Name of Art Exhibition: Whitsundays Arts Festival Art Prize Exhibition
Location: Coral Sea Marina Resort
State QLD
Start Date : 23 September 2022
End Date: 30 September 2022
Art Exhibition Details:
In its second year, the 2022 Whitsundays Arts Festival Art Prize Exhibition will be held at the Coral Sea Marina Resort in Airlie Beach and offers a total prize pool of $11,200.
The 2022 judging panel is led by Tracy Cooper Lavery, Director, Gallery & Visual Arts at HOTA Home of the Arts Gold Coast. HOTA is the largest public gallery outside of a capital city and Tracy is an arts museum leader with a career spanning 25 years including Director of Rockhampton Art Gallery and Senior Curator at Bendigo Art Gallery. The evaluation panel also includes Mary Ann Santin, interdisciplinary artist and winner of myriad prestigious awards, and Kate O’Hara, Director of Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, who has previously curated and managed galleries across Arnhem land and southeast Asia.
The theme for the Festival and for the Art Prize Exhibition is ‘Memories,’ and artists are encouraged to take a moment to reflect and to remember, reminiscing on what the theme ‘Memories’ means to them.
The Coral Sea Marina Resort is one of the most picturesque in the Whitsundays, and the Exhibition will be overlooking the water, making art at the centre of Airlie Beach.
In 2021 the Art Prize Exhibition received over 100 artwork submissions, with 53 finalists selected, and received over 1,000 votes in the People’s Choice Award. Townsville artist Lisa Ashcroft was the winner of the Regional Arts Prize of $5,000, an art acquisitive prize by the Whitsunday Regional Council. The Whitsundays Arts Festival committee is delighted to announce that the Whitsunday Regional Council has once again committed to continue that support as part of their Arts Acquisition Program. The major prize-winning artwork will be acquired into the Whitsundays Regional Council Art Collection.
New this year is the inclusion of works from Australian artists working in any 2D or 3D medium (excluding photographs). Finalist works will be on display at the Coral Sea Marina Resort from 23 September to 30 September, with winners to be announced at the opening night event.
Website with Art Exhibition details: https://www.whitsundaysartsfestival.org/art-prize-exhibition-2022