The City of Unley is
calling for South Australian artists of all ages and career stages to enter the
All Connections to Unley Art Prize, which is returning for its second instalment.
Entries are now open
for artworks that represent a personal connection to the City of Unley, with a
major prize of $5000 on offer to the overall winner. A $500 Elected Members
Choice Award will also be awarded and artwork from finalists will be exhibited
at the Hughes Gallery in June.
The winning artwork
will be reproduced as posters on public bins and limited-edition bin stickers will
be available to City of Unley residents.
The City of Unley Mayor
Michael Hewitson said the initiative was in support of the growing arts
community in Unley and aimed to provide additional opportunities within the
City of Unley for artists to create exhibit artwork.
“We want to show off our
gorgeous city through the eyes of the talented artists of Unley and all of
South Australia and encourage artists of every calibre to continue to
contribute to our arts culture,” Mayor Hewitson said.
“Art is a catalyst to
increasing diversity and representation, so we encourage art from artist at all
career stages and all cultural backgrounds, forms and mediums.”
In 2019, the
competition will require entrants to explore a connection to Unley, which is
open to each artist’s interpretation.
City of Unley
Coordinator of Cultural Development Matthew Ives said the inaugural award
winner Peter Barnes had set a high benchmark for the competition with his work
‘God and Mammon’.
“We want to see
creative interpretation take centre stage, something I believe Peter Barnes did
extremely well,” Mr Ives said.
“His piece was able to
capture a collision of two worlds within Unley, which really impressed the
judges in 2016.”
Entries will be judged
by a panel consisting of a City of Unley Elected Member, a representative from
the Art Gallery of South Australia and the City of Unley Cultural Development
Coordinator.
Artworks may be two or three-dimensional, any medium
and will be subject to a pre-selection process by the judging panel based upon
digital images submitted. The finalist list will be published on the City of
Unley website from May 10, 2019.
Entries can be submitted via the City of Unley website
with an image of the artwork and a 60-word description of how the piece is
connected to Unley. Applications are open until April 8 and finalist artworks
will be exhibited at the Hughes Gallery from June 7- 28.
For more information, visit unley.sa.gov.au/unley-art-prize
