Invitation For Tate Adams Baldessin Studio State Library Creative Fellowship

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Applications close 7 April

What the Fellowship Offers

  1. $15,000 grant
  2. $5,000 worth of studio access, accommodation and technical support at Baldessin Studio
  3. 12 months access to the State Library Victoria collections, including workspace for research

One of the primary outcomes of the fellowship is the creation of a limited edition or unique state artist’s book. The fellowship embraces a broad understanding of the artist’s book, encouraging projects that experiment with the form and expand the possibilities of book-based art practice. Artists may approach this through printmaking, sculptural forms, hybrid media, installation, or other innovative interpretations.

Read more about the fellowship and what past applicants have done
Download the full applicant guide

Hildav Etching Press for Sale

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Hildav Professional Etching Press

With double Gear Reduction Drive, Heavy Duty Shaft and Bearings.

Can be used for Etching, Wood Block, Lino Printing, Monoprinting and Embossing.

Model 28-54
Bed Size 711 x 1,370 mm
Steel bed thickness 707mm
Appox. Weight 400 kg
A beautiful press in great condition

$7000. Negotiable

Comes with blankets
The press is housed at Leichhardt. I can provide details of someone to transport it if needed.

Contact: Janet – 0468822562

Proofs and Processes:The Kenneth E Tyler Collection, NGA Canberra

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Proofs and Processes exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia Canberra, features works on paper by six icons of Abstraction and Pop art. Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Liechtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist and Frank Stella worked with the Tyler Graphics print workshop from 1986-2001 at the mount Kisco premises in New York State.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER Matrices for Madam Butterfly 2000, woodblocks with ink. Frankenthaler produced a preliminary painting on a wood panel. Yasuyuki Shibata (born 1968 Japan, USA since 1991)traced its mark and divided them into separate printing layers. He then carved 46 woodblocks using a variety of woods. Each woodblock was hand-printed with coloured pigment, and repeated 58 times for each print.

WOOLLONGONG ART PRIZE ENTERIES NOW OPEN

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Wollongong Art Prize (Acquisitive) is a national prize, open to all Australian artists. Now reimagined for a new generation, the competition invites submissions from artists working across all mediums.

The Wollongong Art Prize is a biennial art competition. Entries close Sunday 14 September.

https://wap.awardsplatform.com

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR FISHERS GHOST ART AWARD

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DANIELLE CREENAUNE, Quietude II, 2024
Watercolour on Saunders Waterford, 101 x 66cm

Congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Carolyn Craig, Danielle Creenaune and Jacqui Driver for being selected to the Fishers Ghost Art Award. The exhibition is open to the public Saturday 27 September – Friday 21 November at Campbelltown Arts Centre .

Northern Beaches Environmental Art Design Prize

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DANIELLE CREENAUNE, Resounding Vale 2024, woodcut edition 10, 101×80

Big congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Danielle Creenaune, Lea Kannar Lichtenberger and Gary Shinfield for being selected finalists for Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize. The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment, with an aim to inspire action toward a sustainable future.

The Art Category will be on exhibition 10am-5pm Tues-Sun 1 Aug – 14 Sept 2025 at Manly Art Gallery & Museum

GARY SHINFIELD, Remnants Hill End, 2024, woodcut using found wood, unique state_100 x 60 cm
LEA KANNAR LICHTENBERGER, FootprintConvergencePenguin Highway(detail), Thermal Imaging Antarctica and defunct slides from university glacier lectures