The churchie emerging art prize

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the churchie emerging art prize, formerly the churchie national emerging art prize and also known informally as the churchie, is a national Australian non-acquisitive art award and art exhibition, established in 1987.

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History

The award was established in 1987 [1] as an initiative of the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane (known as "Churchie" [2] ). [3]

Brand + Slater Architects became the major prize sponsors from around 1998. [4]

From 2010, the finalists were exhibited in the Griffith University Art Gallery (GUAG) at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane. [4] Its name was at that time "the churchie national emerging art prize". [5] [6] GUAG established a partnership with the school, and staff members from the school sat on the Emerging Art Committee as well as developing educational materials to complement the exhibition, aimed at school-age students. [4]

Since 2019 and as of 2022, the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane has hosted the awards. [7] [8]

Description

Its aim is to help develop the careers of emerging artists. This term refers to artists who already have a body of work and some profile as an artist, but "not yet fully established in their artistic career". [4]

All finalists' work is displayed at the gallery in a curated exhibition. As of 2022 it has a prize pool of A$25,000, with the major prize of A$15,000 sponsored by BSPN Architecture. [8] There is also a People's Choice Award of (A$5,000), decided by visitors to the exhibition of the work of all finalists at the end of the exhibition run. [9]

All work in the exhibition is available for sale. [4]

Past events and winners

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  2. ↑ "About Churchie". Anglican Church Grammar School. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "The churchie national emerging art prize". QUT Art Museum. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Treloar, Teo (2013). The Churchie Art Award for Emerging Artists. Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers: 1295. University of Wollongong.
  5. 1 2 Evans, Naomi (June 2013). "Smallest number of finalists ever selected for 'the churchie". Tasmanian Times . Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 "West Hobart artist finalist in churchie national emerging art prize". Tasmanian Times . 17 July 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Institute of Modern Art". Art Collector . 29 November 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Enter". The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Middleton, Charlotte (22 October 2021). "Winners announced for the churchie emerging art prize". Art Collector . Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "2012". The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "'the churchie' national emerging art prize 1 August – 20 September 2014: Exhibition labels" (PDF). Griffith University . Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Waiting for Time (7 Hour Confetti Work) | The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize". churchieemergingart.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art (18 December 2021). "the churchie emerging art prize 2021". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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