一、缘起
  万荣县位于汾河与黄河交汇处的黄河东岸，地处华北、西北、中原三大地域连接处的山西省西南部，运城市西北部，隶属于山西省运城市。万荣县西濒黄河与陕西省韩城市相望，南峙孤峰山与临猗县、盐湖区相连，东枕稷王山与闻喜县相接，北有峨嵋台地与河津市相邻。万荣县是中华民族发祥地之一，史书上有皇天后土的记载：自轩辕黄帝在“汾阴脽”上扫地为坛祭后土至宋真宗皇帝，先后有8位皇帝共24次在后土祠祭祀，其中汉武帝祭祀后土7次并留下了千古绝唱《秋风辞》。
  万荣秋风楼
  万荣县历史文化底蕴深厚，地理位置独特绝佳，旅游资源丰富多彩，农副产品质优多样，具备发展成为国际知名的旅游目的地绝佳条件。从历史文化和地域特色方面，后土祠、东岳庙、李家大院、黄河湿地、孤峰山等历史古迹及自然景观就是一条优质的旅游路线，不但让游客深入体验和感受万荣在历史长河中的重要地位，更能感受中国传统文化的博大精深。
  万荣后土祠
  万荣李家大院
  万荣境内有中国母亲河—黄河以及山西母亲河—汾河。此处地理位置唯一、独特，湿地环境丰富辽阔，黄土沟壑奇异多姿，是建设雕塑艺术公园的绝佳之处。建设两河之间以“黄河文化”为主题的雕塑艺术公园，与世界文明发祥地两河流域（幼发拉底河和底格里斯河）遥相呼应，必会成为世界闻名、国内唯一、举世瞩目的旅游目的地。中国·万荣黄河文化国际雕塑艺术大展将邀请国内外著名艺术家根据湿地沟壑环境创作实施，将公园打造成影响国内外的艺术胜地。
  黄河与汾河交汇处（来源：网络）
  二、活动主题
  主题释义：黄河文化·农耕文明
  2019年9月，习近平总书记在黄河流域生态保护和高质量发展座谈会上的重要讲话中指出，“黄河文化是中华文明的重要组成部分，是中华民族的根和魂。要推进黄河文化遗产的系统保护，守好老祖宗留给我们的宝贵遗产。要深入挖掘黄河文化蕴含的时代价值，讲好‘黄河故事’，延续历史文脉，坚定文化自信，为实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦凝聚精神力量。”黄河是中华民族的母亲河，根植于黄河流域的黄河文化是中华文明中最具代表性、最具影响力的主体文化。
  因此，以“黄河文化·农耕文明”为主题，通过深度挖掘黄河文化内涵，发扬农耕文明精神，扶持新时代黄河文化公共艺术的创作生产，举办“中国·万荣黄河文化国际雕塑艺术大展”，有助于推动黄河文化创造性转化和创新性发展，从而不断丰富黄河文化的展现形式，弘扬黄河文化与农耕文明，使之生生不息。
  三、组织机构
  主办：
  万荣县人民政府
  中国文化产业促进会公共艺术委员会
  策展人：
  李元秋
  中国文化产业促进会公共艺术委员会会长
  四、作品征集要求
  （一）活动主题：黄河文化·农耕文明
  （二）作品征集时间：2020年4月20日起，投稿截止时间为2020年6月10日。
  （三）开幕式时间：2020年9月20日—2020年9月24日。
  （四）创作范围
  1、GRC材料作品：可根据活动主题“黄河文化·农耕文明”进行创作，也可结合万荣地理环境、人文历史等地方特色提供创意。设计方案需契合主题，与环境完美结合。
  2、材料类型：以适合黄河湿地环境及室外摆放的材料为主，包括GRC材料、石材、金属等。
  3、特邀题材：特邀艺术家可根据活动主题定向创作。
  （五）征稿要求
  1、作品要符合活动主题，融入当地环境，必须是作者本人原创作品。
  2、作品数量及类型：户外景观雕塑20件（包括GRC材料作品2件）。
  3、作品规格：作品长度或高度不低于3米，GRC材料作品长度不低于10米，具体尺寸可根据周边环境适当调整。
  4、提交作品要求：每位艺术家详细填写申请表信息，连同jpg格式的作品图片一同提交，图片文件名请以作品名称命名。每位艺术家提交2--4件参选作品，超出或低于要求将取消参选资格。入选作者提供模型材质应与作品实际材质相同，长或高不低于30cm,请根据本次活动的主题及环境条件认真考虑并提交方案。
  5、作品奖励：每位入选艺术家人民币6万元（税后）,特邀艺术家人民币10万元（税后），以上奖金均含雕塑定稿小样制作费。参加雕塑家将获得万荣县人民政府颁发的荣誉证书，作品及小稿模型由万荣县永久收藏。
  6、投稿联系方式：王浩杰
  电子邮箱：WRDSDZ2020 163.com
  手机：15066818472
  以上为作品安放地，规划中的黄河文化主题公园
  五、评选制度与加工
  （一）作品评选采取两轮评选制。第一轮，从投稿艺术家作品中选择100件方案待选名单。第二轮从待选作品中评选出50件入围作品。第三轮，最终由活动艺委会及组委会共同选择20件入选作品。
  （二）作品加工：所有入选作品由活动组委会统一通知，艺术家按要求时间制作雕塑模型作品将由实施单位通过招标采购确定的厂家统一加工制作。
  六、配套活动
  （一）室外大型雕塑作品展：本届艺术大展入选的20件大型雕塑作品在万荣县黄河湿地公园展出。
  （二）学术研讨会：开幕式期间组织国内外参展艺术家、特邀嘉宾围绕“黄河文化·农耕文明”等话题进行讨论，从不同角度、不同文化背景、不同国籍等方式，提供黄河文化可持续发展的案例。
  七、活动宣传
  （一）邀请全国、省雕塑艺术协会的有关权威人士及相关媒体参与报道，各大媒体网站、地方电视台跟踪报道。
  （二）出版画册，详细记录整个活动的每个瞬间，为活动留下资料。
  （三）媒体支持：新华网、搜狐网、新浪网、光明网、雕塑头条、中国公共艺术网、中国工艺美术网、中国轻工信息网、头条新闻等。
  中国·万荣黄河文化国际雕塑艺术大展组委会
  2020年4月20日
  附件：艺术大展申请表格式
  Call for Submissions of
  The 1st Yellow River Culture International Sculpture Exhibition Wangrong,China 2020
  1.Origin
