Northern Beaches Art Prize winners announced

Congratulations to the winners of the Northern Beaches Art Prize who were announced last night at an awards ceremony at the Creative Space, North Curl Curl.

Winners were announced in two of the categories, namely General and Small Sculpture.

The General Category - includes original paintings or drawings in any medium; printmaking and collage. The winners for this year’s competition include:

Major winner, $6,000 - Jackson Davies for Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten Honourable Mention – Painting, $1,000 - Katika Schultz for Home Honourable Mention - Works on Paper, $500 + $500 framing voucher – Alison Billing for Autumn in the Valley Encouragement Award, $500 – Guy Morgan for James & Me 

The Small Sculpture Category winners for this year’s competition include:

Winner, $4,000 – Jennifer Everett for Hear Here Honourable Mention Award, $1,000 – Henry Evans for Intruder Encouragement Award, $500 – Nina Reynolds for Chameleon 

Winners and finalists of the other two categories of the Art Prize – Waste-to-Art and Youth categories – will be announced at a combined exhibition opening and awards ceremony on Thursday 29 August with $10,000 in prizes on offer.

The competition’s entries will be on display at the Creative Space in North Curl Curl from 9 - 18 August for General and Small Sculpture, and 30 August to 8 September for Waste-to-Art and Youth.

The public is invited to vote in the People’s Choice Awards for each category, which will be announced on the final day of each exhibition.

Creative Space is open daily (10am - 4pm) and entry is free.