Name of Competition: Portia Geach Memorial Award
Closing Date: 10 July 2020 Midnight
Art Competition Details
The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, or the Sciences by any female resident who was born in Australia or was British born or has become a naturalised Australian and whose place of domicile is Australia.’
Finalists are also eligible for the $1,000 People’s Choice Award given in memory of Harry & Winifred Macorison by Dr Heather Macorison & Hilary Macorison.
To enter the award artists need:
A high-res image of their completed work (max 2MB)
A copy of their CV in Microsoft Word or PDF format
An artists statement about the work, 200 words or under
A signed declaration by the sitter
To have read the Portia Geach Memorial Award Terms and Conditions 2020
Who may enter? Australia Only
Website with Art Competition details: https://www.shervingallery.com.au/portiageach/