MAY 2016
AUSTRALIA’S MONTHLY BRIEFING ON art
Sally Gabori Whistler’s Mother Kevin Lincoln
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On the Cover
From the Editor This issue has a strong Australian focus looking at artists who all interpret their surroundings and influences in their work in unique ways. Lucy Stranger previews two exhibitions this issue. Firstly, gracing the cover, The Art Gallery of Queensland’s ‘Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori’. Then to Victoria for the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s ‘Kevin Lincoln: The Eye’s Mind’, a survey of 140 of Lincoln’s restrained and contemplative works since 1990. Melissa Pesa previews the National Gallery of Victoria’s ‘Whistler’s Mother’, which exhibits Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, in Australia for the first time, alongside Australian artists connected to the painting. While Sara Sweet talks to printmaker, painter, sculptor and graphic artist G.W. Bot ahead of her latest exhibition at Australian Galleries, Sydney. Annie Sebel and the Art Almanac team
On the Cover Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori A collaborative piece by The Bentinck Island artists – a group of senior female painters of the Kaiadilt people. The painting shows one of the most important places on Bentinck Island where King Alfred was born. He was Gabori’s brother and a famous warrior and leader. The artists have said, “This place is special to all seven of us. We all have close connection to this country. That is why we picked it as painting for us to do together.” Queensland Art Gallery 21 May to 28 August, 2016 Queensland Birrmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Warthadangathi Bijarrba Ethel Thomas, Thunuyingathi Bijarrb May Moodoonuthi, Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Pal, Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Dawn Naranatjil, Rayarriwarrtharrbayingat Amy Loogatha, Makarrki - King Alfred’s Country, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on linen Purchased 2009 with funds from Professor John Hay, AC, and Mrs Barbara Hay through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation/Collection, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art © Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda. Licensed by Viscopy, 2016
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Art News
Justin Art House Museum The Justin Art House Museum (JAHM) is an initiative of renowned Melbourne architect Charles Justin and his wife Leah – a house museum, designed to showcase their collection of over 240 works of contemporary art acquired over 20 years. “The collection has given us such pleasure over the years and we want to share that joy with other art lovers,” says Charles Justin. JAHM is a perfect hybrid of architecture, art and domesticity. Transformed by Elisa Justin of Justin Architects, the former apartment block in Prahran now wears a distinctive triangulated façade and boasts an impressive gallery on the second level, leading to the Justin’s personal quarters on the third level. Traverse between levels via the illuminating stairwell – 39 steps of interactive coloured lighting created by designer Ilan El. Alternatively, you can take the lift where a vibrant digitised photographic stripe composition encompasses a whole wall, making each ride an immersive experience. 36
The JAHM will host two exhibitions per year with viewings only available by pre-booked tours, personally guided by Charles and Leah. “After we have viewed the exhibition we invite people to then come upstairs into our home to see how we live with our collection. Over coffee and cake we hope to strike up many great conversations about the exhibitions and art in general,” explains Charles. JAHM’s inaugural exhibition ‘Divine Abstraction’ is currently on show, running until 19 June 2016. The exhibition features 18 works from some of Australia’s leading artists including Justin Andrews, Peter Daverington, Tim Maguire and Catherine Nelson. www.jahm.com.au Justin Art House Museum, exterior wall with integrated artwork by Tunni Kraus Photograph: Andrew Wuttke Courtesy Justin Art House Museum, Melbourne
Black White & Restive ‘Black White & Restive’ is part of an ongoing national conversation that surveys the cross-cultural engagements between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists over the past quarter century.
A symposium and illustrated catalogue will expand on the issues raised in the exhibition, contextualising the works historically and drawing on recent interviews with artists. Through diverse manifestations of cross-cultural practice, ‘Black White & Restive’ invites audiences to experience key moments in Australia’s evolving transcultural art history and wonder at its multiple futures.
