Blak Douglas is sponsoring the third annual Blak & Blu pen on paper art prize at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo. Award ceremony and launch – SEPTEMBER 14, 2pm.
Call for entries
Drawings must be on A4 paper (minimum weight 300gsm) using black and/or blue biros. The work should address the theme: “Deep within.”
There will be a $1,000 First Prize, a Junior Prize for Under 15s (thanks to Art on King, Newtown), a People’s Choice Award, as well as formal commendations and opportunity to have work included in an exhibition at the Orchard Gallery (56a Raglan St, Waterloo) on SEPTEMBER 14 (award ceremony from 2pm).
The Blak & Blu annual pen on paper art prize is inspired by 19th-century Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae, who used art to comment subtly and not-so subtly on social conditions – satirising colonial culture, calling out entitlement and injustice.
Blak & Blu is sponsored by Dhungatti artist Blak Douglas (Archibald Winner 2022), whose own politically-charged work includes painting, photography, sculpture, commercial campaigns and communal projects.
Send entries to Blak & Blu, Orchard Gallery, PO Box 3288 Redfern NSW 2016 (please include stamped self-addressed envelope so we can return your work). Entries close AUGUST 31, 2024.
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For more information contact Andrew: sshandrew@bigpond.com
