The BigCi Environmental Awards 2015 & Artist Residency

Australian and International Artists are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2015. 

Thanks to private sponsorship, we are offering this year: 

3 awards, each consisting of a free 3-week BigCi artist residency. 

Submissions deadline is 10th of March 2015. 

See www.bigci.org for more information about BigCi (Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives). 

Submission Criteria The BigCi Environmental Awards are open to artists from various fields such as visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, film-making and curating. 

Your submission must show how you wish to respond to the environment around BigCi. 

BigCi is located only 1.5 hours drive from Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, yet it is in a dramatically different world - on the edge of the Wollemi National Park in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains. This is an area of stunning scenic beauty, with its own unique flora, fauna and geomorphology. 

For your project during the BigCi residency, you can choose to deal with a particular environmental issue, explore ideas and concepts related to nature, or use this opportunity to creatively respond to the unique wilderness on our doorstep. 

Each Environmental Award recipient will receive 3 weeks of free residency at BigCi during a mutually agreed period of time within 12 months after receiving the Award. 

The Judging Panel 

The Awards will be judged by an independent panel of judges. 

Greg Johns, sculptor with strong interest in the environment and maintaining bio-diversity. 

Jenny Pollak, multi-media artist, photographer and poet. 

Lindie Ward, freelance curator, previously at the Powerhouse Museum; designer and textile specialist. 

The judges reserve the right not to grant any or all of the Awards if the calibre of the applications is not deemed suitable. The judges’ decision is final. 

Anie Nheu and Anthony Cahill are the Finalists for

Fisher's Ghost Art Award, 2014

More than 800 entries were received this year, hence the long list of Finalist also.  For more details on this event, access through here

Venue Campbelltown Arts Gallery
Exhibition Dates  25th October to 15th December

Barbara Licha : Finalist of Portia Geach Memorial Award

Secret 2012. Oil on Canvas, 122 X 91cm 

Barbara is one of 55 finalists of Portia Geach Memorial Award Prize with her submission titled Secret

The judges for this event were John Beard, Artist 
Lindy Lee, Senior Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts 
Jane Watters, Director, S.H. Ervin Gallery

This prize event is exhibited at the S.H. Ervin Gallery from

28th September - 4th October

CALL FOR ENTRIES JOHN FRIES MEMORIAL PRIZE 2010

The John Fries Memorial Prize 2010 is an award of $10,000 and a solo exhibition at Viscopy's contemporary art space, Blackfriars off Broadway.

This annual prize is open to all artists resident in Australia whose work is not represented in the collection of  a regional, state, territory or national public art gallery.

 Artists of all ages and disciplines, whether members of Viscopy or not, are eligible to enter.

The prize has been donated by the Fries family in memory of former Viscopy director and honorary treasurer, John Fries, who made a remarkable contribution to the life and success of Viscopy.

Completed entry applications must reach Viscopy by 5pm Monday 24 May 2010. For more detailed information please go to http://www.viscopy.org.au/john-fries-prize where you can download an entry form with conditions.
Viscopy is Australia and New Zealand's not-for-profit copyright collecting organisation for the visual arts providing copyright licensing services on behalf of our members to a wide and varied customer base. We represent approximately 43% of Australian and New Zealand artists and their beneficiaries and 40,000 international artists and beneficiaries in Australian and New Zealand territories through reciprocal agreements with 45 visual arts rights management agencies around the world.

Fletcher Jones Art Prize | Deadline: 30 April

The Fletcher Jones Art Prize is an acquisitive painting prize, conducted by the Geelong Gallery on a biennial basis. The prize continues the tradition of the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and is worth $30,000.

Exhibition dates: 24 July to 12 September 2010

For more information and application form click on this link.

The Alice Prize - A National Contemporary Art Award

The Alice Prize
Deadline: 6 November
E-Mail: asafoundation@bigpond.com

The next Alice Prize will be held from 1 May to 6 June 2010. The Prize is now $20,000 (acquisitive) plus 4 weeks residency in Alice Springs. Entries close 30 October 2009 and selections take place in November 2009.

This is not an award restricted to landscape genre.  For full details on conditions of entry and entry form click on the link embedded in the Title.

Studio Members Selected for Blake Prize, Director's Cut

Barbara Licha and Adam Laerkesen have been selected for the inaugural Blake Prize Director's Cut. The selection features 98 works chosen from this year's shortlisted entries.

        

Adam Laerkesen. Saint Eustachius.                                    Barbara Licha.

Plaster, wood, flock, bone and cotton,                                 Fallen Angel.

136x55cm                                                                            Galvanised wire,

                                                                                             80x20x20cm

The Director’s Cut Exhibition will run from Wednesday 7 October until Saturday 7 November, 2009.