Drawing significantly on Newcastle Art Gallery’s collection as well as loans from public and private collections, ‘Black White & Restive’ presents a selection of key works which contextualise cross-cultural currents in Australian contemporary art. The exhibition explores the diverse ways in which artists have challenged existing ways of thinking about identity and, in their restiveness wrestled with the ethical, political, historic and aesthetic dimensions of their practice. The narrative begins with the creative relationship established in the 1930s between Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira and Rex Battarbee, catalyst to the Hermannsburg School of watercolourists. Four decades later at nearby Papunya, the Western Desert or ‘dot painting’ revolution was ignited, forever changing the art world’s attitudes to Aboriginal art and establishing new paradigms for painters. The account continues with the revisiting of 1980s appropriations as well as highlighting large-scale collaborations and formal dialogues from the mid-1990s through to 2015. Other artists from the collection include Peter Adsett, Gordon Bennett, Robert Campbell Jnr, Tony Coleing, Tim Johnson, Ildiko Kovacs, Rusty Peters, Margaret Preston, Imants Tillers, Tony Tuckson and Tim Johnson.
Newcastle Art Gallery 28 May to 7 August, 2016 New South Wales Gordon Bennett, Number Five, 2003, acrylic on linen, 167 x 152cm Gift of Terrey P. Arcus through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2012 Courtesy the Newcastle Art Gallery Collection, New South Wales © The Estate of Gorden Bennett
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Exhibition Previews Whistler’s Mother by Melissa Pesa
at the NGV in association with Art Exhibitions Australia, ‘Whistler’s Mother’ explores the complex work and its multiple perspectives.
The geometric austerity of James McNeill Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (1871) almost devolves its leading subject into abstraction. Yet, amongst the rectangular shapes and organic forms it is a woman’s stare, an enigmatic gaze that captures the viewer’s eye. In the composition the woman appears distant, locked in a moment of deep reflection that the viewer cannot penetrate. She personifies in this composition a reserved older woman: her gaunt profile austere, and accepting of her role as widow and mother – Whistler’s Mother.
Dr Isobel Crombie, exhibition curator and NGV Assistant Director, comments on the importance of ‘Whistler’s Mother’, “This focused exhibition takes viewers on a journey through the history of the work, uncovering the life and career of Whistler; the life of the sitter, Anna Whistler; the artwork’s volatile reception; its conservation story; the influences that informed its production; and, its until now unexplored Australian connections, before viewers encounter the painting in a dedicated room.” The exhibition presents associated material, including a survey of the many humorous parodies that have been made of the work. The exhibition puts the painting in context and includes material such as an edition of the etching Black Lion Wharf (1859), depicted in the background of the Whistler painting, and a Goodwin chair similar to the one Whistler’s mother sits on.
Considered to be one of the world’s most iconic paintings, Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, more affectionately known as Whistler’s Mother, has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in its Australian debut. On loan from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and exhibited exclusively
Whistler’s innovative approach also influenced some of Australia’s most prominent artists including John Longstaff, Tom Roberts, E. Phillips Fox and Hugh Ramsay, whose works form part of the exhibition. Longstaff’s choice of subject matter in The young mother (1891), his use of Japanese motifs; and colour palette all point to the impact of Whistler’s painting on his work. With no clear narrative, Whistler’s Mother is primarily a study in composition. The painting represents the peak of Whistler’s almost Mondrian-esque method of modulating monochromatic tones and geometric arrangements. Influence from Velazquez, French realism and Japanese prints are clearly seen through his use of brushwork, technique, form and play with spectatorship.
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Despite the overarching angularity of the painting in its entirety, from its unusual title, the unconventional seated pose and enigmatic stare, the figure remains dominant and the painting, overall, functions as a portrait.
