Category Archives: Award

Award | The Evan Webb Award for Len Lye Research

Award

This award, offered by the Len Lye Foundation, commemorates the artist Evan Webb (1952-2023) who was a key figure in the research and restoration of the work of Len Lye. The award will be open to any researcher. The sum of NZD$1500 will be given annually to the best original contribution to Lye scholarship from at least one of the following categories: An unpublished research essay on some aspect of Len Lye’s sculpture, film-making, or work in other genres, or his ideas, or his aesthetics; An unpublished research essay which makes an original contribution to knowledge of Lye’s life and […]

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Victorian Community History Awards winners announced

Award

Public Record Office Victoria and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria were pleased to present the 2024 Victorian Community History Awards at a ceremony at the Langham in Southbank. Art consultant and historian Rodney James won the Victorian Premier’s History Award for Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch’s World of Art. The book provides a detailed examination of McCulloch, one of Australia’s longest-practising art critics who championed emerging artists and promoted a new awakening in modern art in Melbourne in the 1960s. The judges said: Letters to a Critic makes an important contribution to the history of Melbourne and Victoria’s art worlds and […]

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Applications open | Jim Sharman Future Award | Applications close 24 March

Award, Call for Artists

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE JIM SHARMAN FUTURE AWARD New AUD$50,000 award offers young artists the chance to turn their bold idea into reality.   nida.edu.au/futureaward The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is proud to launch the AUD$50,000 Jim Sharman Future Award through the NIDA Future Centre. The Award is for a bold idea or project with the potential to transform the arts for generations to come.   Open to artists and dreamers aged 16-30 from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, this new triennial Award offers substantial funding alongside tailored NIDA support to help turn a radical idea or project into reality.  […]

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