Finalists for the inaugural Noosa Art Award announced
Noosa Council's Noosa Regional Gallery reveals the inaugural Noosa Art Award's finalists. Selected from entries across the nation and the Sunshine Coast region, addressing the theme: reflecting the unique character of modern Australia's coastal and hinterland environments, both urban and natural; all entries endured the rigours of pre-selection, with a shortlist of 67 artists to contend for the Open and Regional category prizes on offer.
Of the 67 finalists, 32 entrants are from the Sunshine Coast. Councillor Tony Wellington says the results are a great beginning to Noosa Council's inaugural art prize.
"It's terrific to see so many artists taking an interest in the newly fashioned art award under the new Council," Cr Wellington said.
"Noosa has a long and proud tradition of engagement in artistic endeavours, and this annual event will serve to strengthen the connection between Council and the creative industries."
The finalist works in the Noosa Art Award will be on display in an exhibition at the Noosa Regional Gallery, from 28 August to 5 October, 2014. This will be a wonderful showcase of artworks that celebrate coastal and hinterland environments through a diverse array of media and creative interpretations.
The Noosa Art Award finalists for 2014 are:
Within the Region:
Judith Ahern, Miles Allen, Kym Barrett, Rose Barry, Carolyn Barker, Glenise Clelland, Tina Cooper, Carley Cornelissen, Tamara Dicker, Wendy Epp, Carol Forster, Rosie Lloyd-Giblett, Glenis Gray, Yeats Gruin, Nicholas Hew, Chelsea Hunter, Ryan Jones, Michelle Knightley, Wendy McGrath, Tracey Mutze-Butler, Kym Nelson, Neri Oliveri, David Parker, Jane Parker, Chris Postle, Trevor Purvis, Thomas Sydow, Yanni VanZijl, Sally-May Walker, Pam Walpole, Geoff White, Valerie Willy and Michelle Wright.
Outside of the Region:
Bec Anderson, Karen Benjamin, Carolyn Cardinet, Robert Delves, Julia deVille, Elizabeth Duguid, Simone Eisler, Aaron Fell-Fracasso, Carla Gottgens, Kyoko Imazu , Rebecca Jones, Christine Kirkegard, Nadia Narelle Kliendanze, Yvonne Moloney-Law, Ruby MacKenzie, Lyne Marshall, Nicole McBride, Nicola Moss, Ann O'Connor, Veronica O'Leary, Damien O'Mara, Megan Pulse, Merri Randell, Kristian Rasmussen, Jennifer Sadler, Otto Schmidinger, Sally Sixpence, Paul Snell, Thomas Stuart, Tony Walker, Jacek Wańkowski and Di West.
The Noosa Art Award is a national acquisitive contemporary art award and is open to Australian artists and designers practicing in any 2D or 3D medium. Gallery Director, Nina Shadforth says that "as always, something interesting reveals itself amongst the finalists and this year we have a finalist from the Sunshine Coast who has qualified with entries in each of the Open and Regional categories."
The winners in each category of the Noosa Art Award will be announced at a gala opening event at Noosa Regional Gallery on Friday 29 August, 6pm. The winner of the Open category will receive $7000 prize money and their artwork added to the Noosa Council Corporate Art Collection. Other prizes include the Regional category in 2D and 3D at $1500 each and the People's Choice award of $1000 sponsored by the Friends Noosa Regional Gallery, for one lucky finalist who garners the most votes from visitors to the exhibition.
28 July 2014