All artists are encouraged to submit their ideas and concepts for contemporary outdoor lantern installations for the 2019 Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. 

As part of the Chinese New Year Festival, Lunar Lanterns representing the animal signs of the Chinese Zodiac are exhibited around the Circular Quay foreshore annually. 

This year’s callout is for artist concepts for the pig and/or sheep lanterns for the 2019 exhibition.
According to the City of Sydney, selected concepts will be used to create large-scale, three dimensional outdoor sculptural lanterns that will be illuminated in evenings during the festival. 

Ideas and concepts are required to demonstrate contemporary artistic interpretation, draw inspiration from one or more of the cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year, and be accessible and appeal to all ages.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the City was excited to work with artists and manufacturers to bring the new concepts to life.

“For the past three years, the Lunar Lanterns exhibition has delighted visitors and become a signature event of Sydney’s Lunar New Year celebrations,” the Lord Mayor said.

“We look forward to receiving submissions that will enchant visitors of all ages and backgrounds, while remaining true to the celebrations of the Lunar New Year.”

Next year’s Chinese New Year Festival will welcome the Year of the Pig in February, and feature the Lunar Lanterns exhibition, Dragon Boat Races, a community performance program and more than 80 associated events across the city.

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