The World's Richest Landscape Painting Prize
The 2011 Fleurieu Art Prize Program
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IMPORTANT DATES
Announcement of finalists 19 September 2011
Exhibition of finalists in each category 4 November - 5 December 2011
Main Prize Exhibition Launch 3 November 2011
Announcement of Winners and Gala Dinner 12 November 2011
3 November 2011 - Main Prize Exhibition Launched (Hardy's WInery, Main Road, McLaren Vale)
4 November 2011 - Water Prize Exhibition and Invitational Sculpture Exhibition Launched (Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa Wharf, Goolwa)
5 November 2011 - Youth Scholarship (Wirra Wirra Winery, McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale) and Landscape Art & Environment (Fox Creek wines, Malpas Road, McLaren Vale) Exhibitions Launched
6 November 2011 - Vistas Prize (D'Arenberg, Osborn Road, McLaren Vale) and The Art of Food and Wine Prize (Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Road, McLaren Vale) Exhibitions Launched
12 November 2011 - Gala Awards Dinner - Prize Winners Announced (Hardys Winery, Main Road, McLaren Vale)
19 November 2011 - Schools Project Exhibited at Willunga Farmers Market (Willunga Town Square)
Categories & Finalists Exhibitions
4 November - 5 December 2011The Fleurieu Art Prize $50,000 (non acquisitive) for landscape painting depicting any landscape. This celebrates the enduring importance and the contemporary significance of landscape painting and the changing nature of painting as a medium. The selected finalist work will be exhibited at Hardys Winery, Main Road, McLaren Vale.
The Fleurieu Vistas Prize $10,000 (acquisitive) for landscape painting of the Fleurieu Peninsula Region. This celebrates the continuing tradition since the time of European settlement of artists representing the Fleurieu in their work. This is an acquisitive prize. The selected finalist work will be exhibited at D'Arenberg Winery, Osborn Road, McLaren Vale.
The Art of Food and Wine Prize $10,000 (non acquisitive) for paintings of a food and /or wine industry theme. This celebrates the iconic food and wine industries of the region. The selected finalist work will be exhibited at Chapel Hill Winery, Chapel Hill Road, McLaren Vale.
The Fleurieu Water Prize $10,000 (non acquisitive) for paintings of an environmental water theme. Water surrounds the region and it sustains its industries. As the resource of water is under threat worldwide, this prize is a timely reflection of our world's most important asset. The selected finalist work will be exhibited at Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa Wharf, Goolwa.
Youth Scholarship $10,000 (non acquisitive) awarded to a young artist residing in Australia in 2011 aged between 16 and 27 years towards the cost of a program of professional development in any medium with a landscape theme. This scholarship aims to nurture young talent by providing an opportunity for an individual to significantly advance their arts practice. The selected finalist work will be exhibited at Wirra Wirra Winery, McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale.
The Landscape Art & Environment Exhibition is the visual response of artists who participated in a field research project over a period of 8 months. The project aims to provide intellectual and cultural substance to the Fleurieu Art Prize program by promoting creative thinking and action amongst artists, environmental experts and community members about the nature of contemporary landscape art and how it can inform the debate about the environment. The exhibition of resulting artworks will be held at Fox Creek Wines, Malpas Road, McLaren Vale.
Sculpt 11 is The Fleurieu Art Prize invitational sculpture exhibition of South Australian sculpture artists. The exhibition will be held in conjunction with The Fleurieu Water Prize at Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa Wharf, Goolwa.
Judging Panel
We are pleased to announce the judges for all categories of the Fleurieu Art Prize 2011 are:
- Janet Laurence, Artist
- Nick Mitzevich, Director, Art Gallery of South Australia
- Ted Snell, Arts Educator, Artist, Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council
Judging
The panel will select the finalists as well as the prize winning works of art from each category of finalist works making up each category exhibition.
All selected entries will be exhibited at the category exhibition venue and judged at the venue during the first week of exhibition.
The panel decision is final and may not be appealed.
The prizes in each category are not acquisitive except the Vista's Prize which is acquisitive.
The category winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner, 12 November 2011. Tickets available through oztix.com.au