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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Founder, donor, coordinator and curator of the Solar Art Prize, Pip Fletcher, thanks everyone involved for entering their works of art, all the behind-the-scenes work particularly by Bev Bills, and everyone who came along to the opening, especially The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Martin Haese, who opened the 2017 Solar Art Prize, and the Honourable Dr Susan Close, MP, who opened the 2018 Solar Art Prize.

The exhibition runs until 17 June in the first floor of the Institute Building on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Street.

RSASA Director Bev Bills OAM, Solar Art Prize coordinator Pip Fletcher, Hon Susan Close MP, Rt Hon Lord Mayor Martin Haese, at the opening of the 2018 Solar Art Prize exhibition

Mirjana Dobson won first overall place in the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting Mirjana Dobson with first overall prize for the 2018 Solar Art Prize competition.

Mirjana Dobson
Synthetic Organisms
Ceramic mixed media
glaze glass, 40 x 40 x 3cm

Frey Micklethwait won second overall place in the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting Frey Micklethwait with second overall prize for the 2018 Solar Art Prize competition.

Frey Micklethwait The Tree of Strife
Oil on panel & wood 360 x 30cm

Alan Ramachandran won first place in the Wild Fauna and Flora section of the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting Alan Ramachandran with first prize in the Wild Fauna/Flora section of the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Alan Ramachandran ‘In the Fleurieu’, Ink on paper 65 x 90cm

Jingwei Bu won second place in the Wild Fauna and Flora section of the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Hon. Susan Close presenting Jingwei Bu with second prize in the Wild Fauna and Flora section of the 2018 Solar Art Prize

Jingwei Bu
‘Cockatoo Smile’
Archival giclee print on cotton rag. 79 x 104cm

Brooke Walker won first place in the Public Responsibility section of the Solar Art Prize

Hon. Susan Close awarding first prize in the Public Responsibility section to Brooke Walker

Brooke Walker ‘Life or Death’ Oil on panel 47 x 47cm

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Cat Leonard won second place in the Public Responsibility section of the Solar Art Prize

Cat Leonard ‘Tree of modernised Life’ Mixed media on canvas 60 x 40cm

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting the prize for second place in the Public Responsibility section to Cat Leonard

Solar Art Prize founder Pip Fletcher does it again!

Solar Art Prize donator and curator Pip Fletcher has coordinated a ninth Solar Art Prize in South Australia, bringing together South Australian artists to compete for solar panel prizes in a big win for the environment.

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Solar Art Prize Merit Award presented to Roe Gartelmann

Hon. Susan Close MP presented the Merit Award to Maggie Rees.

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting Merit Award to Roe Gartelmann

Roe Gartelmann, ‘The Movement of Time
Mixed media 83 x 102cm

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Solar Art Prize Merit Award presented to Maggie Rees

Hon. Susan Close MP presented the Merit Award to Maggie Rees.

Hon. Susan Close MP presenting Merit Award to Maggie Rees

Maggie Rees, ‘600 Year Legacy’, oil & ink, 76 x 76cm