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Silvio is Artistic Director of this stone-carving symposium which is taking place from the 11th -19th April at Crystal Lake, Devereux Street, Macclesfield.  Open to the public every day, 10am – 4pm; entry by gold coin.  Come and watch emerging artists in action, including Astra Parker, Quentin Gore, Ben Tolhurst from Tasmania, Evan Marker & Tim Spooner.  Also participating are Peter Syndicas, Sally Wickes, Shereen Rankine, Barry Lincoln, John Nelson, Ruth Gregor and Emad Al Mairy.  Kids’ activities and poetry competition on Sunday 19th.           http://crystallakepark.com.au/      and Facebook

Silvio’s successful solo exhibition took place at Art Images once again. A beautiful venue for sculpture and Siv Grava and Mark Judd showed on the walls.

Stop Press, October 2014:  The second symposium again won a Brand SA Award for the Arts and also a Silver Award in the SA Tourism Awards for Events and Festivals.

The second Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium will again take place at The Cedars, Heysen Road,  Hahndorf, home of one of Australia’s most esteemed artists, Sir Hans Heysen.  The 7 guest sculptors are Sakari Peltola from Finland, Petre Petrov & Agnessa Petrova from Romania, Jhoni Gogaberishvili from Georgia, Xavier Gonzalez from Spain, resident in France, Jocelyn Pratt from New Zealand and Hew Chee Fong from Queensland.  A popular participant in 2012, Luke Zwolsman will again make an appearance, this time as site manager.  The opening hours will be 10.00am to 4.00pm, Tuesday to Sunday and entry will be by gold coin donation.  Food & drink available on-site.

The event runs concurrently with the Heysen Biennial Sculpture Exhibition and Silvio has entered his marble Pelican.  Come and watch the symposium sculptors at work then wander through the grounds of the Cedars to see the Biennial Sculptures.

The Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium’s Sculpture Trail has won the Brand SA Regional (Hills & Coast) Award for the Arts.

After visiting his sensei Baba Ogura in Japan, Silvio attended the 14th sculpture symposium in Cerisy-la-Forêt in Normandy.  Here is his piece carved in marble from the French alps, called “Le Mariage”.

Silvio’s Gold Coast “Sculpture Song” Symposium piece  “The Yellow Jersey”.

The Goulburn Knitters’ Guild produced a scarf to go around the Big Merino to celebrate the town’s 150th anniversary.  Silvio created this impressive ram in 1985.

Silvio’s first of the “Peloton” series is on show at Kelsey Cottage Café, Balhannah. www.kelseycottage.blogspot.com.au/  Hours: M – F, 7am – 4pm.  Also on display are some of his vineyard series lino-cut prints.

Silvio’s “le Peloton” was officially unveiled on the 19th December in Balhannah.

In Gawler Street Mount Barker on a crisp winter morning; pictured with Silvio are Mayor Ann Ferguson of the District Council of Mount Barker, Bill Spragg, Mayor of the Adelaide Hills Council and James Sexton of Business Mount Barker which commissioned this piece by Jaya Schuerch, “Prickly 3”