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Call for entries: Kate Derum Award + Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award for Small Tapestries 2019
Deadline: Friday May 31, 2019
Held every two years by the Australian Tapestry Workshop, (ATW) these unique awards celebrate creativity and excellence in contemporary tapestry, and are the most prestigious small tapestry awards in Australasia.
The Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries honours Kate Derum and her significant contribution to tapestry as a weaver, teacher, mentor and former Deputy Director/Studio Manager of the ATW. Generously supported by Susan Morgan, the award is open to all professional Australian and International tapestry artists.
The Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award for Small Tapestries was established to support early-career weavers in the first five years of their tapestry practice. Alayne and Alan Davies generously support the award, in memory of their mother Irene Davies, a tapestry enthusiast and avid supporter of the ATW.
Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries: $5,000 AUD
A non-acquisitive award for established artists.
Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award for Small Tapestries: $1,000 AUD A non-acquisitive award for artists in the first five years of their tapestry practice.
Judges:
Charlotte Day
Director, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
Emeritus Professor Kay Lawrence AM
School of Art, Architecture & Design,
University of South Australia
Board of Directors, Australian Tapestry Workshop
Tapestry weaver
Entries open:
Monday 1 April 2019
Entries close:
Friday 31 May 2019
Finalists notified:
Friday 7 June 2019
Finalists exhibition opening
and award announcement:
Tuesday 16 July 2019
Finalists exhibition continues: until Friday 13 September 2019
Entries must be a hand woven tapestry, defined
as ‘a weft-faced fabric with discontinuous wefts’. Entry dimensions must not exceed 30cm(h) x 30cm(w) x 2cm(d).
Visit austapestry.com.au
for full entry requirements and to enter online.
AUSTRALIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP
Since its establishment in 1976, the Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) has built a worldwide reputation for the creation of contemporary tapestries in collaboration with living artists and architects. During this time the ATW has woven over 500 tapestries, which hang in significant public and private collections both nationally and internationally.
Over 42 years this commitment to a collaborative approach has been skilfully developed by the ATW to the highest professional level and is maintained as a constantly evolving creative process. ATW tapestries are known for their vibrancy and technical accomplishment, as well as their innovative experimental interpretations.
Today the ATW thrives on working with contemporary artists who seek to challenge the ATW’s weavers and dyer by providing tapestry designs in various mediums including photography, painting, watercolour and digital images. The ATW welcome enquiries regarding tapestry commissions and sales. www.austapestry.com.au
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