Organisers of Australia’s largest annual outdoor sculpture walk have made an urgent public plea for public and corporate donations, warning the event faces cancellation if it is unable to meet a $200,000 budget shortfall. Sculpture by the Sea’s founder David Handley said he was informed last week the iconic Bondi to Tamarama cliff walk had been unsuccessful in securing two potential avenues of government funding after an eleventh-hour bid for support. Clayton Blake’s Odyssey from Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, 2024. Credit: Charlotte Curd“Almost everyone thinks Sculpture by the Sea is well funded from government sources. It is not,” Handley said. We are hoping the NSW public and corporate donors will get behind us and the artists.”