Make your mark at the Blacktown City Art Prize

Published on 20 July 2018

Entries for the 2018 Blacktown City Art Prize are now open. Now in its 23rd year, the Blacktown City Art Prize is highly valued, with cash prizes of $20,000.

Local, regional and national artists are invited to submit entries in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media.

The winner of the Blacktown City Art Prize will receive $15,000. Three supporting prizes will also be awarded:

•           Aboriginal Artist Prize ($2,000)

•           Local Artist Prize ($2,000)

•           People’s Choice Prize ($1,000). 

Blacktown City Mayor Stephen Bali MP said: “The Blacktown City Art Prize has been a key cultural event for over 20 years.

“It showcases the breadth of artistic talent coming from the Blacktown region and beyond, and demonstrates Council’s commitment to art and culture playing a major role in the life of our city.”

This year, the winners of the Local Artist Prize and Aboriginal Artist Prize will also have the opportunity to undertake a 3-month residency in one of Blacktown Arts’ Main Street studios.

“The addition of a studio residency to the prize pool is an exciting opportunity for artists who want to engage with people or places in Blacktown,” Mayor Bali said.

‘In 2015, Alexandra Byrne created Lucas Road at night (outside my place) during an artist residency at Blacktown Arts’ Main Street studios. This striking work went on to win the Local Artist Prize later that year.’

The Blacktown City Art Prize also celebrates the creativity of local young people through an environmentally-themed Young Artist’s Prize.

This section is open to 5 to 15 year olds who live or go to school in Blacktown City.

Selected works will be exhibited at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre from Saturday 1 December 2018 to Friday 25 January 2019.

Entries for the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize are now open.

Entries close at 5pm on Tuesday, 10 October 2017.

To enter the Blacktown City Art Prize or the Young Artist Prize, and for the full terms and conditions, visit: www.blacktownarts.com.au.

The fee is $26.00 per entry with a limit of 2 entries per artist. Photography, film, video and installation works will not be accepted.

For all enquiries, call 9839 6558 or email [email protected]

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Download high resolution images from the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize at https://bit.ly/2MWqdx3.

BLACKTOWN ARTS

Blacktown Arts is a recognised leader in the development of contemporary arts in Australia, presenting an award-winning curated program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, residencies and events. The organisation is committed to exploring dynamic, culturally diverse work that reflects Blacktown, its history and its communities. Blacktown Arts places Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities at the heart of its program to develop new work drawing on issues of local and global significance. The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre is an initiative of Blacktown City Council and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

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