Blacktown Arts announces People’s Choice Prize Winner
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Published on 06 February 2020
Sydney artist Sara Sohrabian has taken out the Blacktown City Art Prize People’s Choice Prize and the $1,000 prize money for her mixed media work.
More than 530 works were submitted for the Blacktown City Art Prize, and Sara’s work, I am in a relationship with the sun was one of the 114 works exhibited in the Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre between 30 November 2019 - 25 January 2020.
Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM said the community has chosen an exceptional artwork.
“We had a record number of entries for the 2019 Blacktown City Art Prize,” Mayor Bleasdale said.
“It was a tough choice for the community to make with 114 works on display but they have chosen an exceptional piece.”
The People’s Choice Prize gave the local community the opportunity to participate in the judging of a category (the People’s Choice prize) in one of the most prestigious art competitions held in Western Sydney.
The Blacktown City Art Prize attracts the best artistic talent from across the country, with a significant number of entries submitted by local artists and 19 per cent of finalists being from the Blacktown area.
Blacktown resident, Jamie Eastwood, was awarded the 2019 Blacktown City Art Prize in December for his mixed media artwork titled made ‘Blacktown Native Institution 1823-2018 Then and Now’.