Works on Paper Prize

Supported by the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

About the Prize

This is the first year the Weereewa Works on Paper Prize has been run as part of Weereewa – A Festival of Lake George. The theme for the Prize is “Shoreline” which invites reflections on the physical or metaphysical aspects of the lake.

There are two prizes: $1,000 first prize and $500 second prize. A selection will be made from all entries for a finalists’ exhibition at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, with final judging prior to the exhibition opening. The prize winners will be announced at the opening.

Works submitted for the Prize must be on paper, using any media, and no larger than A3 unframed. Entries selected for the finalists’ exhibition will be placed in a frame for display, and must be delivered mounted for this purpose.

Note that all work selected for the finalists’ exhibition will be for sale. The frames that the work is displayed in will also be for sale from Bungendore Wood Works Gallery. Your work may be sold as framed or unframed.

Conditions of entry

  • The Prize is open to all.
  • An entry fee of $20 per artwork must be provided with each application. This fee will cover handling costs and is not refundable.
  • The artist may submit more than one work, with a separate entry application and fee provided for each work.
  • Must be a work on paper, using any media (for example, could be a photograph or collage). Multimedia works are encouraged.
  • Size not to exceed A3 in either portrait or landscape format.
  • All works exhibited will be for sale. Commission of 33% will apply after deduction of GST from the sale price[1]. This is the normal Gallery commission rate and will cover the Gallery’s exhibition and other related costs.
  • One A4 colour photocopy of the full work (and not the original) must to be sent with the Prize entry form.
  • Works selected for the finalists’ exhibition must be submitted ready for framing. That is mounted to fit in a ready-made solid timber frame of 509 x 610mm (this is the mount size).
  • Artworks selected for the Weereewa Works on Paper Prize exhibition will be insured while on exhibition at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery. No responsibility for loss or damage of work when not on exhibition will be accepted by either the Gallery or the Weereewa/Lake George Committee.
  • Artists are advised to insure their own work while it is not on exhibition at the Gallery.
  • The decision of the judge will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Submission of entries and selection of work

A completed entry form must be submitted with each work and a non-refundable $20 handling fee. One A4 colour photocopy of the work must also be submitted with the entry form.

Entries are to be mailed to –

Weereewa Works on Paper Prize
PO Box 170
Bungendore, NSW 2621.

The closing date has been been extended from 7 March and all entries must be received by 5pm Friday 14 March. Artists whose work is selected for the finalists’ exhibition will be contacted by the Selection Committee. Details for the delivery of work will be provided to the artists selected.

For artists not able to get their entry (signed entry form + A4 photocopy of the
work + non-refundable $20 entry fee) into the mail on time, entries may be
delivered between 12noon - 4pm on Friday 14 March to:
Pete Smith @
Carers Australia
16 Napier Close, Deakin.
Contact Pete on 6122 9906 to confirm you will be delivering your entry by hand.

 

Selection and judging

The Selection Committee will be made up of Philippa Kelly (Chair of the Weereewa/Lake George Committee), Stan d’Argeavel (Exhibitions Coordinator at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery) and Pete Smith (Winner of the Phoenix Prize 2007).A selection will be made from all entries for a finalists’ exhibition at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, with final judging prior to the exhibition opening. The final judge will be Helen Maxwell of Helen Maxwell Gallery.

Key dates

Friday 14 March

Final day for submission of entries. Late entries will not be accepted

Friday 14 March

Preliminary selection and notification of finalists

Friday 21 March

Selected works delivered ready for framing

Friday 28 March

Final judging

Exhibition opening at 6.30pm

Tuesday 8 April

Exhibition closes

[1] GST will apply to all sales regardless of whether artists are individually registered for GST


 

Entry Form

 
Download the entry form [PDF 49KB]