Whyalla Art Prize

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Applications close
29 May 2017
Announced
9 October 2017
Prize money
AUD $25,500
Location
SA, Australia
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The City of Whyalla Art Prize is a biennial prize open to all Australian residents for 2 dimensional artwork in any medium other than photography.Next scheduled for 2017.

Entries must be wall-based works in any medium other than photography. Following the success of our digital initiative in 2015, the Whyalla Art Prize is again encouraging moving image artists to enter works in this year’s prize

The City of Whyalla Art Prize provides the opportunity for the community to:

  • Experience contemporary visual arts
  • Exhibit work
  • Meet with artistic peers

As the Prize is acquisitive, it has meant that over the years the Whyalla community has built up an impressive and notable collection of work.

Prizes

  • City of Whyalla Art Prize - $25,000 Acquisitive Supported by The Corporation of the City of Whyalla
  • Peoples Choice Award - $500

The Whyalla Art Prize was established in 1972 by the Whyalla Arts Council. Originally the prize was designed to stimulate and celebrate local artistic endeavour, but the prize soon established itself as one of the major regional arts awards in South Australia and attracted entries from artists throughout the state.

When the Whyalla Arts Council folded in 1992 Country Arts SA took on the role of administering and managing the prize. Since then a number of changes to the prize format have been made, including the development of new prize categories. These have extended the opportunities for artists to enter and have provided a national focus for the City of Whyalla Art Prize.

Venue: Middleback Theatre, 141a Nicolson Ave Whyalla SA 5600


Contact: Enquiries to the Coordinator - City of Whyalla Art Prize c/- Country Arts SA, 2 McLaren Parade, Port Adelaide, SA 5015 Tel: (08) 8444 0400 Fax: (08) 8444 0499 email@countryarts.org.au

Summary
Applications close
29 May 2017
Exhibition dates
30 September 2017 - 2 December 2017
Finalists notified
7 July 2017
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Biennial - Odd Years
Judges
Art Gallery of SA, Curator of Contemporary Art, Leigh Robb; Director of the Riddoch Art Gallery, Dr Melentie Pandilovski and Paul Snell, winner of the 2015 Whyalla Art Prize.
Prize genre
General
Location
Middleback Theatre, 141a Nicolson Ave Whyalla SA 5600
SA
Australia
Prizes
AUD $25,500
Fees
$44 per entry.
Last updated
17 October 2017
Prior Winners
2017: CJ Taylor - Winner ($25,000)