Kempsey Shire Art Prize 2009

The Kempsey Shire Art Prize for 2009 will be run in July. The closing date for entry forms is 26 June 2009. An Art Prize entry form is below in pdf format for viewing and downloading. Adobe Reader is required to view this file.

Kempsey Shire Art Prize 2009 Entry Form (106KB)

Kempsey Shire Council has sponsored the Kempsey Shire Art Prize since 1986, along with the National Australia Bank, Coastline Credit Union, Kempsey TAFE and other private sponsors. It is held every second year. The first prize is acquisitive and the acquisitive prizes form the Kempsey Shire Council art collection. Local indigenous and non-indigenous, and interstate artists are represented in that collection and are displayed throughout Council offices and public spaces.

Kempsey Shire Art Prize January 2007

The 2007 Art Prize was sponsored by:

• Kempsey Shire Council
• Coastline Credit Union Ltd
• Wonderland Framing and Art
• The Heritage Guest House, South West Rocks
• Randalls Business Equipment

Council received 184 entries for the 2007 Kempsey Art Prize. The category for the Art prize this year is” Works on Paper” and includes watercolour, printmaking, drawing, photography and paper sculpture.

The winners of the Kempsey Shire Art Prize 2007 and other Categories are as follows:-

• Kempsey Shire Art Prize
  Judged from all works entered into the Kempsey Shire Art Prize:
  
  "Growing Up" by Arna Baartz of Murwillimbah
  
  
• Section 1 - Printmaking
  
  First Prize - "Terra Australis" by Julie Barratt of Uralba
  Highly Commended - "Whale Spotting" by Simone Atkins of Crescent Head
  
  
• Section 2 - Watercolour
  
  First prize - "Beachside Festival" by Kiata Mason of Paddington
  Highly Commended - "On the Forrest Floor" by Maria Trott of Kempsey
  
  
• Section 3 - Drawing
  
  First Prize - "Post Psychosis #1" by Liam Garstang of Lillyfield
  Highly Commended - "Street Scene" by H Fish of Millbank
  
  
• Section 4 - Other Entries
  
  First Prize - "Warrier Siren" by Rochelle Summerfield of Ocean Shores
  High Commended - "Secret Garden" by Jacqueline Cavallero of Wollongong
  
  
• People's Choice Award
  
  "Lighthouse Beach Reflections" by Julie Goldspink.

Kempsey Shire Art Prize 2005

Kempsey Shire Council, the Arts and Media section of the North Coast Institute of TAFE, the Kempsey TAFE Students Association and the Macleay Valley Arts Council sponsored the 2005 Kempsey Shire Art Prize.

A total of $8500 in prize money was awarded on the opening night to the winning entrants, whose work was chosen by judge Wendy Stokes. Wendy is a widely accomplished local painter and printmaker whose own work is represented in print Council of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, Melbourne University, corporate collections as well as Regional Galleries in Bathurst, Grafton, Warrnambool, Port Macquarie and in civic collections.

On behalf of the Dunghutti Nation, Uncle Blue welcomed approximately 174 visitors and locals who attended the opening night

The General Manager of Kempsey Shire Council, Allan Burgess, was the Master of Ceremonies for the night and Councillor Betty Green officially opened the Art Prize.

Winner of Youth Section:
Perdi Osborne - Gaia

Winner of Indigenous:
Gus Kelly - Tidda

Winner of Works on Paper:
Liz Shreeve - Scaffold

Winner of Contemporary:
Christopher Humphreys - Watch this Space

Joint Winners of Sculpture:
David Dunne - Waterlog and Soozie Coumbe - Connections

Winner of Patricia Ives/TAFE Emerging Artist Award:
Michelle Mahoney