ABOUT
US
The WASHINGTON SCULPTORS GROUP is a non-profit corporation founded in 1984. It's mission is to promote an awareness and an understanding of sculpture and foster the exchange of ideas among sculptors, collectors, and the general public by organizing frequent events, including artists' panels, presentations, workshops, and social gatherings. WSG, singly and in cooperation with other organizations, plans, manages and promotes important curated exhibitions in galleries, museums and alternative spaces in the Washington area and beyond. The work of WSG is carried out by its Board of Directors and volunteer committees, along with its nearly 400 members – sculptors, collectors, curators, and others interested in sculpture. WSG received the Mayor's Arts Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts in 2004.
For the 25th Anniversary Year in 2009, WSG organized several major museum and community exhibitions: Sculpture NOW 2009 with Victoria Reis, juror, at Washington Square; Reform with Claire Huschle, curator, at Lorton Workhouse Arts Center; Flora: Growing Inspirations, indoor and outdoor sculpture at the US Botanic Garden; and Bilateral Engagement with Laura Roulet, curator, at Art Museum of the Americas at Organization of American States. Other WSG sponsored exhibitions in 2009 were Sculpture 1275, four solo sculpture shows in the lobby of1275 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC, Sculpture on the Grounds at The Kreeger Museum, as well as With These Hands: The Sculptures of Sy Gresser and Bill Taylor at the University of Maryland’s University College. Information about WSG Exhibitions can be seen on the Exhibition Archives page.
Watch a video made in connection with
WSG's 25th anniversary year, 2009.