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Tai Snaith’s work ‘Affirmative Animals’ is a finalist in this year’s Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize. The Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize (SSCP) was established in 2020 by Mud Australia Founder and Creative Director, Shelley Simpson, to support and champion the next generation of Australian ceramicists. Presented in partnership with Craft Victoria, the annual prize is open to ceramic artists working across functional ware, fine art, handcrafted objects and broader commercial ceramic practices. Alongside a $10,000 cash prize, shortlisted finalists will be exhibited at Craft Victoria as part of a dedicated exhibition celebrating contemporary Australian ceramics. The finalists’ work will be exhibited…
Judith van Heeren is a finalist in the 2026 Maldon Landscape Prize with her work ‘Pink moon’. The 2026 Maldon Landscape Prize, themed “Essence of Place,” is a national art award in Australia presented by the Maldon Artist Network and Cascade Art Gallery, encouraging diverse, inventive interpretations of the landscape. The finalist exhibition runs from September 26 to October 24, 2026, at the Cascade Art Gallery. “Essence of Place” invites artists to capture their personal, figurative, spiritual, impressionistic, or abstract responses to the environment and land. The Prize is generously supported by the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation.
Judith van Heeren is a finalist in the 2026 R & M McGivern Prize with her painting ‘Old Moon’. The R & M McGivern Prize was established by the will of the late Muriel Evelyn McGivern, a local resident and artist of Maroondah, as a legacy of Muriel’s support of the arts in Maroondah. The Prize is awarded every three years by the Trustee for outstanding, original artwork in the medium of painting in oil and watercolour (including gouache). The R & M McGivern Prize is an acquisitive award and the winning artworks will become the property of the Maroondah…
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“Nicholas Thompson, who first showed at Sydney Contemporary in 2015, has a simple goal for this year’s installment of the fair. The Melbourne gallerist is planning a solo exhibition of new work by the senior artist Alun Leach-Jones… its an extension of his Collingwood gallery’s ongoing support of senior artists, many of whom are overlooked in contemporary art discourse…”
“…there’s also some young galleries that have been started by people who have worked at older or blue-chip galleries and are happily exhibiting mid-career and established artists. So it’s a really good mix and a nice way to meet the next generation of gallerists coming through.” CEO and fair director Barry Keldoulis
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LINK TO PRIZE BELOW: http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/prizes_scholarships/arthur_guy_memorial_painting_prize
LINK TO ARTICLE BELOW: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/02/sheep-bones-glitter-and-shaving-cream-the-bold-divergent-art-of-the-under-40s
Wendy Stavrianos ‘Silent Rooms and Portals to Uncertain Shores’ opens tonight at Glasshouse Regional Gallery Port Macquarie, current to 25 June @glasshousepmq . “This exhibition is a distilled statement of Stavrianos philosophy of life and art making, it is a statement about the oneness of our being with a warning that we, as a civilisation, are playing with forces that may lead to our complete destruction.” – Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA Australian National University http://www.glasshouse.org.au/Whats-On/Wendy-Stavrianos-May-2017
MORE INFORMATION ON RAMSAY ART PRIZE BELOW: https://ramsay.artgallery.sa.gov.au/artist/celeste-chandler/