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The Paul Guest Drawing Prize @ Bendigo Gallery

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The Paul Guest Drawing Prize is an award and exhibition held biennially that highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, The Honourable Paul Guest OAM QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the important medium of drawing in contemporary art practice. The Prize is a non-acquisitive cash award of $18,000.

‘My abiding and passionate interest in art commenced several decades ago and from those early beginnings I was introduced to contemporary art in a holistic way which ran parallel to my professional career. I appreciate that the journey for artists is, at times, a demanding and tortuous one and I trust that in some small way I have and will continue to assist them to achieve their full potential,’ said the Honourable Paul M Guest, OAM QC

The entries for the 2024 edition are now open until Friday 23 August 2024. Click the button below to learn more and enter your artwork.

Entries are now open

Please visit our Terms and Conditions page for the full Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2024 entry requirements

2024 Key Dates

Entries close: 4pm, Friday 23 August 2024
Finalists announced: Friday 4 October 2024
Winner announcement: Friday 29 November 2024 at 7 pm
Finalist exhibition: 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025

2024 Key Details

Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2024 Terms & Conditions
Entry fee is $45 per artist (regardless of one or two entries supplied). 
Open to all Australian artists over the age of 18 (citizens of Australia or residents for 12 months).
Non-acquisitive Prize
Prize money $18,000
Artists can submit a maximum of two works completed since 1 July 2023
Works must not exceed 2 metres in any direction including frame
Media: Bendigo Art Gallery has not stipulated what constitutes a drawing in the terms and conditions and hopes to see a range of approaches and interpretations of this medium in the prize.

If you have any questions about your entry please contact us using paulguestprize@bendigo.vic.gov.au

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Call for Entries: Jacaranda Drawing Award

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Enter the 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA)

Artists from across Australia are invited to submit entries for the 2024 JADA.

Grafton Regional Gallery is pleased to announce that entries are open for the 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), artists from across Australia aged over 18 are invited to submit entries until midnight  30 June 2024.

The JADA is Australia’s richest regional drawing award. This award seeks to encourage and promote innovation and excellence in drawing, and plays a vital role in fostering Australian drawing practice. The JADA provides an opportunity for artists to further their arts career. 

Over the years the JADA has documented the development of contemporary drawing practice in Australia, and has captured how drawing has changed and evolved.  

At the official opening of the exhibition to be held on 27 September 2024, two prizes will be awarded. The acquisitive prize of $35,000 proudly sponsored by the Friends of Grafton Gallery (FoGG), and a non acquisitive prize of $5,000 for an Early Career Artist.

The exhibition of works by selected finalist’s will be on show at Grafton Regional Gallery from 28 September – 24 November 2024.

JADA Drawing Definition – A drawing is primarily driven by mark-making using various mediums. Submissions that include both traditional and/or contemporary approaches to achieve this are eligible for entry.

Please read the Terms and Conditions prior to entry.

Enter the 2024 JADA HERE.

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.

Blue Mountains Summer Workshop with Gary Shinfield and Irena Conomos

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A Site specific creative workshop exploring printmaking and photographyover 4 days and 3 nights from Monday January 8 to Thursday January 11, 2018  10am-4pm daily.

Printmaker        Gary Shinfield   email: gary@garyshinfield.info

Photographer    Irena Conomos    email: irenaconomos@gmail.com

Make connections with the surrounding area environment, and create in a studio in Medlow Bath.

Explorethe Grose Valley and Blue Mountains National Park through daily excursion and research

Create through printmaking, drawing and photography

Develop your ideas in the studio.

Pathways, woodcut and photopolymer print on 4 sheets of paper, UP

Gary Shinfield  2017

My recent work explores the idea of mapping journeys in the surrounding environment, and combining different printmaking techniques.

In the workshop you will be working with multiple plates – 3 woodblocks and one piece of lino – to build a composite image or series of images. We will also explore ink painting in the landscape, the transfer of these onto blocks, etching lino, and various methods of multi plate printing.

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Coat, Digital print Irena Conomos 2017

This image is based on a single photograph developed into a multiple, mirrored piece morphing into something organic and unknown.

In this workshop you will be encouraged to explore photographically to move past the preconceived or familiar developing images using the photographs ability to reveal what is often unseen. The resulting work may remain as digital files for you to work on over time, images can be printed onsite or you can combine these with overprinting or as inspiration to draw on plates.

The basis of this workshop is an immersive experience responding to the environment, climatic conditions and nature in all its manifestations. Your work will be shaped by these experiences and any changes as they unfold.

From this exploration you will work independently developing your own ideas over the period of the workshop, working with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.

To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield directly.

Workshop with Gary Shinfield and Irene Conomos in the Blue Mountains.

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Creative workshop over 3 days and 3 nights
Autumn Workshop Fri 1 – Mon 4 April, 2016

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Printmaker:        Gary Shinfield
Photographer:   Irena Conomos

Explore lost gardens, walk through native bush trails and create. Develop an artist’s folio in a newly established studio located in a botanic garden in Medlow Bath.

The inspiration for this workshop will be the secret gardens on site and a guided walk through adjacent bush land. In the studio you will develop a folio of images based on your responses, an exploration through drawing, printmaking and photography.

You will work with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.

Come and join us

Suitable for those with some experience of printmaking and photography

To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield.

 

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