Anne Smith’s work acquired by Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

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Every year the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Fine Art Collection grows through donations and purchases. Our most recent acquisitions include works by: Vicky Browne, Bette Mifsud, Peachey & Mosig, Michael Shirley, Anne Smith, and Leanne Tobin.

IMAGE: ANNE SMITH Artist’s Garden, The Barbeque (Wentworth Falls) 1997, coloured etching, 20 x 25 cm. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Anne Smith 2023

There will be an exhibition of ‘New Acquisitions’ at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre from the 19th October, which will include Anne’s work.

The Cultural Centre is at 30 Parke Street, Katoomba. Hours are 10am to 5pm weekdays, 10am to 4pm weekends.

MPRG National Works on Paper Award 2024

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The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper (NWOP) was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973 and 1974. 

With a long and rich history, NWOP attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.

NWOP supports and promotes Australian artists working on or with paper.

Recent winners of the National Works on Paper include Anna Hoyle, Annika Romeyn, James Tylor & Laura Wills, Daniel O’Shane, Jess Johnson, Laith McGregor, Richard Lewer, Danie Mellor, Gareth Sansom, Paul Boston, Lisa Roet and eX de Medici.

National Works on Paper 2024
Entries open Thursday 18 January
Entries close Friday 5 April
Exhibition dates 31 August – 24 November

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Nathalie Hartog-Gautier’s work acquired.

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Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Looking for Paradise, 2021, 12 books, unique state.

The twelve books comprising Nathalie’s work Looking for Paradise have been purchased by the State Library of NSW and should be available for viewing next year.

Congratulations, Nathalie.


This work looks at past and present policies that different governments instigated to help or deny entry to people in need of a ‘Safe Haven’.
This project is a reminder of Australia’s responsibility as a first signatory of the United Nation Human Rights Charter.
Over 12 books, Nathalie brings the stories of these refugees, often relegated to the margins of society, to the centre of the page.
The books are presented in a barbed wire cage alluding to the restrictive movements imposed on refugees.
In parallel to the fate of many refugees, drawings of the Australian bush and botanical specimens are referencing the First Nation people often equally displaced from their lands.

Call for Entries: Muswellbrook Art Prize

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Muswellbrook Art Prize

Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists for the Muswellbrook Art Prize vie for a total of $70,000 prize money across three prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive).

Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century, with the winning acquisitive works forming the nucleus of what is now known as the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection. Previous winners of the Muswellbrook Art Prize include such key figures as David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Richard Larter and Fred Williams. The Upper Hunter Region is also well represented with a number of local artists being successful in winning the Prize including Peter Atkins, Dale Frank, Lyn Nash and Hanna Kay.

Along with Muswellbrook Shire Council, who since 1958 has acted as sponsor and administrator of the Muswellbrook Art Prize, Bengalla Mining Company has generously sponsored the Prize for close to three decades, their commitment ensuring the development of the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

Key Dates 2023

  • Entries Open – November 2022
  • Entries Close – 13 January 2023
  • Finalists Announced – 27 January 2023
  • Exhibition Launch Event and Announcement of Winners – 25 February 2023
  • Exhibition Dates – 27 February to 29 April 2023

Terms and Conditions

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Image on Splash Page: Detail, Margaret Loy Pula, Anatye – Bush Potato 2012, acrylic on Belgian linen, 149 x 152cm, Winner Muswellbrook Art Prize 2013, Painting, Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

Bay of Fires Art Prize Call for Entries

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The  2021 Bay of Fires Art Prize is now open and calling on artists to enter.

This year’s theme is “Island Awakening” and is open to artists in Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography and Mixed media. Entries now open for this $20,000 acquisitive art prize.

Entries close on 10th May. For more information and to enter, please visit bayoffireswinterartsfestival.com.au

Swan Hill 2020 Print and Drawing Award

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Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards

Celebrating printmaking and drawing, this long running prize will see some of the finest contemporary works entered from across Australia.

The mission of the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards is to promote excellence in Australian prints and drawings, present an exhibition of contemporary works and continue to build a high-quality collection for Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.

How to enter

During the application process you will need to:

  • Upload a high resolution image of your artwork (file types accepted jpg, tiff. Max upload 5 MB)
  • Supply as statement about your artwork (max 50 words)
  • Pay a $45 non-refundable handling fee

Enter now!

Important dates

6 January 2020 Entry forms open online
Midnight 21 June 2020 Entries close
17 July 2020 Announcement of finalists
4 September 2020 Date of launch
4 September 2020 Announcement of winners

For more information contact the gallery on (03) 5036 2430.

Acquisition by Maitland Gallery

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River Crossing triptych
282 x 216 cm
unique state print on  6 sheets of Chinese paper using waterless lithography and woodcut
2009
a collaboration by Geraldine Berkemier and Gary Shinfield
installation in Maitland Regional Art Gallery 2009
 
This work was recently acquired by Maitland Gallery. It is the key work from the exhibition River Crossing 2009, about the Hunter River, which was exhibited in Maitland Gallery.