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projects toyota community spirit gallery 2008 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize
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2008 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize Venue The Substation Arts Centre, 1 Market Street, Newport Featuring 87 artists from across Australia, this award is recognised nationally for showcasing innovation and excellence in the visual arts and annually attracts hundreds of high quality entries from across Australia.
The 2008 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize was officially opened by the Victorian Minister for the Arts Lynne Kosky, M.P, on Thursday 3 April, at the Substation Arts Centre, 1 Market Street Newport. Winner of the $3000 Major Prize was a video installation by Ben Millar. Judges for this years awards were David Hurlston, Curator of Australian Art Exhibitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Geoffrey Ricardo noted Melbourne artist and lecturer and Donald Williams, arts writer and Director of Global Art Projects. Recognised nationally for showcasing innovation and excellence in the visual arts, Williamstown Festival’s 2008 Contemporary Art Prize annually attracts hundreds of entries from across Australia. This year’s award attracted enormous interest from artist s nationwide, with over 360 entries received across all genres including painting, sculpture, photography, video, multi media and installation art. Spokesperson for the judging panel, David Hurlston, said ...... more
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Non-Acquisitive Prize Winners $3000 Open Award Ben Millar Highly Commended AwardsFundere Studios $250 bronze casting - Lada Dedic Reid Consultants $500 Peoples Choice Award - Daniel Worth Exhibiting Artists Greg Ades, Robin Astley, Amber Baiguerra-Daly, Leanne Baker, Craig Barrett, Robyn Base, Christopher Beaumont, Sharon Billinge, Terence Bogue, Drasko Boljevic, Paul Borg, Marika Borlase, David Brooks, Kerry Buckland-Lewis, Claire Busuttil Bridge, Heather Clugston, Narinda Cook, Wendy Coram, Dale Cox, Lada Dedic, Mark Dober, Tommaso Durante, Tanja George, Erika Gofton, Andrew Goodman, Julie Goodwin, Andrew Green, Colleen Guiney, Trudi Harley, Jason Haufe, Debbie Hill, Janne Kearney, Sue Kneebone, Markus Kunschak, Alison Langley, Stone Lee, Nancy Lehet, Carolyn Lewens, Jan Lewis, Sarina Lirosi, Andrew May, Mark McCarthy, Danielle McCarthy, Darren McGinn, Peter Mclisky, Arna Meldrum, Nadia Mercuri, Ben Millar, Shay Minster, Johanna Morrison, Mike Nicholls, William Nuttall, Carlo Pagoda, Scott Pearce, Susanne Pearce, Evan Pierce, Robyn Rayner, Chris Rowe, Lara Russell, Nina Ryan, Judith Sackville-O'Donnell, Bill Sampson, Hannah Scott-Stevenson, Annemarie Schweitzer, Ben Sheers, Julie Shiels, Nina Smart, Neil Stanyer, Gloria Stern, Amber Stuart, James Tapscott, James Taylor, Geoff Tolchard, Andrew Trahair, Merryn J Trevethan, Bibi Viro, Cyrus Wai-Kuen Tang, Liz Walker, Carmel Wallace, Juliet Walsh, Heather Winter, Kate Winterton, Oleh Witer, Katy Woodroffe, Chris Wootton, Daniel Worth, Alan Young Judging Panel David Hurlston, Curator Australian Art Exhibitions, NGV; Donald Williams, Co-Director of Global Art Projects; Geoffrey Ricardo, leading Melbourne artist & lecturer at VCA Enquiries phone 03 9690 0902 / 0419 570846
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the judges David Hurlston David Hurlston is currently employed by the National Gallery of Victoria as Curator, Australian Art Exhibitions, a position he has held since February 2002. He has previously been employed by the NGV as Program Coordinator from 1999 until 2002 and Access Gallery Curator from 1993 until 1999. In 1985 David completed a Bachelor of Art in Fine Art at RMIT majoring in ceramic sculpture and in 1991 undertook post-graduate study in art curatorship at the University of Melbourne. He has curated a number of exhibitions for the NGV including, most recently, Deborah Halpern: Angel (2006) and Geoffrey Bartlett (2007). He serves on the City of Maribyrnong’s Art Advisory Panel, is a member of Arts Project Australia’s Exhibitions Committee and a Board Member of the NETS Victoria Board of Management. David is a resident of Williamstown. Visit NGV site Geoffrey Ricardo Geoffrey studied printmaking at the Chisolm Institute of Technology and graduated from Monash University, obtaining the Graduate Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking. In both 1986 and 1988 he was awarded the Mornington Peninsula Arts Council Aquisitive Print Prize, and in 1989, the City of Doncaster Aquisitive Print Prize. He has regular solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. His paintings, prints and sculptures are represented at the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Tasmania, the Holmes A’Court Collection in Western Australia, and other regional galleries and institutions. His work is also in many private collections and is represented by Australian Galleries in Melbourne and Sydney. Sessional lecturer at Monash University for seven years and guest lecturer at Victorian College of the Arts, R.M.I.T and P.I.T. Residencies at Canberra school of Art and U.W.A. Visit Geoffrey's website Donald Williams Donald’s background is in arts education having worked with the National Gallery of Victoria and the Tate Gallery, London. In 1997 he co-founded Global Art Projects which has been involved in a host of projects including exhibition management at the Venice Biennale for the Australia Council for the Arts on numerous occasions and also provides consultancy advice and services for numerous public, corporate and private collections. Global Art Projects also produced the exhibitions component of the Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in 2006. He is also a freelance writer and contributor to various publications and has published several books on art, design and architecture. Visit Global Arts Project website
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