Entries for the WAMA Foundation's WAMA Art Prize, are closing soon with the $25,000 biennale national award for excellence in nature-inspired art created with or on paper up for grabs.
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The Art Prize invites a multi-disciplinary range of nature inspired Australian artists, to celebrate their connectivity with nature and raise awareness of the importance of conserving our precious and unique Australian environment.
The award will be a biennial event together with an on-line exhibition of finalists. The exhibition will present a diverse range of paper works and techniques, including drawing, painting, photography and sculpture.
Chair of WAMA's Art Advisory Council Jacqueline Healy said hopes the award will attract great interest to the area.
"We envisage the WAMA Art Prize will attract a broad spectrum of artists who are passionately engaged with the theme of 'Where Art Meets Nature' and this will attract great interest from the wider Australian community," she said.
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"The Archibald Prize is a wonderful example of an exhibition having a significant impact on generating broad community interest in portraiture.
"The award will provide the opportunity for us to explore, through art, our relationship with the environment through the artists perspective who embrace the environment in their work."
The artworks will be judged by a strong and dynamic judging panel including Anne Virgo, Director of Australian Print Workshop, Robert Nelson, art historian and art critic, Suzanne Davies, Contemporary Art Gallery Director and Jacqueline Healy, Chair of WAMA's Art Advisory Council.
Entries for the WAMA Art Prize open on July 1 until August 18 online through WAMA's website.
The major acquisitive award of $15,000 and Awards of Excellence are being announced on September 18, together with the online exhibition of finalists being available to view.
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Included within the exhibition is a People's Choice Award, available for public vote with the winner announced on October 24.
Located adjacent to the national heritage listed Grampians, WAMA is a destination project creating a wildlife and art precinct that inspires, educates, and stimulates our connection with nature.
WAMA will boast a dedicated nature-inspired art gallery, learning and education spaces set within botanic gardens and wetlands, that nurtures and protects rare species of plants and animals.
WAMA will be a unique tourist destination that celebrates the relationship between, art, science and nature.
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