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Regarded as a potent symbol of motherhood, the atmospheric work depicts Whistler’s mother, Anna, sitting rigidly erect and in profile. Her black clothes insinuating that she is in mourning with her lace-cuffed hands clutching a white handkerchief. Anna’s pursed lips reveal her resigned and ultraconservative character, which over the years has earned her the reputation of a miserable grump; a contrast to her vibrantly dressed, socialite son. However, despite the dichotomy between the two, Whistler paints his mother with a sense of fragility. The soft, gentle brushstrokes forming her elderly skin symbolises the deep admiration Whistler felt for her. Standing in front of this large painting, hung in one of three interconnected rooms within the exhibition space, fixated on the mother’s gaze, the
viewer’s eye follows down Anna’s figure towards the left. Her dress falls outside the picture frame along with the subject of her gaze, where perhaps Whistler stands, looking up at his mother dearest. National Gallery of Victoria NGV International Until 19 June, 2016 Melbourne 1
John Longstaff (Australian 1861-1941), Lady in grey, 1890, oil on canvas, 135 x 90cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Gift of Mr John H. Connell, 1914 (657-2)
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James McNeill Whistler (American 1834-1903), Arrangement in grey and black no. 1 (Portrait of the artist’s mother), 1871, oil on canvas, 144.3 x 162.5cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris (RF 699)
Courtesy National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Exhibition Briefs
FUSE Glass Prize
Open Field
The ‘FUSE Glass Prize’, a new biennial prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists, is Australasia’s richest prize for glass. Showcasing 15 finalists, this prize aims to provide a platform to encourage artists who work in glass to push themselves and their work to new limits, and to focus significant public attention on the importance of glass as a medium for contemporary artistic expression.
To expand a Utopian vision, Kon Gouriotis curates a two-staged exhibition ‘Open Field’, placing original work by artists from Western Sydney in the Peacock Gallery, and a replica of each work within Auburn’s Botanic Gardens. This project considers original and replica objects, which evoke unexpected memories and connect a world of diverse cultures and histories from local to other places. Amongst the art, geometric forms, plants and animals will be the original 1960s Japanese garden postcards, which inspired the region’s first botanical gardens.
Featuring Clare Belfrage (SA), Mel Douglas (ACT), Tim Edwards (SA), Wendy Fairclough (SA), Brenden Scott French (SA), Elizabeth Kelly (NSW), Jessica Loughlin (SA), Nick Mount (SA), Richard Whiteley (NSW), Kathryn Wightman (NZ), Lewis Batchelar (SA), Hannah Gason (ACT), Marina Hanser (ACT), Andrew Plummer (NSW) and Alex Valero (SA). JamFactory 13 May to 3 July, 2016 South Australia
Artists include: Eric Aarons, Idil Abdullahi, Khadim Ali, Ray Beattie, Michael Butler, Elisabeth Cummings, Fiona Davies, Contessa El Kazzi, Phillip George, Stephen Little, Khaled Sabsabi, Siobhan O’Gorman, Paul Saint, David Sudmalis and Guan Wei. Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio Until 26 June, 2016 Sydney
Tim Edwards, Line Drawing #12, 2016, 36 x 47 x 23cm Courtesy the artist and JamFactory, South Australia
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Postcard from Eric Black Japanese Gardens collection, c. 1960s Courtesy Auburn Library and Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio, Sydney
Hamish Campbell The Taisho Photographer’s House
façade Textile and Fibre Arts Exhibition
Hidden atop a hill, deep in a bamboo grove in northern Japan amongst the debris resulting from years of nature’s ingress, stands an abandoned home. Constructed during the Taisho era (19121926), the residence was occupied by several generations of one family until the late 70s or early 80s, among them a photographer.
This exhibition of textile and fibre artworks demonstrates the Australian Textile & Surface Design Association Inc.’s (ATASDA) stunning diversity within the textile art world. It showcases members’ artworks in the traditional and not so customary techniques, that may be combined with conventional materials and techniques like dyeing, felting, weaving, machine embroidery, surface embellishment, discharge, cloth construction, knitting, hand embroidery and printing.
Behind a rotting door, over 200 glass plate negatives were found offering a rare glimpse into the life of this photographer, his friends and family. The Head On Photo Festival exhibition showcases these images alongside those recently taken by artist Hamish Campbell of the same dwelling as it exists today, as well as images attempting to bridge the gap between these two eras.
