Grace Cossington Smith Art Award
Entries are invited to Australian residents for a national acquisitive contemporary art prize. The $15,000 Grace Cossington Smith art award winner and finalists’ artworks will be displayed at the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga from 2 October 2014.
The Selection panel: artist Janet Laurence and curator Nicholas Tsoutas The Judge: Rachel Kent, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney The winner receives $15,000 and finalists will each be awarded $1,000. The award is sponsored by Abbotsleigh and commemorates one of its alumni, Grace Cossington Smith, who is known as a pioneer of modernist painting in Australia. Artists are invited to submit original two dimensional artworks that reflect the theme of Making Connections. The cost of entry is $50 for up to three submitted artworks. One winning entry will form part of the permanent collection of Abbotsleigh’s Grace Cossington Smith Gallery. Artists are encouraged to enter up to three artworks as all three works may be included in the exhibition of finalists. Art Award and Entry Requirements
To Submit Your Entry:
To complete an online entry form, you will need a username and password. When you click the link below, use the following details:
User name: abss\artaward
Password: prize2014
Click here to submit your entry
Contact GCS Gallery 94737878 with any queries.
Key dates
Period in which work must have been completed: August 2013 to August 2014 Artists must have been a resident of Australia/New Zealand: August 2013 to August 2014 Submission of entry applications and fee: 1 May to 5 pm 15 August 2014 Finalists notified, email, phone and website: 15 September 2014 Finalists’ artworks delivered to the GCS Gallery: 22 to 27 September 2014 Announcement of winner: 2 October 2014 Grace Cossington Smith art award 2014 exhibition: 2 to 25 October 2014
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