Welcome to the 2008 Fleurieu Biennale

The Winners have been announched...

2008 Art Prize Winner
Tim Burns, TAS - Arthur River Trance

The Art of Food and Wine Prize - Jun Chen, QLD
The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize - Tracy Smith, NSW
The Fleurieu Water Prize - Shonah Trescott, NSW
The Fleurieu Youth Scholarship - Kristel Britcher, SA

2008 Prize Program

The Fat Ballerinas (courtesy Slack Taxi) and Adrian Tilbrook at the opening of the Fleurieu Art Prize on Friday 7 November.

Finalists have been announced:
The Fleurieu Art Prize [here]
The Art of Food and Wine Prize[here]
The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize [here]
The Fleurieu Water Prize [here]
The Fleurieu Youth Scholarship [here]

The 2008 Fleurieu Biennale will take place 7 - 30 November 2008.

Since its inception in 1998, the Biennale has grown to become a national visual arts festival which provides, as the cornerstone of the event, Australia's richest prize for landscape painting, the Fleurieu Art Prize, offering $50,000 to the winning artist.

It seems appropriate that the most significant prize for landscape art in Australia be centered in the Fleurieu Peninsula, a region which, with its striking vistas and extraordinary geological formations, has long been both a home and a source of inspiration for some of Australia's most important landscape artists.

The Prizes

The Fleurieu Art Prize
For Australian landscape painting
$50,000 Acquisitive
Sponsored by Wirra Wirra Vineyard, Hardy Wine Company and Tinlins Wines

The Art of Food and Wine Prize
For paintings with a food and/or wine industry theme
$10,000 Acquisitive
Sponsored by Chapel Hill Winery

The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize
For landscape painting of the Fleurieu Peninsula region
$10,000 Acquisitive
Sponsored by d’Arenberg

The Fleurieu Water Prize
For paintings with an environmental water theme
$10,000 Acquisitive
Sponsored by Fox Creek Wines, Supported by SA Premiers Art Partnership Fund

The Fleurieu Youth Scholarship
For a young Australian artist aged between 16 and 27 years towards the cost of
a program of professional development.
$10,000 Acquisitive
Sponsored by Santos

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	Latest News
	At the opening of the Fleurieu Art Prize, Chair Nicky Downer AM, Peter Walker and Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts, the Hon John Hill MP 2008 Community Program announced. Download a copy now! The program has been split in to easy to download sections in a pdf format. - Prize Program, information on The Fleurieu Art Prize, The Art of Food and Wine Prize, The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize, The Fleurieu Water Prize and The Fleurieu Youth Scholarship. [here] - Featured Events, featuring the Fleurieu Biennale Lecture with Ted Snell AM, the 2008 Gala Awards Dinner and the Children's Day. [here] - Special Exhibitions, including Artists of the Fleurieu, curated by David Dridan. [here] - Special experiences, including Behind The Scenes Winery Tours and unique dining options. [here] - Public Artwork and Performances, including the “Lit Landscape” installation. [here] - Community Exhibitions, including Double Vision 2008 and Sculpture @ K1. [here] - Community Workshops and Events, including Feel the Difference! and Art in Motion. [here] - Maps [here] Read our latest newsletter [more]
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