ATASDA’s artists have created a range of utilitarian, decorative, wearable and meaningful two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. The Palm House 18 to 30 May, 2016 Sydney
Artsite Gallery 7 to 29 May, 2016 Sydney
Robyn Vanholland, Behind the Façade, 2016, Bauhinia scandens, glass stones and thread, 35 x 30 x 10cm Courtesy the artist
The Taisho Photographer, 2016, as-found glass negatives, archival pigment print Courtesy the artist and Artsite Gallery, Sydney
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Andrew Baker Art Dealer (map ref 5-G) 26 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3252-2292, 0412-990-356. E info@andrew-baker.com W andrew-baker.com H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. Paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by leading contemporary Australian, Melanesian and Polynesian artists, including: Awis Artis (Vanuatu), Lincoln Austin, Leonard Brown, Michael Cook, Karla Dickens, Fiona Foley, Dennis Nona (Torres Strait), Ömie Artists (Papua New Guinea), Arthur Koo’ekka Pambegan Jr (Aurukun), Michel Tuffery (New Zealand/Polynesia), Katarina Vesterberg and William Yang. April 27 to May 28 Joyride (Drive it like it’s stolen) by Lincoln Austin. June 1 to July 2 A Littoral View by Katarina Vesterberg.
FireWorks Gallery (map ref 6-H) 52a Doggett Street, Newstead 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E info@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. To May 15 Super Art 2016.
3RD BIENNIAL PRINT EXHIBITION 2016
(map ref 6-A) 1 Fernberg Road, Paddington 4064. T 0412-286-264. E info@grahamegalleries.com.au W www.grahamegalleries.com.au H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 5.00 for duration of exhibition. To May 14 A Common Boat by Michael Phillips.
Jan Manton Art Contemporary Australian + International Art (map ref 6-E) 1/93 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill 4000. T (07) 3831-3060. E info@janmantonart.com W www.janmantonart.com Director: Jan Manton. H Wed-Fri by appt, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Jan Manton Art has a changing program of leading and emerging contemporary artists.
Jan Murphy Gallery (map ref 7-H) 486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3254-1855. E enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au W www.janmurphygallery.com.au Director: Jan Murphy. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appt. To May 14 Road Trip – William Mackinnon, Fiona Lowry, Guy Maestri and Juz Kitson. May 17 to June 11 Studio Wars – Sally Anderson, Lucas Davidson, Lara Merrett, John Nicholson, Jonny Niesche, Gemma Smith and Alexandra Standen, curated by Lara Merrett.
Jugglers Art Space Inc. (map ref 6-F) 103 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3252-2552. E info@jugglers.org.au W jugglers.org.au Facebook: jugglersartspace. H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.00. An artist run organisation committed to supporting artists in Brisbane.
Mitchell Fine Art
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CALL FOR ENTRIES FROM NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
$7000 INKMASTERS PRIZES FOR SELECTED WORK
Entries close: MON 30 MAY 2016 Selected works delivered by: WED 13 JUL 2016
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(map ref 7-H) 86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3254-2297. E admin@mitchellfineartgallery.com W www.mitchellfineartgallery.com H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. May 4 to 28 Landmarks by Jeff Makin.
Museum of Brisbane (map ref 8-E) Level 3, Brisbane City Hall (Adelaide and Ann streets) King George Square, Brisbane 4000. T (07) 3339-0800. E info@museumofbrisbane.com.au W museumofbrisbane.com.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To May 22 Kenji Uranishi: Momentary.
Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) (map ref 9-E) Stanley Place, Cultural Precinct, South Bank Brisbane 4101. T (07) 3840-7303 F 3844-8865. W www.qagoma.qld.gov.au Free entry, unless otherwise stated. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. QAG: May 14 to May 14, 2017 Untitled by Anish Kapoor. Free. May 21 to Aug 28 Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori: Dulka Warngiid – Land of All. Free. GOMA: May 28 to Oct 3 Cindy Sherman. Ticketed. Children’s Art Centre: Ah Xian. Free. June 11 to Sept 18 Time of Others. Free. June 11 to April 16, 2017 A World View: The Tim Fairfax AC Gift. Free. June 25 to Feb 12, 2017 Children’s Art Centre: The Gabori Sisters: Gathering by the Sea.
(map ref 7-D) 162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane 4000. T (07) 3367-1977. E secretary@rqas.com.au W www.rqas.com.au This August we celebrate our 126th year with the Inaugural Biennial Art Awards. Prize pool of $17,000.
Philip Bacon Galleries (map ref 7-I) 2 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3358-3555. E artenquiries@philipbacongalleries.com.au W www.philipbacongalleries.com.au H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Philip Bacon Galleries is the largest and most established dealing gallery in Brisbane. We have a large selection of important 19th-century, 20th-century and contemporary paintings and sculptures in stock. May 3 to 28 Robert Dickerson.
