The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is a $25,000 acquisitive art award among the most significant of its kind in the country.
Named in honour of respected painter, printmaker and draughtswoman, Miss Adelaide Elizabeth Perry (1891-1973) who taught Visual Arts at PLC Sydney from 1930 to 1962, the Prize attracts submissions from around the country.
The judge for the 2020 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is Dr Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design.
The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Exhibition of Finalists 2020 will commence on Friday 28 February and run to 27 March 2020.
Adelaide Perry Gallery – Corner Hennessy and College Streets, Croydon NSW.
Open on Weekdays from 8.30 am – 4.00 pm and Saturdays from 11 am – 4.00 pm.
At the close of the exhibition a people’s choice award of $2,000 will be awarded to the finalist’s work voted favourite by Gallery visitors. Voting slips will be available online.
For more information about the Adelaide Perry Prize
Jody Graham – ‘Hunter’ Charcoal on paper
For more workshop information and bookings
Date: 26 Sunday July 2020 10am – 4pm
Venue: All Saints Church Hall 85 Ocean Street, Woollahra.
Getting There: Free parking in the grounds of the Church. Closest train station is Edgecliff; then walk up Ocean St (10 mins) or take the bus and alight at the first stop.
www.transportnsw.info or 131 500 bus route information
Jody Graham – Drawing tool collection (detail)
For more workshop information and Bookings.
Date: 25 Saturday July 2020 10am – 4pm
Venue: All Saints Church Hall 85 Ocean Street, Woollahra
Getting There: Free parking in the grounds of the Church. Closest train station is Edgecliff; then walk up Ocean St (10 mins) or take the bus and alight at the first stop.
www.transportnsw.info or 131 500 bus route information
Solitude Charcoal and Sap on paper
23 Saturday & 24 Sunday may 2020 – 9.30am – 4pm daily
Unleash your inner artist by securing a place in this two-day expressive landscapes workshop. Under the direction of Jody Graham, you’ll work with charcoal and mixed media, explore techniques to extend and develop your creative visual voice and learn the art of self-expression, ultimately bringing life and energy to your work.
Join us for the opening launch of Blue Mountains Portraits.
Trish Doyle – MP Blue Mountains
Free event: Cash bar.
RSVP to info@bluemontainsculturalcentre.com.au or 02 4780 5410
Blue Mountains Portraits is the Cultural Centre’s annual celebration of the local community and its diverse members. The exhibition artistry portray the unique people that make up the cultural fabric of the Blue Mountains and tell stories behind the person. Over forty artworks in a broad range of styles and media such as printing, photography, drawing, collage and mixed media will be exhibited together with a selection of local student work.
Image: Blue Mountains Portraits People’s Choice Winner 2019 Mathew Lynn, Aunty Mary King (study) 2010, conte crayon on brown paper, 17 x 91cm
Curated by Miriam Williamson.
Official Opening:
2-3.30pm Saturday 8th February 2020.
Guest Speaker Trish Doyle MP, Member for the Blue Mountains, Shadow Minister for the Emergency Services.
Exhibition:
The exhibition runs from the 2nd to the 29th of February 2020.
Open daily fro 9am to 4.30pm.
Location:
Blue Mountains National Heritage Centre, Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath.
Birdland has been funded by the Blue Mountains City Council of Arts Trust.
For information on the exhibition contact Miriam Williamson: thealtitudeprojectbm@gmail.com.
Image Credit:
Artist Jody Graham. Title: Escape. Size 36 x 28cm. Medium: Drawn with burnt sticks from NSW 2019/20 fires. Date: January 2020. Photo credit: Graeme Wienand.