Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014

Celebrating our 10th anniversary

Entries Open 14 April 2014 Entries Close 16 June 2014 – Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 Rural & Regional Development Award 2014 Professional Development Award 2014 Civic Choice Award 2014 – Finalist Exhibition 10–24 November 2014 Melbourne Melbourne melbourneprize.org Prize for Celebrating our 10th anniversary Urban Sculpture 2 014 Entry Information

A Message from the Executive Director of the Melbourne Prize Trust

The Melbourne Prize Trust is pleased to make Victoria. For details, please refer to 2014 Prize Sculptors can enter a completed artwork or available the Entry Form and information for and Awards. proposal for an artwork in the Melbourne Prize the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 for Urban Sculpture 2014. This reinforces the link and Awards. This year’s program would not be The program this year continues our aim to between the idea and the object, thus broadening possible without the generous support of our recognise and reward Victorian sculptors, the scope for creative expression. Partners and Patrons—thank you one and all. and in doing so, demonstrates the capacity and importance of our creative resources. The annual Melbourne Prize is supported by the The Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture State Government through Arts Victoria, the City 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the Focussing on the urban environment, the of Melbourne and our Partners and Patrons. annual Melbourne Prize. To celebrate this Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 significant milestone, the new Rural & Regional highlights sculptural practice in all its forms, Simon H Warrender Development Award 2014 is offered to provide its role in inspiring our public spaces and Executive Director & Founder opportunities for sculptors in rural and regional informing and enriching public life. Melbourne Prize Trust

2014 Prize & Awards

Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 Professional Development Award 2014 Civic Choice Award 2014 $60,000 cash $10,000 cash + $2,500 Qantas international $4,000 cash airfare credit and a professional practice Supported by The Vera Moore Foundation, The opportunity in Sculpture & Spatial Practice, Supported by the Melbourne Prize Trust. Tallis Foundation & the Melbourne Prize Trust. School of Art, VCA, The . Awarded to a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for An artist fee of $4,000 (incl. GST) will be provided Supported by the Melbourne Prize Trust, Urban Sculpture 2014 with the highest number to each of the six (6) finalists in the Melbourne Qantas and the VCA. of public votes cast online and in the catalogue Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 to assist with during the Federation Square exhibition (10–24 the costs of preparing entries for the public This Award will be presented to one of the six November). exhibition. (6) finalists in the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 at the discretion of the judges. Please refer to Categories for Entry Rural & Regional Development Award 2014 Details of the professional practice opportunity $40,000 cash will be negotiated between the recipient and the VCA following the announcement. Supported by The Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation, whose focus in supporting this Award is to provide opportunities to sculptors in rural and regional Victoria.

Key Dates

Entries Open Announcement of Finalists Announcement of Recipients 14 April 2014 23 July 2014 13 November 2014

Entries Close Public Exhibition of Finalists Announcement of Civic Choice Award 2014 16 June 2014, 5.00pm 10–24 November 2014 28 November 2014

Judges

Tony Ellwood Professor Callum Morton Simone Slee Director, National Gallery of Victoria Head of Fine Art, MADA, Monash University Artist & Head, Sculpture & Spatial Practice, Art Design & Architecture and Sculptor School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Juliana Engberg Faculty of VCA and MCM, The University of Artistic Director, Australian Centre for Professor Marie Sierra Melbourne Contemporary Art Artist & Head, Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania

Eligibility & Judging Criteria

Eligibility //Entries must be the original work of the //The artistic merit of the work and its artist(s), completed since the closing date contribution to the development and role //Entrants must be an Australian citizen or an of entries of the Melbourne Prize for Urban of sculpture in the urban context. Australian permanent resident, and resident of Sculpture 2011 and the current closing date, the State of Victoria. being 15 June 2011 to 16 June 2014. //The work’s role to inform and enrich the civic environment. //Entrants must hold a tertiary qualification in fine //Entrants in the Rural & Regional Development art or have an established career as a sculptor. Award 2014 must reside in rural and regional Rural & Regional Development Award 2014: //Entries may be submitted by an individual artist Victoria. //The artistic merit of the entrant’s portfolio and or group of artists. their proposal for future work and/or career Judging Criteria development. //Galleries, commercial organisations or a nominator may apply on behalf of an artist. Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014: The judge’s decisions will be final and no //The exhibition of the finalist’s work at correspondence shall be entered into following Federation Square. their decisions. A process is in place to handle any conflict of interest in the judging process should it arise. Melbourne melbourneprize.org Prize for Celebrating our 10th anniversary Urban Sculpture 2 014 Entry Information