Presented by Redland Art Gallery
REDLAND ART AWARDS 2016
Redland Art Gallery is an initiative of Redland City Council, dedicated to the late Eddie Santagiuliana
SPONSORED BY
Queensland
Royal Queensland Art Society Brisbane Branch Inc. at the Petrie Terrace Gallery
QUT Art Museum (map ref 10-F) 2 George Street, QUT Gardens Point Campus (next to the City Botanic Gardens), Brisbane 4000. T (07) 3138-5370. E artmuseum@qut.edu.au W www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au Free entry. H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 4.00. Visit website for programs and events. May 14 to Aug 14 Frontier Imaginaries: The Life of Lines is a new multi-platform project that explores the condition of the frontier within the era of globalisation, reflecting upon major dialogues within Queensland arts and culture.
ACQUISITIVE FIRST PRIZE
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LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PRIZE $
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THE MEREDITH FOXTON PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
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DETAILS & ENTRY FORM www.redlandartawards.org.au ENTRIES CLOSE Friday 12 August 2016 EXHIBITION Sunday 16 October – Sunday 27 November 2016 Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland Cnr Middle and Bloomfield Streets, Cleveland Q 4163
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The Bellarine Print Prize www.tussockupstairs.com.au
The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Research Week Art Prize 2016 www.ivvy.com/event/ACMD16
Tussock Upstairs Gallery, 89 Point Lonsdale Road, Point Lonsdale VIC 3225. Entries close Thurs June 30. Exhibition Sept to Oct 23. Visit website for details.
Highlighting the theme ‘Art in Science, Science in Art’. Entries close Fri July 15. Contact Anneliese Milk 0408-549-210 or anneliese.milk@svha.org.au
Albert Park College Art Show www.albertparkcollege.vic.edu.au
Belle Arti Prize 2016 www.belleartiprize.wordpress.com $5,000 National acquisitive prize for 35 x 35cm artworks on Belle Arti linens. Entries close Mon June 27. Visit website for details. See ad page 81.
E apcollegeartshow@gmail.com Submissions open for the 6th annual art show. 2 and 3 dimensional works. Entries close 5pm, Mon Sept 5. Exhibition Oct 14 to 16. Trudy Rice 0410-596-415. Visit website for more info. See ad page 83.
Brisbane Art Prize 2016 www.brisbaneartprize.com
A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize 2016 www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Bale
Chapel on Station Gallery Annual Religious Art Prize www.chapelonstationgallery.org.au
Entries close Mon Oct 3. Exhibition Nov 26 to Dec 11 at Glen Eira City Council gallery. Visit website for details and entry. See ad page 20.
T (03) 9890-5810. Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly – 2D and 3D art competition. Entries close Fri Aug 5. Exhibition Aug 25 to Sept 7. Visit website for entry form and details. See ad page 79.
ANL Art Prize 2016 www.missiontoseafarers.com.au Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands, Melbourne VIC 3000. E artprize@missiontoseafarers.com.au Acquisition and sale of works. Entries close Sun Aug 26. Prize pool of $25,000.
Entries open $10,000 acquisitive prize. International, open category. Exhibition at Graydon Gallery Sept 5 to 11.
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize www.churchieemergingart.com Award for Australian emerging artists. All media. Entries close May 30. Exhibition Aug 20 to Nov 13. Visit website for details.
arc Yinnar Drawing Prize www.arcyinnar.org.au
City of Albany Art Prize 2016 www.albanyartprize.com.au
T (03) 5163-1310. E arcyinnar@speedweb.com.au Entries close Fri Aug 26. Exhibition Oct 15 to Nov 26. Visit website for guidelines and entry form. See ad page 85.
National $25,000 acquisitive prize for contemporary Australian painting. Entries close 5pm (WST) Mon June 6. Entry available online.
Association of Sculptors of Victoria www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au E asv_aae@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au The Association of Sculptors of Victoria invites entry by emerging sculptors, members and non members with fewer than 10 years’ exhibition experience to enter the Tina Wentcher Medallion and Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society - Yarra Inc Sculpture Prize. Entries close 5pm, Fri June 17. Exhibition Aug 8 to 26. See ad page 91.
