A teaching & networking resource & promotional platform "housed" at The Sculpture Center, Cleveland initiated by CIVITAS, Erie to catalyze collaborations among art educational institutions in western PA & western NY & in OH, WVA, MI, IN & KY sculpture exchange) was founded in 2010 by faculty and administrators at four institutions: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (Lisa Austin, Dietrich Wegner); the Erie Art Museum (John Vanco); the Cleveland Institute of Art (Saul Ostrow, Charles Tucker, Lane Cooper); and with Ann Albano at Cleveland's The Sculpture Center - the latter of which which continues to serve as the "center" of SculptureX. Other institutions participating in SculptureX include the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Annual events, exhibitions, and symposia include:
2018 & 2019 - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH ( speakers t.b.a.)
2017 – SculptureX “Value Added,” Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (speaker, t.b.a.)
2016 – Attending the International Sculpture Center Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 - SculptureX “Value Added,” Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (Sheila Pepe)
2014 – SculptureX , "The Social Political Object," Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH (Sharon Hayes)
2013 – SculptureX , "Performative Objects and the Everyday Spectacular", Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH (Martin Kersels)
2012 – SculptureX, "The State of Expanded Media" Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, (Mel Chin)
2011 – SculptureX, "The State of the MFA,” Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, (Ann Hamilton)
2010 – SculptureX, "The State of Sculpture,” Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, (Jeanne Silverthorne)