* New: Call for entries: artworks for the outdoor Sculpture Park in Wuhu city, Eastern China. Prizes from 250,000 to 80,000 RMB (US-$36,000 to 1,150)
* New: Application open: Symp Intl Sculpture en direct sur Marbre, Béziers, France, until March 06, 2020 (see below)
* New: X Intl Festival of Wooden Sculpture „Lukomorye at Baikal“ (see below)
* Houston, Texas will see an Ice Festival on February 01, 2020
* Artistic Residencies of 4 to 8 weeks in Bojacá Cundinamarca, Colombia are organzied by the Fundación Para Las Artes (ACE). The monthly fee is US-$880 (€800) including accomodation and program, meals extra. Up to 6 artists, designers, curators, architects, historians and writers from all over the world are invited to develop projects in the facilities of the country headquarters in Bojacá municipality.
* Reports from the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held in China (January 10 to 13, 2020) 1, 2

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	2020
Te Kupenga Intl Stone Sculpture Symposium [Stone] New Zealand, New Plymouth, January 04 – 24, 2020, public auction of the works on February 01, 2020
Intl Sculpture Symposium Nepal [Stone] Nepal, Galkot, February 17 – March 04, 2020,
1st Intl Sculpture Symposium [Stone] Israel, Ganey Tikva, March 01 – 19, 2020
Llano Earth Art Festival [Stone stacking] USA; Llano, TX, March 13- 16, 2020,
West Cork Stone Symposium 2020 [Workshop] Ireland, Kilcrohane, County Cork, March 27 – 29, 2020,
12th Magic of Marble Festival [Stone] USA, Sylacauga, AL, March 31 – April 11, 2020
VII Intl Symposium Art and Tradition [Works with non-figurative, kinetic and conceptual character] Costa Rica, Santa Ana, April 16 – 26, 2020 Topic: Allegories and Trades/Crafts/Vocations of the Canton
X Intl Festival of Wooden Sculpture „Lukomorye at Baikal“ [wood] Russia, Savvateevka, Irkutsk region, May 07 – 17, 2020,
European Stone Festival [Stonemasons' Festival] Germany, Freiburg, May 15 – 17, 2020, annual
28e Festival Internat. de Sculpture Camille Claudel [Stone] France, La Bresse, May 16 – 24, 2020
Skulptur in Bissee / Skulpturensommer [Sculpture exhibition] Germany, Bisse, May 16 – Oktober 31, 2020
7ème Symposium international de la sculpture [Stone] Canada, Saint Georges, Québec, May 24 – June 14, 2020
10. Kömürcüoğlu Intl Stone Sculpture Colony [Stone] Turkey, Kömürcüoğlu Sokak / Korucuk, June 02 – July 03, 2020, Turkish
25. Internationales Bildhauer Symposium [Stone] Switzerland, Sur-En, June 06 – 14, 2020
Indiana Limestone Symposium [Workshop for amateurs] USA, Bloomington, IN, June 07 – 27, 2020, annual
Krušné-mountain Wooden Sculpture Symposium [Wood] Czech Republic, Klášterec nad Ohří, June 22 – 28, 2020 Topic: springs (wells)
8ème Fête de la Pierre [Stone Festival] France, St Germain Nuelles, Beaujolais, June 27 and 28, 2020, biennial,
3ème Symp Intl Sculpture en direct sur Marbre [Stone Festival] France, Béziers, Dép. Hérault, June 27 – July 18, 2020 Application open until March 06, 2020
4th European Stone Stacking Championship [Festival for balancing stones] UK, Scotland, Dunbar, annual
8ème Symposium international de sculpture de Durbuy 2020 [Stone] Belgium, Durbuy,
Święto Granitu Strzegomskiego 2020 [Stone] Poland, Strzegom,
12. Bildhauersymposium [Stone] Germany, Hoyerswerda, annual
3rd Réalmont Stone Sculpture Symposium [Stone] France, Boissezon,
International Sculpture Symposium [Stone] Czech Republic, Horice, July 01 – 26, 2020, biennial
27. Internat. Bildhauersymposium „Kunst in Stein / Art in Stone” [Stone] Germany, Wunsiedel, July 08 – 15, 2020, annual Application open until March 31, 2020, deutsch / English
Bienal del Chaco [Stone] Argentina, Chaco, July 11 – 18, 2020, biennial
Camp Pilgrim Firs [Workshop for amateurs] USA, Port Orchard, WA, July 11 – 19, 2020
20ème Festival de la Sculpture et du Marbe [Stone] France, Pyrénées, St. Béat, July 11 – August 01, 2020
