Call for Entries for Major Art Awards

Call for Entries for Major Art Awards

The Gladstone Region's much loved Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, hosted by the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, will soon be calling for entries for 2014. 

Artists from around the nation have the opportunity to take home the coveted overall prize of $15,000 sponsored by Rio Tinto Alcan, in addition to the lucrative prize pool of $19,500 thanks to the generous support of local individuals, business and industry, including Queensland Alumina Ltd, Murray & Wendy Schoenfisch, Australia Pacific LNG, Gladstone Ports Corporation and Stage & Audio.

Now in its 39th year, the Art Awards have established themselves as a nationally recognised event, annually receiving 350 entries (approximately) from around Australia.  Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Curator Jo Duke said the Awards offer local artists from Gladstone and neighboring regions a valuable opportunity to “exhibit on home ground alongside artworks from around the country.”

This year the Awards introduce a NEW section, Digital Works, to the existing three sections of entry, Easel Paintings, Works on Paper and Three Dimensional & Fibre Works.  This additional section will include contemporary mediums such as moving image, photography, animation and soundscapes.

All Award winners will be announced 6pm, Saturday 8 November after the exhibition has been officially launched.

Submissions into the 2014 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards should be delivered to the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum between 30 October and 1 November 2014. Entry fee is $15 per submission.

This year's entry form with terms & conditions can be downloaded from the Gallery & Museum's website: http://gallerymuseum.gladstonerc.qld.gov.au/.  For all enquiries contact the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum on (07) 4976 6766 or email gragm@gladstonerc.qld.gov.au

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