Entries open for 16th Annual Pine Rivers Art Awards

• February 4, 2008
• Music and the Arts
• Editor

Entries close 5pm, Friday 14 March, 2008

Entries for the 16th Annual Pine Rivers Art Awards are now open with a prize pool of $8,500 up for grabs, including the prestigious Pine Rivers Art Award valued at $5,000.

Pine Rivers Mayor Yvonne Chapman said in addition to this prize money the council had also budgeted to acquire artworks to the value of $20,000 for its art collection.

Mayor Chapman said the awards attracted hundreds of entries each year from both established and emerging artists.

“Most prizes are non acquisitive this year, which council hopes will attract a high calibre of artist to enter the awards,” she said.

Mayor Chapman said there would be a pre-selection process for all categories in 2008 and the winners of the awards would be announced at the official opening of the exhibition and the Pine Rivers Festival on Friday 23 May.

“In 2008, all categories of the awards will be open to residents of Caboolture, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Councils,” she said.

“For this reason we have had to limit artists to one entry in each category.  The categories are as follows:

Category 1- Photography/Digital Art/Computer Art only open to residents of Caboolture, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Councils.  1^st prize  $1000 non acquisitive; Merit Certificate

Category 2- 2D artworks open to all artists regardless of where they reside.  1^st prize  $5000 Pine Rivers Annual Art Award non acquisitive; Merit  Certificate

Category 3 – 3D artworks residents of Caboolture, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Councils.  1^st prize  $1000 non acquisitive; Merit  Certificate

Category 4 – Special Photography/Digital Art/Computer Art Prize “Memories of Pine” for an artwork depicting people, places or an event in the Pine Rivers Shire only open to residents of Caboolture, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Councils.  1^st prize  $500 acquisitive; Merit  Certificate

People’s Choice Prize

People’s Choice $1,000 non acquisitive

Artists will be notified in April if their work has been selected for exhibition in either of the two venues: the Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery or the Strathpine Community Centre.  The judge will be Michael Hawker the Assistant Curator of Contemporary Australian Art, at the Queensland Art Gallery.

The Pine Rivers Art Advisory Panel will convene on the day of judging to consider purchasing works recommended by the judge.  Entry forms and details on the annual art awards are available on www.pinerivers.qld.gov.au or phone 3480 6666.