  Wanrong county is located in the East Bank of the Yellow River at the intersection of Fenhe River and the Yellow River,in the southwest of Shanxi Province and in the northwest of Yuncheng City,which is the junction of North China,northwest and Central Plains.Wanrong county is adjacent to Yellow River in the West and faces Hancheng city in Shaanxi Province,Gufeng mountain in the south is connected with Linyi County and Saline Lake District,Jiwang mountain in the East is connected with Wenxi County,and Emei platform in the north is adjacent to Hejin city.Wanrong county is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation.It is recorded in the historical books that emperor Xuanyuan,swept the floor to sacrifice the Houtu for the altar to Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty on the"fenyinpu".There were eight emperors who sacrificed in the Houtu temple for 24 times,among which Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to the Houtu for 7 times and left the eternal masterpiece"autumn wind lyrics".
  Wanrong county has a profound historical and cultural heritage,unique and excellent geographical location,rich and colorful tourism resources,excellent and diverse agricultural and sideline products,and has the best conditions to develop into an internationally famous tourism destination.From the aspect of historical culture and regional characteristics,historical sites and natural landscapes such as Houtu temple,Dongyue Temple,Lijia courtyard,Yellow River Wetland and Gufeng mountain are a high-quality tourist route,which not only enables tourists to deeply experience and feel the important position of Wanrong in the long history,but also feels the extensive and profound Chinese traditional culture.
  Wanrong county has China's mother river-the Yellow River and Shanxi's mother river-Fenhe River.The unique geographical location,rich and vast wetland environment,and exotic loess gullies are the best places to build sculpture and art park.The construction of a sculpture and art park with the theme of"Yellow River Culture"between the two rivers corresponds to the two river basins(Euphrates River and Tigris River),the birthplace of world civilization.It will become the world-famous,the only domestic and world-famous tourist destination.The Yellow River Culture International Sculpture Exhibition,Wanrong will invite famous artists from China and abroad to create and implement the park according to the wetland and gully environment,so as to build the park into an art resort that has an impact in China and abroad.