8. Intl Kunstdünger e.V. Sculpture Symposium [Various materials] Germany, Valley/Hohendilching close to Munich, July 12 – 25, 2020
Simposio Internazionale di Scultura su Pietre FVG [Stone form Friuli-Venezia Giulia] Italy, Reana del Rojale (Vergnacco)
12ème Symposium de sculpture contemporaine [Stone] France, Julienne, September 2020
XXVIII. Symposium Intl de Sculpture sur Pierre [Stone] France, Menet, July 16 – 26, 2020
International Woodsculpture Symposium [Wood] Denmark, Ringkøbing, July 19 – 26, 2020, Application open until February 20, 2020
Sculpture Saint John [Symposium for professionals] Canada, Saint John, NB, August 06 – September 19, 2020annual
Camp Suttle Lake [Workshop for amateurs] USA, Sisters, OR, August 09 – 16, 2020
York Minster Stone Carving Festival [Festival] UK, York, England,
27th Intl Sculpture Meeting in Sprimont 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Belgium, Sprimont,
Symposium „Kunst und Bier“ [Symposium for professionals] Germany, Andechs, August 18 – 25, 2020, annual
Kyiv International Sculpture Symposium 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Ukraine, Kiew,
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Australia, Sydney,
BenQ International Sculpture Workshop 2020 [Festival] Taiwan (R.O.C.), Beipu Township, Hsinchu County,
10th Tehran Intl Sculpture Symposium 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Iran, Tehran,
8th Izmir Sculpture Workshop 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Turkey, Izmir, Second Part: Stone and Metal, September 01 – October 01, 2020 (First Part: Bonze, May 20 – July 12, 2020), annual
17th Intl Alanya Stone Sculpture Symposium 2020 [Symposium for professionals] Turkey, Alanya,
Sculto 2020 [Fair for Contemporary Stone Sculptures] Spain, Logroño (La Rioja)
	2021
Rencontres Internationales de Sculpture Monumentale [Symposium for professionals] Belgium, Soignies, August 2021, triennial
Biennale de la Pierre [Symposium for professionals] France, Marc La Tour (Correze), biennial
19th Intl Symposium of Monumental Sculpture [Symposium for professionals] France, Oudon, biennial
7th Biennal Intl de Escultura en Piedra [Symposium for professionals] Bolivia, La Paz, biennial	<
XIII Intl Symposium on Alabaster Sculpture [Symposium for professionals] Spain, Albalate del Arzobispo, biennial
	Sculpting courses
Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust [Stone Carving and Sculpture Courses] United Kingdom, Dorset, Portland
Fondazione Arkad [Sculpting workshops, trainigs, symposiums, conferences, performances, cultural exchange] Italy, 55047 Seravezza LU
Scuola di Scultura [Sculpting courses in stone, metal, wood, drawing courses, further training, seminars in art history] Switzerland, CH-6695 Peccia, Vallemaggia – Ticino
Arco Arte [Learn to sculpt / Sculpture studio since 1990] Italy, 54033 Carrara MS
Mains d’Art 2021 [Symposium for professionals] France, Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes (72), biennial
Sax Stonecarving [Stonecarving workshop for all levels] 2019: June 22 - 28, August 10 - 16 USA, New Mexico, Rinconada

 
* La Napoule Art Foundation offers residencies for international top-artists interested in cultural interchange, deadline: February 03, 2020
* Five scholarships in 2021 for professional 3-D artists by Fondazione Internazionale per la Scultura (English) (German) (Italian), deadline is March 31, 2020
* Wettbewerb „Flâneur d’Or“: 10.000 CHF für Schweizer Projekte, die „die Qualität … und Sicherheit des Gehens erhöhen“, bis 30. März 2020
* Concorso „Flâneur d’Or”: 10.000 CHF per idee capaci di favorire la mobilità pedonale
* Professional sculptors and painters from the EU may apply for the 2020 award of the Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim-Foundation (English, German) (until January 31, 2020)
* Call for students’ entries for the 14th Cosentino Design Challenge with 6 prizes of 1000 € each (deadline June 01, 2020)