Categories for Entry

//The Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture //There will be six (6) finalists selected in the //The Professional Development Award 2014 will 2014 and Rural & Regional Development Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014, be awarded, at the discretion of the judges, to Award 2014 are the two categories available who will exhibit their entered work at one of the six (6) finalists in the Melbourne Prize for entry. It is possible to enter both, Federation Square. for Urban Sculpture 2014. however it will not be possible for the same recipient to win both awards. If both the //In the Rural & Regional Development Award //The Civic Choice Award 2014 will be awarded Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 2014, a single recipient will be chosen, whose to the finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Urban and Rural & Regional Development Award portfolio, used for entry, will be displayed at Sculpture 2014 with the most votes cast online 2014 are being entered, a separate Entry the November Federation Square exhibition. and at the exhibition by the public. Form, with a signed Declaration, Entry Fee There will be no finalists. The recipient will not and entry material for each is required. be required to make a work for the Federation Square exhibition.

Entry Material

MELBOURNE PRIZE FOR community values and debate. Urban sculpture //How the $60,000 Prize funds will be used for URBAN SCULPTURE 2014 may be temporary or permanent, and assumes a career development—maximum 1 x A4 page. wide range of formal characteristics. From entrants in the Melbourne Prize for Urban RURAL & REGIONAL Sculpture 2014, six (6) finalists will be selected to Completed artwork DEVELOPMENT AWARD 2014 exhibit their entered work at Federation Square This is a fully realised artwork. The work should from 10–24 November 2014. Federation Square articulate the urban context and be able to be To be eligible for the Rural & Regional should be viewed only as the exhibition space. An exhibited at Federation Square. Development Award 2014, entrants must reside entry does NOT have to be developed specifically in rural or regional Victoria. For confirmation of for this space. Proposal for an artwork eligibility in regards to location, please contact This is often referred to as a propositional work the Melbourne Prize Trust on (03) 9696 4410. Entrants in the Melbourne Prize for Urban and is an idea for an artwork or project. The work Sculpture 2014 may submit either a completed should articulate and inform the urban context There will be no finalists selected in the Rural artwork or a proposal for an artwork—please and be able to be exhibited at Federation Square. & Regional Development Award 2014. A single refer to the definitions below. Consideration must recipient will be chosen, whose portfolio, used be given to how the entered work, in either form, Entry material required for this category for entry, will be displayed at the November will be presented for the exhibition at Federation Federation Square exhibition. The recipient will Square, which will constitute a major part of the Entrants must provide six (6) hard copies of not be required to make a work for the exhibition. the following entry material: judging process. Entry material required for this category //A current resume—maximum 2 x A4 pages. Please visit melbourneprize.org Entrants must provide six (6) hard copies of for information about exhibiting //A maximum of three (3) images of recent work. the following entry material: at Federation Square. //The title, a detailed description (including //A current resume—maximum 2 x A4 pages. Definitions weight) and four (4) images of the entered work—maximum 3 x A4 pages. //A portfolio of recent work (completed between Urban Sculpture 15 June 2011 and 16 June 2014), including up Urban sculpture refers to a wide range of //Print off the map of Federation Square and to 10 images and a description of the work— sculptural forms, practices and contexts. mark the two preferred sites for the entered maximum 3 x A4 pages. Urban sculpture usually refers to works of art work. The map of Federation Square is that are presented in the public domain, with available at melbourneprize.org //A proposal of how the $40,000 Award funds consideration given to the urban environment. will be used to benefit the career of the entrant //A description of how the entered work will Urban sculpture may be specific or relevant to and/or be used to develop a future work/s— be installed, exhibited and removed from its context or site; it may contribute to a sense of maximum 2 x A4 pages. the Federation Square exhibition—maximum place; and seek to engage, reflect and provoke 1 x A4 page.