  2.Theme
  Theme interpretation:Yellow River Culture&Farming Civilization
  In September 2019,the general secretary of P.R.C.Xi Jinping pointed out in his important speech at the Symposium on ecological protection and high quality development of the Yellow Rive Basin:"the Yellow River culture is an important part of Chinese civilization and the root and soul of the Chinese nation.We should promote the systematic protection of the cultural heritage of the Yellow River and keep the precious heritage left by our ancestors.We should deeply tap the era value of the Yellow River culture,tell a good story of the Yellow River,continue the historical context,strengthen cultural self-confidence,and gather spiritual strength for the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation.The Yellow River culture rooted in the Yellow River Basin is the most representative and influential subject culture in Chinese civilization.
  Therefore,taking"Yellow River Culture and Farming Civilization"as the theme,through in-depth excavation of the cultural connotation of the Yellow River,carrying forward the spirit of farming civilization,supporting the creation and production of public art of the Yellow River culture in the new era,and holding"Yellow River Culture International Sculpture Exhibition Wanrong China",it is helpful to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the Yellow River culture,so as to continuously enrich the presentation of the Yellow River culture to carry forward the Yellow River culture and farming civilization,and make it live forever.
  3.Organization
  Host:
  People's Government of Wanrong County
  Public Art Committee of China Culture Promotion Association.
  Curator:
  Yuanqiu Li,Chairman of Public Art Committee of China Association for the Promotion of CulturalIndustry
  4.Submission Requirements
  (1)Theme:Yellow River Culture and Farming Civilization
  (2)Submission Date:April 20 to June 10,2020
  (3)Opening Ceremony:September 20 to September 24,2020
  (4)Range of the Works:
  a.GRC material works:Proposals can be created either according to the theme of"Yellow River Culture and Farming Civilization"or combination with Wanrong's geographical environment,human history and other local characteristics.The proposal needs to fit the theme and integrate perfectly with the environment.
  b.Material:Suitable for Yellow River wetland and outdoor environment,including GRC material,stone,metal,etc.
  (5)Requirements
  a.The proposal must conform to the theme and be integrated into the local environment.It must be the original creation of the author.
  b.Number and type of works:20 Outdoor landscape sculptures(including 2 GRC material works).
  c.Specification:the length or height of the work shall not be less than 3m,and the length of GRC material work shall not be less than 10m.The specific size can be adjusted appropriately according to the surrounding environment.
  d.Requirements for submitting works:Each artist fills in the application form information in detail,and submits it together with the proposal pictures in JPG format.Please name the picture file with the proposal’s name.Each artist can only submit 2 to 4 proposals.EXCEED or LESS thanthe requirements will be disqualified.The model material provided by the selected artist shall be the same as the actual material of the work,with the length or height no less than 30cm.Please consider carefully and submit the application according to the theme and environmental conditions of this event.
  e.Awards for works:RMB60000 Yuan(after tax)for each selected artist.The above awards include the cost for producing the model of the finial-selected works.Participating sculptors will receive the honorary certificate issued by the people's Government of Wanrong County,and the models will be permanently collected by Wanrong county.
  f.Contact:Gracely Yan Lu
  Email:wrdsdz2020 163.com
  5.About Selection and Production Process of Final Selected Works
  (1)Two rounds of selection system are adopted in the selection of proposals.In the first round,select 100 proposals from all artists’submissions.In the second round,50 proposals will be selected from the first round.Finally,20 works will be selected from the second round and recommended to the Organizing Committee for finial confirmation.
  (2)Production Process:the organizing committee will notify all the finial-selected works.Everyselected proposal is required to submit the sculpture model made by the artist in the limited time,and all the finial large works will be processed and produced by the manufacturers determined by the implementing units through bidding and procurement in China.
  6.Event Activities
  (1)Outdoor large-scale sculpture exhibition:20 finial selected large sculptures in this exhibitionwill be exhibited in the Yellow River Wetland Park of Wanrong county.
  (2)Academic Seminar:During the opening ceremony,domestic and foreign artists and invited guests will discuss about the topics of“Yellow River Culture and Farming Civilization”and provide sustainable development suggestions and cases of Yellow River culture from different perspectives,different cultural backgrounds and different nationalities.
  7.Media Promotion
  (1)Invite relevant authorities of national and provincial sculpture art associations and relevant media to participate in the reporting.Major media websites and local television stations follow up the reporting.
  (2)Publish Catalogues,record every moment of the whole activity in detail,and record the information for the activity.
  (3)Media support:Xinhua,Sohu,Sina,Guangming,Sculpture Headlines,China Public Art Network,China Arts and Crafts Network,China Light Industry Information,headline news,etc.
  Organization Committee of
  The Yellow River Culture International Sculpture Exhibition Wanrong,China
  April 20 2020
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