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Contemporary Art Awards 2016 www.contemporaryartawards.com Winners Prize $3,000 plus additional prizes for the winners and finalists. Entries close Mon June 13. Apply online or through the supplied hardcopy application forms, visit website for details.
Corangamarah Art Prize www.redrockarts.com.au Call for entries for the $7,500 acquisitive prize Con.ceit’ 16. Entries close Fri June 24. Exhibition Aug 7 to 28. Visit website for entry form and guidelines.
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Cossack Art Awards 2016 cossackartawards.com.au Australia’s most unique regional art prize. Entries close Tues June 7. Visit website for details. See ad page 21.
Destination Rosebud - Gateway Sculpture Commission www.mornpen.vic.gov.au $200,000 Sculpture Commission. Expressions of interest are invited. Entries close 3pm, Thurs May 19. Visit website for details and online submission. See ad page 32.
Flanagan Art Prize 2016 www.stpats.vic.edu.au Entries close Fri June 17. Exhibition Aug 19 to 28 at St Patrick’s College, Ballarat. Visit website for details and entry form. See ad page 103.
T (02) 6642-3177. Call for Entries – Grafton Regional Gallery’s 2016 JADA is now open. Entries close 4pm, Fri Aug 5. See website for details.
John Leslie Art Prize 2016 www.gippslandartgallery.com T (03) 5142-3372. $20,000 non-acquisitive painting prize. Entries close Fri July 15. Visit website for entry details. See ad page 99.
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award www.theartscentregc.com.au
2016 Geelong Contemporary Art prize www.geelonggallery.org.au
T (07) 5588-4067. For works in still photographic media by Australian artists living in Australia or overseas produced between September 2014 and April 2016 (18 month period). Awarding $20,000 first prize and up to $5,000 in acquisitions to the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection. Entries close Tues May 24.
A $30,000 acquisitive painting prize. Entries close Fri May 20. Exhibition of shortlisted works Sept 10 to Nov 13. Visit website for details and entry.
Kilgour Prize 2016 www.nag.org.au
30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award www.theartscentregc.com.au T (07) 5588-4067. Calling for contemporary ceramic works from artists living in Australia or overseas. With one major prize of $10,000 for an overall winner and up to $5,000 for acquisitions, all works become an important addition to Gold Coast City Gallery’s permanent collection. Entries open online in May.
Immerse Exhibition Program 30 exhibitions, 30 days, 30 venues in Knox www.knox.vic.gov.au/Immerse Get your artwork into busy public spaces including but not limited to projection, street art, photography, installation, sound art, painting, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, and glass. Win prize money for your exhibition. Work one-on-one with an experienced curator, and be part of one of Australia’s largest art intervention programs. Applications open 9am May 1 to 5pm June 1. Visit website to apply. See ad page 87.
Inkmasters Cairns - Inkfest 2016 www.inkmasterscairns.com E inkmasters.cairns@hotmail.com Call for entries from national and international artists. Entries close Mon May 30. Exhibition July 29 to Aug 21. Visit website for details and entry form. See ad page 132. 150
2016 JADA Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award graftongallery.nsw.gov.au
Call for submissions for Newcastle Art Gallery’s Kilgour Prize 2016. Entries for the Kilgour Prize must be in the form of figure or portrait composition. Open to all Australia artists. The prize awards $50,000 to the winning entrant and includes an additional $5000 for the People’s Choice Award. Exhibition of shortlisted works Sept 10 to Nov 20. Entries close May 6.
Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing www.jugglers.org.au/marie-ellis Entries close June 13. Finalists exhibition opens Aug 5. Visit website for terms and conditions, applications and submission.
Mosman Art Prize 2016 www.mosmanartgallery.org.au Annual acquisitive prize for painting. Entries close Mon Aug 8. Exhibition Aug 20 to Sept 25. Visit website for details and entry form. See ad page 119.
The Neerim District Community Bank Art Prize 2016 www.neerimbower.com.au E acquisition@neerimbower.com.au Neerim Bower Acquisition 2016 for sculptural pieces reflecting the theme ‘Inspired by Birds’. Entries close Mon July 31. Exhibition Oct 14 to Nov 6. See ad page 101.