Categories & Venues
The Fleurieu Art Prize $50,000 for landscape painting. This celebrates the enduring importance and the contemporary significance of landscape painting.
The Fleurieu Vistas Prize $10,000 for landscape painting of the Fleurieu Peninsula Region. This celebrates the continuing tradition since the time of European settlement of artists representing the Fleurieu in their work.
The Art of Food and Wine Prize $10,000 for paintings of a food and /or wine industry theme. This celebrates the iconic food and wine industries of the region.
The Fleurieu Water Prize $10,000 for paintings of an environmental water theme. Water surrounds the region and it sustains its industries. As the resource of water is under threat worldwide, this prize is a timely reflection of our world's most important asset.
Youth Scholarship $10,000 awarded to a young artist residing in Australia in 2011 aged between 16 and 27 years towards the cost of a program of professional development in any medium with a landscape theme. This scholarship aims to nurture young talent by providing an opportunity for an individual to significantly advance their arts practice.
Entrants must submit two completed works in any medium with a landscape theme plus a portfolio and written submission (max 1000 words) outlining the proposed professional development opportunity. The scholarship must be commenced within 12 months of the award.
Judging
All works submitted will be subject to a pre-selection process by the judging panel based upon the digital images submitted. The pre-selected list will be published on the Fleurieu Biennale website from Monday, 19th September 2011.
The same panel will select the prize winning works of art from those works pre-selected for exhibition.
All selected entries will be displayed at selected venues and judged at the venue.
The panel decision is final and may not be appealed.
Applications postmarked COB 5th August 2011 will be accepted. Entries must consist of completed entry form, entry fee paid in full (cheque or direct debit details), image(s), clearly labeled with image list and artist name, of artwork submitted for judging. Please note CDs will not be returned.
Entries can be submitted via email or post.
Late applications will not be accepted.
The prizes in each category are not acquisitive.