How to Enter

Please note if both the Melbourne Prize for 4. Ensure your entry is completed by referring closing date (16 June 2014) and post marked Urban Sculpture 2014 and Rural & Regional to the Entry Checklist. on the closing date will NOT be accepted. Development Award 2014 are being entered, a ALL HAND DELIVERED ENTRIES must be 5. Package the completed Entry Form, with separate Entry Form, with a signed Declaration, deposited by 5.00pm on 16 June 2014 in the the signed Declaration and Entry Fee, Entry Fee and entry material, for each is required. dedicated mailbox marked Melbourne Prize along with the required entry material, and Follow these steps: for Urban Sculpture 2014 Entries, which will enclose in an A4 envelope. Please clearly be located on the ground floor of the Victorian address the envelope as follows: 1. Please tear off and complete the Entry College of the Arts, School of Contemporary Form at the side of this document and sign Melbourne Prize Trust Music, Building 862, 234 St Kilda Road the Declaration. Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 Southbank VIC 3006. The building is open only 234 St Kilda Road 2. Where shown on the Entry Form, attach the between 9.00am and 5.00pm weekdays. Southbank VIC 3006 non-refundable $45 (incl. GST) Entry Fee— Late entries will NOT be accepted. Emailed refer to the Entry Fee Payment Options. 6. Delivering entries: or faxed entries are NOT permitted. 3. Complete the entry material required for ALL MAILED ENTRIES must be received at For assistance, please call the Melbourne the entered category. the Melbourne Prize Trust by 5.00pm on 16 Prize Trust on (03) 9696 4410. June 2014. Mailed entries received after the Melbourne melbourneprize.org Prize for Celebrating our 10th anniversary Urban Sculpture 2 014 Entry Information

General Information

//Entry can be made by an individual or group completed between 15 June 2011 to 16 June //Copyright will remain with the artist and application, or nomination by a representing 2014), submitted for the entry, will be exhibited the artist will at all times be attributed for gallery, agent or other nominator. at Federation Square during the November their work. exhibition. There will not be any finalists in the //A maximum of six (6) finalists for the Melbourne category and the recipient will not be required //The Melbourne Prize Trust will not take a Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 will be selected to make a work for the exhibition. commission should a finalist sell their work by the judges. These finalists will exhibit their during the Federation Square exhibition. submitted work at the Federation Square //Prize and Award recipients will be announced exhibition in November. A catalogue will be on 13 November 2014 at melbourneprize.org. //Artists must ensure not to violate copyright printed for the exhibition. of other work or seek to defame the //If a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Urban character of any individual or group with //An artist fee of $4,000 (incl. GST) will be Sculpture 2014 is not able to exhibit their work their submitted work. provided to the six (6) finalists in the Melbourne for the exhibition at Federation Square, they will Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 to contribute become ineligible for the Prize. //The Melbourne Prize Trust reserves the to the costs of preparing for the Federation right to publish photographs or videos of all Square exhibition. All other costs associated //Entrants must notify the Trust of any conflicts finalist’s entered work for publicity, catalogue, with installing, exhibiting and removal will be of interest with the Melbourne Prize Trust 2014 media and reviews and other promotional met by each finalist. patrons, partners or judging panel. material, including promotions via the internet, associated with the competition. This licence //Work entered in either the Melbourne Prize for //A procedure is in place to handle any conflict ceases at the completion of the next Melbourne Urban Sculpture 2014 and Rural & Regional of interest should it arise during the judging Prize for Urban Sculpture competition. The Development Award 2014 must have been process. Melbourne Prize Trust will acknowledge all completed between the closing date of entries //Where there is a conflict of interest, eligibility images of artwork to the appropriate artist(s). of the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture issue or an information request that has Permission to use a finalist’s entered work for 2011 and the current closing date, being 15 not been complied with, or in such other any other purpose outside of the licence above June 2011 to 16 June 2014. circumstance as the judges determine in the will be discussed with artist. //The Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 judging process, the Trust reserve the right //Finalists will have the opportunity to review is non-acquisitive. not to accept an entry or allocate the Prize or the catalogue material prior to going to print. Awards. The entrant will be notified prior to //A single recipient will be selected for the Rural the announcement of finalists and the entry //Recipients of the Prize, an Award or an artist and Regional Development Award 2014. The material returned. fee should seek independent advice on their recipient’s portfolio information (for work taxation obligations.

