Somerset Bendigo Bank Art Awards
Entry is now open for the Biennial Somerset Bendigo Bank Art Awards 2019. There is $11,000 in prize money this year thanks to the generosity of sponsors Bendigo Bank and many other businesses in the Somerset region.
There will be two professional judges, Beata Batorowicz, Assoc. Professor (Spatial Construction – Visual Arts), University of Southern Queensland, and Doug Spowart, a cross-disciplinary visual artist with several formal qualifications, including a PhD in Visual Arts, and an arts practice encompassing photography, photo-books, artist’s books and digital media. Together they will select the winners of all prizes, except the People’s Choice.
This year there are a few changes including the introduction of a People’s Choice Award where the public vote for their favourite artwork, and there is a new category, Textile Art – The Hetty van Boven Textile Award sponsored by the van Boven family together with donations from the Somerset community.
There are three ways to enter:
Online – go to the SASI website and submit the online entry form and then forward payment via direct bank transfer or post a cheque.
Email – print out the PDF entry form (also available to download from the SASI website), complete it and either scan and email it back to SASI OR post it to SASI with a cheque or pay via direct bank transfer.
Printed Entry Form – pick up a printed entry form at various locations throughout the Somerset Region. This year SASI are reducing their ‘footprint’ so there will be a very limited number of printed entry forms available. Please help this year by entering electronically if at all possible.
If you have any questions please check the SASI website which has full details posted over multiple pages, including the full Terms and Conditions and a page on tips for preparing your artworks. SASI are also on Facebook and Twitter so please like and follow their pages for Art Awards updates over the following months.
The Gala Opening Night will be held on Friday 26 July, 2019 (tickets available to purchase with entry).