Gosford Art Prize 2021: Call for Entries

July 10, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

The Prize is open to all artists who reside in Australia, with the exception of employees of Central Coast Council.

All artwork must have been produced within the last 12 months.

The Aboriginal Artist Prize is only awarded to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entrants.

Selected finalists must be able to deliver the selected artwork to Gosford Regional Gallery by 10 September 2021 or the work will not be eligible for prizes.

All entries must be submitted online via the website www.judgify.me/gosfordartprize2021 – full Terms and Conditions are available on this website.

PRIZES

First Prize – $15,000

Second Prize – $5,000

Aboriginal Artist Prize – $2,500

Gosford Ceramics Prize – $2,000

Highly Commended – $1,000 (two prizes)

Viewer’s Choice Award – $500 gift voucher

ENTRY FEE

Gosford Art Prize entry fee is $30 per entry (max. two entries per artist)

Gosford Ceramics Prize entry fee is $20 per entry (max. 2 entries per artist)

Entry fees are non-refundable and only works with paid entry fees are eligible for prizes and for selection for exhibition inclusion.

KEY DATES

Online entries open: 1 July 2021

Online Entries close: 22 August 2021, 11:59 PM

Finalists announced: 30 August 2021

Delivery of finalists deadline: 10 September 2021

Prizes announced: 24 September 2021

Exhibition dates: 25 September to 28 November 2021

Megalo Print Studio: Online International Screen Print Exhibition

July 8, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

To see the exhibition, go HERE

Megalo’s Screen Print Online Exhibition showcases the work of thirty international contemporary printmakers. Works selected for this exhibition have been produced with screen printing as the primary technique on a variety of materials, such as paper and fabric, as well as non-traditional materials such as wood and concrete.

Ben Rak, Member of Sydney Printmakers, is one of the participants. This work can also be seen at Manly Art Gallery in Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition, ‘To the Edges’, though the gallery is currently closed due to Covid restrictions.

Other artists participating in Megalo’s Online Exhibition are :

Helen Mueller: From a Distance @ May Space Online Exhibition

July 1, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

From a distance

A curated group exhibition of contemporary Tasmanian printmakers curated by Helen Mueller and Melissa Smith

1 – 31 July 2021

VIEW EXHIBITION

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
ANTONIA AITKEN • RAYMOND ARNOLD • LEX PALMER BULL • TIM COAD • REBECCA COOTE • MINDY DORÉ • JAN HOGAN • JENNIFER MARSHALL • OLIVIA MORONEY • HELEN MUELLER • JONATHAN PARTRIDGE • NATASHA ROWELL • MICHAEL SCHLITZ • MELISSA SMITH

Image: Helen Mueller, and the forest was still 2 2021, layered woodblock prints, red ochre, ink wash – unframed diptych, 79 x 47.5cm

MAY SPACE Online

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“Since coming to live in Tasmania in mid-2020, I am heeding the call to be in forests. I walk them near my home and I paddle along their shore lines, sometimes along rivers and into the wilderness that harbours rare and ancient trees. I am but a beginner student, pondering the secrets of such places. I am awed by their ancient majesty and deeply held history.

And I know of threats to these places, ones that grow from modern human habitation and a new culture unschooled in the nurture of such holy spaces. The forest has no voice that we have learned to hear and understand. It can be but still. These woodblock prints are the first I’ve made since coming here and the first in a series to help me understand the fragility and melancholic beauty of what we may well lose.”

— HELEN MUELLER, 2021

Covid Update

June 30, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Photos: Seraphina Martin.

After a small but enthusiastic opening, our exhibition has been forced to close because of COVID. There cannot be an extension of the exhibition, because of course, new exhibitions have been scheduled to follow ours. To the Edges will continue until 1 August 2021. Here’s hoping there is not an extension of the lockdown.

The Curator and Artists in Conversation has been rescheduled From Sunday 4th July, 2 – 3pm, to Sunday 25th July, 11am – 1pm. Booking is necessary. Go Here to book and for further information.

In the meantime, you can see the catalogue and the video of Sasha Grishin’s Opening Speech on the Exhibitions page.

Grishin’s Art Blog, on the 60th Anniversary of Sydney Printmakers and the crisis facing Australian printmakers.

June 28, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

The latest edition of Sasha Grishin’s Art Blog deals with our current 60th Anniversary Exhibition at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Always worth a read, this is Blog number 61.

Go HERE to read.

Image: Roslyn Kean, Defining the Edge,2021, wrapped multi block woodcut, diptych, U/S, 558 x163cm (framed), courtesy of the artist.

Installation of the show: To the Edges

June 27, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Here are some shots of installation of the Sydney Printmakers show at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Katherine Roberts and her team did a wonderful job.

Unfortunately we are now under lockdown, so no sooner was the show opened than it had to shut down again. Please go and see it when the lockdown ends.

We await news about whether, when, and in what form the Artists in Conversation with Katherine Roberts will go ahead, but unless the lockdown is extended, the demonstrations should still happen.

60 years of Sydney Printmakers
25 June – 1 August 2021

Manly Art Gallery & Museum
West Esplanade Reserve, Manly
9976 1421 | artgallery@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au 10am – 5pm, Tue – Sun | Free entry magam.com.au | Instagram @magamnsw

Photos courtesy of Neilton Clarke, Angela Hayson, Lea Kannar.

Waverley Woollahra Print Prize: Call for Entries

June 26, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

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Printmaking Prize 2021: Call for Entries

Waverley Woollahra Art School is excited to launch its inaugural Printmaking Prize in 2021.

Our Prize is a celebration of print and as such we invite entries from artists using all print techniques from traditional to digital. We invite entries from printmakers who are established, emerging, only just beginning as well as cross-disciplinary artists exploring the world of print.

2021 Prizes are non-acquisitive and include:

Traditional Print Prize: $1,000
Digital Print Prize: $1,000

Entries close at midnight Friday 30th July

Judging will take place online. 20 finalists will be selected (10 from each category) and these works will be exhibited in an online exhibition on the WWAS website. Finalists will be announced on 15 September 2021 and winners will be notified by the 22 September.

KEY DATES

Entries Open 18 June 2021
Entries Close 30 July 2021
Finalists announced 15 September 2021
Winners announced 22 September 2021

The Waverley Woollahra Art School Printmaking Prize is proudly supported by Woollahra Council.

Peebles Print Prize: Call for Entries

June 17, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

It is an intaglio focused prize (techniques include drypoint, engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lino etching)
Hand colouring and further print applications acceptable in combination with the intaglio process

Not long left to get your entries in!

Go here for further information.

Dates

Submission call for entries begins Mar 25, 2021
Deadline for entries Jun 30, 2021
Finalists announced mid-Jul, 2021
Delivery of framed works Aug 10 – 14, 2021
Private opening & celebrations 11am Aug 28, 2021
Sponsor, artist & guest lunch 1pm Aug 28, 2021 at 360Q
Official public opening August 29, 2021
Exhibition Aug 29th – Sep 27, 2021
PPP21 Peoples’ Choice draw announced Sun Sep 26, 2021 at 4pm