Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2017

Adelaide Perry

Prize for Drawing 2017

Exhibition 24 February – 24 March 2017 Previously judged by: Hendrik Kolenberg, Aida Tomescu, Terence Maloon, Deborah Andrew Browne Barrier Edwards, Cathy Leahy, Kerrie Lester, John McDonald, Jenny Sages, Edmund Capon Charcoal and pencil on Arches AM OBE AM paper , Peter Kingston and Julie Ewington. Judge for 2017 TBA.

ENTRY FORM (Entries close Wednesday, 11 January 2017)

CONTACT DETAILS: Name: Address: Postcode:

Telephone: home / mobile

work Email:

Dealer / Gallery name: ENTRY ONE: ENTRY TWO:

Title ______Title ______

Medium ______Medium ______

Date produced ______Date produced ______

Dimensions (H x W cm, max. 1.5m2) ______Dimensions (H x W cm, max. 1.5m2) ______

Catalogue sale price (incl. 20% commission & GST if applicable): Catalogue sale price (incl. 20% commission & GST if applicable):

(If not for sale, insert NFS) $ ______(If not for sale, insert NFS) $ ______

STATEMENT ABOUT MY DRAWING PRACTICE: (attach a separate sheet if necessary):

DECLARATION: (a) The artwork submitted by me for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is my own original work and has been produced within 12 months prior to 11 January, 2017. (b) I hereby certify that the above information is correct and that I am an Australian Citizen or hold an Australian permanent resident Visa. (c) I have read the conditions relating to the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing for 2017 and agree to be bound thereby. (d) In the event that I am chosen to be a finalist, I give permission for the Gallery to pass my name, mobile phone number and photograph of my artwork onto my local newspaper in the form of a media release? Yes / No (please circle). Signature: Date: / /

CHECKLIST FOR ENTRANTS: CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS (please note a 1.5 % fee applies)  $50 for one entry (chq. / money order / cash / cc ) please circle Pease debit $______from my MASTERCARD / VISA please circle  $90 for two entries (chq. / money order / cash / cc ) please circle Card Number ______ Artist CV attached  Jpg images on CD/USB: one of each entry in its entirety, plus one Expiry Date ……/…… Today’s date …../…../….. detail of each entry Card Holder’s Name______ 1 hardcopy print per jpg provided Signature ______Do not send original artworks at this stage POST ENTRY FORM PACKAGE TO: To be received by Wednesday 11 January 2017 LODGE BY AGENT/PERSONAL DELIVERY: Adelaide Perry Gallery Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney - OR - Corner Hennessy and College Streets CROYDON NSW Boundary Street CROYDON NSW 2132 Between 9 am & 3 pm Wednesday 11 January 2017

Adelaide Perry

Prize for Drawing 2017

Adelaide Elizabeth Perry (1891-1973) was a Visual Arts teacher at PLC between 1930 -1962. Her artistic career began in 1914 at the National Gallery School where she studied with Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin. After exhibiting with the Victorian Artists Society, she was awarded the National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship in 1918 where she subsequently travelled to Paris, exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais and studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. After resettling in Sydney, she became a founding member of the Contemporary Group and established her own Chelsea Art School, which continued for twenty years. Along with her contemporaries Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor, Adelaide Perry was an advocate of the linocut technique. She was admired by many, including lifelong friends John Passmore and Lloyd Rees, for her distinctive style and technical skill as a draughtswoman. Her works displayed sensitivity to modernist ideals such as with simplified line, colour and form. She practised the plein-air technique and promoted the importance of drawing from life. Adelaide Perry was an influential art educator of her time having taught drawing, printmaking and painting including at Sydney Art School 1930-35 with Julian Ashton and Thea Proctor. Vera Blackburn, Eric Thake and Paul Haefliger were among some of her successful students. Her association with PLC began in 1930 when she started teaching art part-time on the recommendation of Roy de Maistre. She continued to do so for over 30 years until her retirement as Art Mistress in 1962. Despite being overlooked by public galleries for most of her career, today, her works are held in most state collections, notably the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria, National Library, Canberra and the Queensland Art Gallery. The Adelaide Perry Gallery was opened in her honour in June, 2001. Adelaide Perry Gallery invites artists to submit works for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, March 2017, which will be awarded for the best drawing, by an Australian artist, completed within a period of 12 months prior to 11 January, 2017. The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, valued at $25,000.00, is an acquisitive prize. Entries in the competition are also eligible to be considered for The People’s Choice Award, valued at $2,000.00 (non-acquisitive).

CONDITIONS

1. The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (judge’s choice) for 2017 is $25,000 (acquisitive: the winning drawing will become part of the PLC, Sydney collection). 2. The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (people’s choice) for 2017 is $2,000 (non-acquisitive). 3. Each artist may submit a maximum of TWO entries. 4. THE UNFRAMED SIZE OF EACH WORK MUST NOT EXCEED 15,000 SQUARE CENTIMETRES (eg, 1.5m² = 1m x 1.5m). 5. Entry forms & a non-refundable $50.00 (GST inc.) handling fee, per single entry, (or $90 per double entry) must be received by 11 January, 2017. By post: Adelaide Perry Prize, PLC Sydney, Boundary Street, CROYDON NSW 2132 (payment by C/C, or cheque or M/O made payable to ‘PLC, Sydney’) DO NOT POST CASH. In person: hand delivered entry packages including cash payments will be accepted between 9.00am -3.00pm on Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at Adelaide Perry Gallery, Corner Hennessy & College Streets Croydon NSW. 6. Entry form must be accompanied by a CD containing -per entry- two Jpeg images of each artwork: a detail and the work in its entirety; plus a colour printed hardcopy of each jpeg image (label on back with artist name and title). Please label jpegs: lastname_firstname_title.jpg. CDs/images will not be returned. Do not send original artworks at this stage. 7. The competitor must sign the statutory declaration on the entry form. 8. All entries must be accompanied by an artist CV. 9. From the entries the judge will select approximately 40 finalists. The final drawings will be hung at Adelaide Perry Gallery from Friday 24 February, 2017 to Friday 24 March, 2017. These finalists will be notified in writing, from 30 January, 2017 of their selection, and delivery of these drawings, suitably framed for hanging and handling, must reach Adelaide Perry Gallery by Friday 10 February, 2017. 10. Though the gallery will exercise all care in handling finalists’ works, it will not be liable for costs incurred by the artist, should loss or damage occur while in its custody. Each competitor is responsible for acquiring his/her own insurance and freight to/from and during the exhibition. 11. Finalists shall allow their works to be reproduced in print or electronic media to promote the 2017 exhibition. 12. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into. 13. The Adelaide Perry Gallery receives 20% commission on all works sold at exhibition.

Adelaide Perry Gallery In “The Croydon” Centre for Art, Design and Technology Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney, Corner Hennessy & College Street, Croydon

Postal address: Adelaide Perry Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney, Boundary Street, CROYDON NSW 2132 Telephone: 02 9704 5693. Email : [email protected]