Thea Weiss: Creative Responses to the Holocaust.

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The film Creative Responses to the Holocaust by Sarita Gold has been selected For several film awards and has been successful. The film features Thea Weiss’ 96 year old mother in law Lotte’s story of her internment in Auschwitz for 2.5 years, and Thea’s artistic response to it. You can watch the film on Thea’s website, here.

There will be an online presentation from the Sydney Jewish Museum at 7pm on Sunday 1st November in which Thea will talk about her role with the producer/director of the film, Sarita Gold, as well as the film being shown. https://sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/shop/webinars/public/my-two-lives/

Lake Art Prize – Entries Now Open

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Lake Art Prize 2020 – Entries Now Open

The Lake Art Prize is open to all Australian Artists aged 18 years and over.

The Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie is thrilled to announce the Lake Art Prize, a new biennial National Acquisitive Prize for Contemporary Australian Art – valued at $25,000.

Australian artists, aged 18 years and over, are invited to submit works which reflect on the theme ‘Where there is Water’.

There is a total acquisitive prize pool of $25,000 (ex GST), with the funding made available by the generosity and support of Lake Macquarie City Council.

Contending artworks will be across all media and can take any form, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photomedia, installation, sound, and a single piece or multi-piece artwork.

The prize culminates with selected artworks being displayed in a finalist exhibition at MAC. The inaugural Prize Exhibition will take place between 12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021.

The prize includes a People’s Choice Award – valued at $2,000 (ex GST) – a non-acquisitive award to the artwork with the highest number of audience votes over the period of the finalist exhibition.

Voters will also go into the draw to win MAC Packs and Sculpture park café vouchers.

Key Dates

  • Artwork must be completed 23 October 2019 – 23 October, 2020.
  • Entries close (digital submission) at midnight Friday 23 October, 2020.
  • Finalists will be notified on 30 October, 2020.
  • Delivery of finalist exhibition artworks: by 4pm Friday 27 November 2020.
  • Lake Art Prize 2020 Winner will be announced on 12 December, 2020.
  • Finalist Exhibition will be held 12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021.
  • Announcement of The 2020 LAKE prize People’s Choice award: 5 February 2021.

For further information and to enter, go here.

Meroogal Women’s Art Prize

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Janet Parker Smith is a finalist in this award. Congratulations, Janet!

 

MEROOGAL WOMEN’S ART PRIZE 2020

 

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Sydney Living Museums is proud to present the biennial Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, now in its 18th year. Inspired by our 2020 themes of community, connection and impact, we’re delighted to be celebrating the achievements and creativity of female artists across NSW. The prize pays tribute to the four generations of women from the Thorburn and Macgregor families who lived at Meroogal in Nowra for almost 100 years.

Artists were invited to create works that respond to Meroogal and its sense of place. In their selection of finalists from hundreds of entries, our judges looked for artworks that cast new light on the stories of the people who lived here, and the house’s rich and diverse collection of treasures.

The work of the 40 finalists will be exhibited in the historic house of Meroogal from 19 September 2020 to 17 April 2021.

Winners will be announced on 23 September 2020.

 

Print Council Of Australia Print Exchange

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PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA PRINT EXCHANGE 2020

Following the success of the inaugural PCA Print Exchange in 2016, and the second iteration in 2018, we are pleased to invite our printmaker members to participate once again in our third biennial Print Exchange and celebrate the depth and diversity of contemporary Australian Printmaking. One print will reside in the PCA archive as a snapshot of printmaking in 2020.

Please note you must be a member of the Print Council of Australia to participate in the project. There are many benefits to being a member including a subscription to the quarterly Imprint magazine. To view membership options visit our membership page.

  • THEME – No specific theme, we encourage you to make what you do best.
  • PAPER SIZE – strictly 26 x 20 cm. Images can be printed edge to edge or on any part of the paper. Please use archival printmaking paper. Prints to be interleaved with tissue or glassine paper (CUT TO EXACT SAME SIZE AS PRINT)
  • TECHNIQUES – All printmaking techniques including digital and combinations accepted. 2D only.
  • EDITION SIZE – Each artist will create an edition of 12 prints signed and numbered (1/12, 2/12, 3/12 etc). Each print needs the artist’s name, title and medium written in pencil on the back.
  • DEADLINES –
    Applications open: 16 December 2019
    Works to arrive: by 30 October 2020
    Distribution: early December 2020 (TBC)

Applications here.

Print Council of Australia
c/o Sharron Okines
PO Box 2949
Fitzroy VIC 3065

  • One print is to be donated for sale to raise funds for ongoing projects for the PCA.
  • One print will reside in the PCA archive.
  • Ten prints will be exchanged and you will be sent a randomised selection in return.
  • International participants please mark the envelope “No commercial value”.
  • The PCA will take every care with your prints but no responsibility for loss or damage can be accepted.
ONLINE EXHIBITION AND SALE

Please email a low res JPEG image of your print, your website address and a 50 word (or less) statement to Sharron Okines – imprintadvertising@printcouncil.org.au

When the prints and fees arrive, images of the prints will be uploaded to the PCA Facebook page for exhibition and an online sale (date to be determined) of the 2/12 prints to raise funds for the PCA. Other exhibition opportunities may arise and we will advise you accordingly.