North Sydney Art Prize: Call for Entries

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The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial art event showcasing some of the best in contemporary art by emerging, mid-career and established artists from across Australia. Artists are invited to submit entries for the exhibition which will be held in The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton NSW from 11 May – 2 June 2024. This unique site enables broad participation and accommodates the inclusion of all mediums including 2D, 3D, installation-based works and site specific work.

Finalist artworks will be displayed in the underground tunnels and chambers and other locations across the site.

The curatorial theme encourages artists to consider the overarching principles of the exhibition site at The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability. The Coal Loader Centre opened in 2011 as a major regional community resource and was transformed from an old industrial site to a place where you can be inspired by best-practice sustainable technology, community gardens, native bush nurseries and regenerated parklands. The Coal Loader showcases innovation and serves as a community hub for Council’s extensive range of environmental and sustainability programs. Located within the bushland of Balls Head Reserve and adjacent to historic Berrys Bay, The Coal Loader is a site of both remarkable industrial heritage and environmental sustainability.

Key Dates

  • Call for entries launches: Monday 9 October 2023
  • Call for entries close: Thursday 30 November 2023, 5.00pm
  • Finalists announced: Friday 19 January 2024
  • Exhibition: Saturday 11 May to Sunday 2 June 2024
  • Artwork delivery and installation: By appointment 1-3 May 2024 and 6-10 May 2024
  • Artwork collection: By appointment 3-5 June 2024

Terms and Conditions

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Introducing Our New Members: Mark Rowden

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Mark Rowden, Suni Satin Gaze, Linocut

Please welcome Mark Rowden, one of our four new members.

Mark Rowden’s works describe modern moments and memories, with a subtle reflection of the past. Rowden finds inspiration in moments of social interaction, isolation and beauty.

As a master printer he constructs works through the traditional process of relief printmaking, breaking down the visual information to a graphic form, creating shadows and spaces which the viewer can move through, and sharing symbols and stories of living in a modern society.

Mark studied at The National Art School, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2000. Rowden worked at Whaling Road studios, one of Australia’s oldest print workshops, for many years. While working there he printed for a number of renowned Australian artists.

He has exhibited widely in Sydney in many group and solo shows. He was invited to be a part of the International Print Biennale in Brazil twice. Rowden’s work is held in numerous private and commercial collections, including Broken Hill and Wagga Wagga Regional Galleries.

Recent exhibitions include The Latterns Pavilion activation 2023, Secret Sitter 2023 – Goodspace and Prints4Ukarine – CBD Gallery 2023. Art Prizes – Gippsland Print Prize – Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast Art Prize – Caloundra Regional Gallery, Remagine, Hornsby Art Gallery and Whitewall project art prize.

He has an upcoming solo show in Colorado, USA, December 2023 and a Duo show at Incinerator Gallery in 2024.

Mark Rowden, Reverie, 2023, linoprint, 40 x 40cm.

M16 Artspace Drawing Prize: Call for Entries

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Applications for the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2023 are now open!

We are thrilled to announce the eagerly anticipated M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2023, generously sponsored by The Cogito Group. As a staple in our exhibition calendar since 2006, this prestigious competition attracts hundreds of entries from across Australia and internationally.

About 

The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize invites submissions in both traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative non-traditional works that extend the understanding of what drawing may be within contemporary art practice. 

Key Dates:

Entries open: NOW

Entries close: 11:59 Sunday October 15th 2023

Finalists announced: Friday, November 3rd 2023

Artwork delivery deadline: Friday, November 17th 2023

Exhibition opening and prize announcements: Saturday, November 25th. 6pm-8pm.

Exhibition closes: Sunday, December 10th

Entries

Please read the full Conditions of Entry before entering, as they change every year.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

How to enter

Complete the online entry form via the link below!

You will receive a confirmation email if your entry was submitted successfully. No hard copy entries will be accepted.
Payment is to be made online at the time of completing the entry form.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

Anna Russell and others at The Shop Gallery, Glebe: Another Language

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Another Language is an exhibition by former TAFE teachers working in language and literacy, which opens on Thursday 28th September 2023 at The Shop Gallery, Glebe.
Seven colleagues have moved from the classroom to the studio and produced a stunning range of works in ceramics, collage, paint, resin, mixed media and prints.
Colour, line, shape and texture feature in their beautiful works ranging from the realistic to the abstract by Anna Russell, Genevieve Bessell-Browne, Jackie Cipollone, Jan Spencer, Janene Porter, Pam Smith and Ursula Burgoyne.
Open Thursday 28th September to Wednesday 4th October 11 am to 6pm daily, with drinks Saturday 30th September 2pm, The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road Glebe

Call for Entries: Darebin Art Prize

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Applications closing Friday 15 September 2023, 1pm
Calling visual artists across Australia! The Dare-bin Art Prize is back in 2024 celebrating the outstanding work of contemporary Australian artists. The Darebin Art Prize is a national multi-medium acquisitive art prize awarding excellence in contemporary visual art.This leading exhibition brings contemporary artwork together across all media, from painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and craft, through to video art and more. 

The Darebin Art Prize will be exhibited at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 10 January to 23 March 2024. 

