchard

The Northwest Stone Sculptors Associationis excited to host an Outdoor Sculpture Showon Saturday, July 13th, 2024from 12 pm – 4 pm Our week-long Annual International Stone Carving Symposium culminates with an art show at Camp Pilgrim Firs in Port Orchard, WA.See artists at work, learn about the stone and tools used to create these 3-dimensional […]

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