About the Melbourne Prize Trust and Annual Melbourne Prize

The annual Melbourne Prize is celebrating The annual Melbourne Prize is one of the most vote for a finalist to win the Civic Choice Award. its 10th anniversary. Launched in 2004, valuable creative development initiatives of its The exhibition increases the public’s exposure the Melbourne Prize Trust recognises and kind in Australia. It runs on a three-year cycle and access to the creativity of our community rewards excellence and talent, inspires and rewards sculptors, writers and musicians and enhances Melbourne’s reputation as a creative development and enriches public life. in turn. The current cycle is Melbourne Prize for cultural capital. The Trust achieves these aims by running the Urban Sculpture (2014), Melbourne Prize for annual Melbourne Prize, which is funded by Literature (2015) and Melbourne Prize for Music The origins of the Trust date back to the a collaboration of partners and patrons. (2016). The annual Melbourne Prize is unique, establishment of the children’s garden precinct celebrating artistic excellence under the banner at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and the To date, approximately $1 million has been of Melbourne. commissioning of The Magic Pudding sculpture made available to Victorian artists via the annual in 2000. Proceeds from the sale of limited edition Melbourne Prize, plus exhibitions, residencies The major event of the annual Melbourne Prize miniatures of this landmark sculpture contribute and international travel. The Trust is an Income is the free two-week public exhibition of finalists to the Trust. Please contact the Melbourne Prize Tax Exempt Charity with Deductible Gift work and the prize announcement held each Trust on (03) 9696 4410 to purchase Recipient status. November at Federation Square. The public can a miniature.

Thank you to our 2014 Partners and Patrons.

Melbourne Prize for Urban Rural & Regional Development Civic Choice Award Government Partners Founding Partners Corporate Partners Patrons Sculpture 2014 Partners Award 2014 Patron 2014 Partner

Diana Gibson AO The Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation

Professional Development Award 2014 Partner Exhibition and Event Partner

Media Communications Professional Services Broadcast Partner Exhibition Signage & AV Print Partners IT Services Exhibition Consultant

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ENTRY FORM – Please staple entry fee here

Please complete the Entry Form and sign the Declaration. If both the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 and Rural & Regional Development Award 2014 are being entered, a separate Entry Form, with a signed Declaration, Entry Fee and entry material for each is required. Please refer to Eligibility.

This Entry Form and Declaration is for the following category—please tick. Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 Rural & Regional Development Award 2014

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ENTRY FEE PAYMENT OPTIONS Please tick one (1) box to indicate the choice of payment method for the $45 (inc. GST) Entry Fee. Personal cheque made payable to the Melbourne Prize Trust. Australia Post Money Order made payable to the Melbourne Prize Trust. Online using PayPal at melbourneprize.org/pay—please provide the PayPal receipt number below and printed receipt staples to the Entry Form where indicated.

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DECLARATION ENTRY CHECKLIST

In completing the Entry Form and signing this Declaration, I/we certify that: Do not forget that if both the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 and Rural & Regional Development Award 2014 are being //I/we comply with the eligibility and am/are an Australian citizen or an entered, a separate Entry Form, with a signed Declaration, Australian permanent resident, and resident of the State of Victoria. Entry Fee and entry material for each is required.

//My/our submitted entry is original and has been completed/conceived 1. Completed Entry Form, signed Declaration and $45 (incl. GST) since the closing date of entries of the last Melbourne Prize for Urban Entry Fee stapled where indicated. Sculpture 2011 and the current Prize, being 15 June 2011 – 16 June 2014. 2. Six (6) hard copies of the support material required for the //I/we have read and accept/comply with the information provided entered category. in the Entry Form & Information document. //I/we accept as final the decision of the judges. Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014 //I/we agree to be contacted in relation to this entry. //A current resume. //For entrants in the Rural & Regional Development Award 2014, //A maximum of three (3) images of recent work. I/we reside in rural or regional Victoria. //The title, a detailed description, including weight, and four (4) images of the entered work. Signed //Marked up map of Federation Square showing two preferred sites. Date / / 2014 // Installation, exhibiting and removal plan from Federation Square exhibition. //How the funds will be used for career development.

Rural & Regional Development Award 2014

//A current resume. //A portfolio of recent work, including up to 10 images and a description of the work. //A proposal of how the funds will be used to benefit the career of the entrant as a professional sculptor and/or be used to develop a work(s).