MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS

The Overall Winner of the 2017 Solar Art Prize was Janet Ayliffe with The  Banded Stilts , etching.  Janet won an $8,000 voucher for Solar Products from Natural Technology Systems Prospect, donated by Pip Fletcher.

 

The Landscape / Seascape prize was awarded to Anthony Smith OAM for Symphony in Nature in pen and ink.  Tony won a $5,000 voucher for Solar Products from Natural Technology Systems Prospect donated by Pip Fletcher.

 

The NTS Wild or Endangered Fauna or Flora Prize was awarded to Alison Broughton-Wright for Impermanence.  Alison won a $5,000 voucher for Solar Products donated by Natural Technology Systems Prospect.

 

The People Prize was awarded to Kimberley McGarr for Anthropocene, mixed media.  Kimberley won a $5,000 voucher for Solar Products from Natural Technology Systems Prospect donated by Pip Fletcher.

The Public Responsibility Prize was awarded to Barry Lincoln for Rock-Ice-Water in Macclesfield marble.  Barry won a $5,000 voucher for Solar Products from Natural Technology Systems Prospect donated by Pip Fletcher.

 

MERIT AWARD WINNERS

John Lacey for As Ormiston Gorge Dries, oil on canvas

Bob Landt for And the band played on, water paint

Margaret Thomas for Steven Wright, mixed media diptych

Paul Whitehead for Great Stony Desert – Christ Reed – NFSA Council Member environmentalist photo

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Jess Donovan for Gannet vs Plastic Storm Surge, mixed and found objects

 

INAUGURAL AUSSIE ANIMAL SANCTUARY PRIZE

Dagney Strand for Tread softly, mixed media

 

HANGERS’ CHOICE

Brooke Walker was awarded the Hangers Choice Prize for Great Barrier Reef.

 

Prizewinners also received an Aussie Animal Sanctuary board game donated by Pip Fletcher.

The 8th Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2017

JUDGES

Marg Easson

Rob Gutteridge

Julie Pritchard

 

 

The 7th Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2016

JUDGES

Silvio Apponyi

Rita Hall

Mark Judd

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Paul Lainio, Supervising Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology

 

The 6th Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2015

JUDGES

Alan Campbell

Gregory Donovan

Thea Sarris

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Chris Daniels, Professor of Urban Ecology

 

The 5th Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2014

JUDGES

Robert Hannaford

Andrew Hill

Alison Mitchell

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Craig Wilkins, CEO of SA Conservation Society

 

The 4th Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2013

JUDGES

Russell Kelty

Lorraine Lewitzka

Richard Musgrave-Evans

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Monica Oliphant, board member of Renewables SA and former president of the International Solar Energy Society

 

The 3rd Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2012

JUDGES

Ingrid Kellenbach

Barbara Russell (Stewart)

Avril Thomas

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Prof Suzanne Miller, Director of the South Australian Museum

 

The 2nd Solar Art Prize – Caring for our Planet – 2011

 

JUDGES

Jack Briner

David Dridan OAM

Arthur Phillips

Dr Veronica Soebarto

 

GUEST SPEAKER AT OPENING

Dr Paul Willis, head of The Royal Institution of Australia Inc.

 

Entry fees

1.    Regular

$15 RSASA members or $20 for non-members

• 2D less than 1 square metre including frame
• 3D less than 1 cubic metre including stand

2.  Large

$25 RSASA members or $30 for non-members

• 2D up to 2 square metres including frame
• 3D up to 2 x 1 x 1 metres including stand

3.   Oversize

$50 for all artists

• weight restriction 75 kg

Pay and submit

with cash at the RSASA desk

10:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Saturday and Sunday

OR

by cheque or postal order to

The Solar Art Prize

PO Box 721

North Adelaide SA  5006

 

Entry fee is non-refundable.

Submit

A4 photos of the work, labelled on the back with

• artist name
• title
• section
• optional 20 word statement which will be placed in the catalogue and may form part of the judging

This information will be used for selection, the catalogue and publicity.

A4 photographs may be collected at the close of the exhibition but no responsibility is accepted by the Solar Art Prize.

Requirements

2D work must be dry, have D rings and be professionally presented for hanging.

3D art must safely stand alone.

Judging

Selection and judging is anonymous and done by independent judges on merit and relevance.

Notification

Artists whose work has been selected for exhibition will be notified before October 2017.

Sales

Works will be offered for sale at your nominated price.

A 30% commission is retained by the Royal South Australian Society of Arts.

Collection

The Solar Art Prize is non-acquisitive and artists whose work is exhibited are expected to make arrangements to collect any unsold works of art at the end of the exhibition or within two days of the close.