Ranamok Glass Prize

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Ranamok Glass Prize
Awarded forExcellence in contemporary glass
CountryAustralia and New Zealand
Presented byRanamok Glass Prize Ltd.
Formerly calledRFC Prize
First awarded1995
Last awarded2014
Website http://www.ranamok.com/index.cfm   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Ranamok Glass Prize, formerly RFC Glass Prize (or Resource Finance Corporation Glass Prize), was an annual award given to glass artists who live in Australia or New Zealand. The award was established in 1994 by Andy Plummer and Maureen Cahill in order to promote glass art to the public. Plummer and Cahill announced that 2014 would be the final year of the prize.

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History

Andy Plummer, a coal industry executive and glass artist, and Maureen Cahill, a gallerist and glass artist, [1] created the Resource Finance Corporation Glass Prize, aka RFC Glass Prize, in 1994 [2] [3] in order to recognise contemporary glass artists in Australia and New Zealand. [1] Plummer, a mining executive, had met Cahill in the early 1990s, when undertaking a glass-making short course at the Sydney College of the Arts. Cahill was an established artist, who had created Australia's first glass course in 1978. Plummer was looking for an arts focus to be the beneficiary of funding by corporations in his sector. [4]

Resource Finance Corporation went through various changes of names and mergers, through Whitehaven Coal, Eureka Corporation and Excel Corporation, and the prize became the Ranamok Prize. [2]

The first exhibition of finalists was held at the Earth Exchange Museum in Sydney in 1995. [2]

In 2014, Plummer and Cahill announced that they were ending the prize, in part to focus on their own work as glass artists. [5] [1] The final exhibition was held at the Canberra Glassworks, [6] before touring to Sydney and Brisbane. [2]

By this time, Cahill was exhibiting her work regularly, and was running the Glass Artists' Gallery in Glebe, Sydney. One of her works was hung in Parliament House in Canberra. Plummer had retired, and was then aged 64, and was still working on his practice, planning his first exhibition in 2015. [4]

The winning pieces, collected each year by Ranamok Glass Prize Ltd, were donated to the National Gallery of Australia. [7] [2] [4]

After the demise of the Ranamok Prize, a new prize, the biennial FUSE Glass Prize, was established by Jim and Helen Carreker at JamFactory in Adelaide. [8]

Description

The prize was open to artists of any level, and was considered the most prestigious glass award in Australia and New Zealand. [5] An annual showcase of finalists was held, and the winner received a cash prize and the publicity resulting from a major multi-venue exhibition. [1]

The award, which was known for pushing boundaries, [4] attracted entries from glass artists of all levels, including established leading artists. [2] The winner was chosen by a board of directors which included Plummer and Cahill. [9]

It was an acquisitive award, with the winning piece going to the Ranamok (formerly RFC) Collection. [2] (later donated to National Gallery of Australia [7] ).

Many of its winners and finalists went on to become well-known artists, with work exhibited around Australia. [4]

Award winners

YearArtistTitle of winning pieceCountry
1995Deb Cocks [10] StreamAustralia
1996Susan Hill [10] ripening llAustralia
1997 Jessica Loughlin [11] Horizon Lines Series #7 & #8Australia
1998Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott [12] Groove IIAustralia
1999Emma Camden [13] The Tower of SecretsNew Zealand
2000Richard Whiteley [14] Blue - GreyAustralia
2001Mark Thiele [15] Time 1, 2 & 3Australia
2002 Mel Douglas [16] Between the LinesAustralia
2003David Murray [17] GathererNew Zealand
2004Scott Chaseling [18] CensorAustralia
2005Joanna Bone [19] Ominous FruitAustralia
2006 Cobi Cockburn [20] Shifting FieldsAustralia
2007Evelyn Dunstan [21] Ngahere Karauna (Forest Crown)New Zealand
2008Matthew Ryan [22] A Net for Light #1Australia
2009Lisa Walsh [23] Across the LinesNew Zealand
2010Sue Hawker [24] Too Much Is Never EnoughNew Zealand
2011Masahiro Asaka [25] Surge 1Australia
2012Denise Pepper [26] Punto in Aria (Stitches in Air)Australia
2013 Tom Moore [27] Massive Microscopic BugAustralia
2014Kathryn Wightman [1] [5] CarpetNew Zealand

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