Draw on the Mountain - sketchbook competition

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Applications close
29 September 2014
Announced
5 October 2014
Prize money
AUD $5,500
Location
NSW, Australia
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A Highlight of the event is the innovative sketchbook drawing trail competition where artists and enthusiasts, (including children's category), can register for the self-guided landscape tour of key Mountain destinations. Provided with a sketchbook, participants can follow a route from the Norman Lindsay Gallery through to inspirational environments including locations at Wentworth Falls, Katoomba to Lithgow. Each journey will culminate in drawings being exhibited and judged for a $5,000 art prize at Wild Valley Art Park.

All sketchbooks must have visited at least one of the Sketchbook Locations to be eligible. More than one festival location is encouraged. Areas surrounding festival locations (the Blue Mountains and Lithgow regions) can also be included in sketchbooks. Entries must be completed and handed into Wild Valley Art Park on or before 11am Sunday 29th September. Entries to the exhibition can be for sale or marked Not For Sale. Works sold will incur a 30% commission taken from sale price. Sketches can be Portrait or Landscape oriented. Sketchbooks contain 12 pages – Feel free to rip out any mistake pages but please leave 8 in. Extra Sketchbooks can be purchased if needed. Pages can be drawn on both front and reverse sides of paper.

Sketchbook Locations:

  • 1. Norman Lindsay Gallery – 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent Faulconbridge
  • 2. Empire Pass – Track starts at the end of Hughes Avenue Lawson
  • 3. South Lawson Waterfall Circuit – Track starts on Honour Ave (cnr Livingstone St)
  • 4. Wentworth Falls Lake – Sinclair Crescent, Wentworth Falls
  • 5. Wentworth Falls Lookout – Located at the very end of Falls Rd, Wentworth Falls.
  • 6. Wild Valley Art Park – 321 Blaxland Rd Wentworth Falls (cnr Cook Rd)
  • 7. Cultural Centre Viewing Platform – Enter through the Cultural Centre, 30 Parke St Katoomba
  • 8. Scenic World – 1 Violet Street Katoomba
  • 9. Hassan’s Wall Lookout – Hassan’s Wall Rd, Lithgow.
  • 10. Blast Furnace Park – Enter off Inch St, Lithgow. (Turn right just after the overhead rail bridge)

Prizes

Open Category 

  • 1st Prize -$5000 Donated by Wild Valley (acquisitive award)
  • Highly Commended – $500 BMATA voucher for BMATA members on Get In Now (restaurants, accommodation and attractions across The Blue Mountains)
  • 2nd Prize -$300 Framing Voucher for Hope Tree Art and Framing
  • 3rd Prize – $200 voucher to be used at Whispering Pines Cottages and suites

Student Under 16

  • Winner - $200 Donated by Wentworth Falls Chamber of Commerce
  • 2nd Prize Art Pack
  • 3rd Prize -$50 Wild Valley Art Park Voucher

Contact: For more information email info@wildvalley.com.au

 

Summary
Applications close
29 September 2014
Exhibition dates
15 September - 19 October 2014
Finalists notified
5 October 2014
Eligibility
Regional or State Entries
Prize frequency
One-Off
Judges
Damien Minton – Director of Watters Gallery; Gria Shead – Artist; Selena Seifert – Artist and Director Wild Valley Art Park.
Prize genre
Drawing
Location
321 Blaxland Rd, Wentworth Falls NSW 2782, Australia
NSW
Australia
Prizes
AUD $5,500
Fees
Entry fees are $45 for adults and if you are under 16 years then it it $20. There is a 30% commission on sales.
Last updated
12 September 2014
Prior Winners
No prize winners information available