PRIZES
Participating artists are eligible to win the following prizes:
First Prize (Acquisitive) $10,000
People’s Choice Award (Non-acquisitive) $1000
JUDGES:
Dr Shelley McSpedden | Senior Curator at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Moorina Bonini | Artist, PhD candidate with Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab at Monash University.
Sarah Werkmeister | Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. 

 For more details and to apply, visit our website HERE

Big Ci Environmental Art Award

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International and Australian artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2023. The winning artists will have an opportunity to explore the Wollemi, the Blue Mountains and the Gardens of Stone National Parks on guided walks and will be given research assistance relevant to their projects. At the end of their residencies, they will present their work at a BigCi Open Day event.

11th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal, 2023

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    Neilton Clarke, Mountain Shift #2, woodblock print & chine-collé, 2023

Sydney Printmakers Neilton Clarke, Evan Pank, and Anne Starling are exhibiting in the current 11th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal, running until October 31 across multiple venues in the Douro region of Portugal, also well known for its winemaking culture.

For more information :  https://bienaldouro.com

Vibrations in Australian Drawing Exhibition

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Ken Unsworth, Untitled, 1978
Charcoal on paper
Collection Paul McGillick
Photograph by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite
Vibrations in Australian Drawing is an exhibition demonstrating the essence of the practice and the importance of drawing underlying a range of disciplines, and will exhibit at the Macquarie University Art Gallery until 13 September 2023.

Gary Shinfield and Nathalie Hartog Gautier are in this exhibition.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with theCreative Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University and the Cowra Regional Art Gallery.
We are honoured to have Professor Tom Murray, Director of the Creative Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, officially open the exhibition. 

Curators: Rhonda Davis, Kon Gouriotis, Leonard Janiszewksi, Tom Murray

Where
Macquarie University Art Gallery, The Chancellery, 19 Eastern Road, Macquarie University
Download the campus map (reference: H20) 

Any questions about the event, please email us at events@mq.edu.au.

Sydney Printmakers at Sydney Contemporary – please visit us

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Sydney Printmakers members representing us at the Art Fair this time are Anthea Boesenberg, Angela Hayson, Anna Russell, Andrew Totman and Thea Weiss. Visit us at Bo4, Paper.

Other members represented at the Fair are Roslyn Kean and Seraphina Martin, who have a table, Michael Kempson (as Cicada Press) and Wendy Stokes (with Michelle Perry Fine Arts in the main section rather than Paper.)

International Mokuhanga Conference Call for Entries

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

木版画と和紙　ー継承と革新
Inheritance & Innovation: Mokuhanga & Washi
2024 Juried International Mokuhanga Exhibition
Echizen City, Japan

Exhibition Dates: April 4 to 8, 2024 

Inheritance & Innovation: Mokuhanga Artists Explore Japanese Paper
As one of its central events, the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference is pleased to announce a call for entries for an exhibition of mokuhanga prints which will take place from April 4 to 8, 2024, at Imadate Art Hall, Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

The conference will focus on Japanese traditional papermaking and the innovative use of washi by contemporary mokuhanga artists. The exhibition will highlight new approaches to this historic art within the wider world of hand papermaking and contemporary art. 

Application timeline

  • APPLICATION DEADLINE Extended: September 30, 2023 (closes at 11:59 PM Mountain Time)
  • RESULTS: November 1, 2023
  • RECEIPT OF SELECTED WORKS TO JAPAN: by January 20, 2024

Judges
Nicholas Cladis, an interdisciplinary artist and papermaker in Iowa City, IA
Keiko Hara, Artist, Founder and Co-Director of Mokuhanga Project Space, Walla Walla, WA
Allison Tolman, The Tolman Collection Tokyo/New York
Annu Vertanen, Artist/ Professor, Academy of Fine Arts / Finland

Application Requirements

Application guidelines

This exhibition is open to artists worldwide. We invite applicants to submit up to three prints created within the last three years. All works must be water-based woodblock (mokuhanga) printed on Japanese paper (washi). Mixed media works are eligible but must have water-based woodcut as a major component of the work. Prints can be on machine made or handmade washi. Applicants should include the name of the washi in their application.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES:
1 – 3 works per artist, from which 1 work may be selected.
 
CONDITION:Mokuhanga prints on Japanese washi, created in the last three years
MAXIMUM PAPER SIZES:Maximum size is Masaban: 55 x 44 centimeters (21 x 17 inches)
SCREENING:By jpeg. Max size 2 MB.
 
ENTRY FEE:US $35 via PayPal or credit card. The fee is nonrefundable.*
 
SHIPPING & RETURN OF PRINTS:ACCEPTED ARTWORKS:  Ship by Tube or Flat (no mat or frame)

ARTWORK RETURN OPTIONS: :

1) Pick up work at the Conference

2) For return shipping the fee is JP¥2000 ($15.00), payable to IMA through Paypal upon receiving acceptance letter.

3) Option to donate your print to the International Mokuhanga Association, supporting IMA’s mission and programs through their fundraising efforts.
 

A list of artists selected for the Juried Exhibition 2024 in Japan will be posted on the IMA website: http://2024.mokuhanga.org.
* This is an opportunity to participate in a highly regarded international exhibition that will be attended by many serious professionals. The fee will be used to cover the costs of jurying online, professional installation, and documentation that will be available on the conference website

ENTER HERE