Heads up, art afficionados! The highly anticipated major biennial art event, The North Sydney Art Prize, is happening from 2 to 17 March 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton.
Get ready to see and explore Sydney’s thriving art industry and connect amongst a great number of creative and diverse artists as The North Sydney Art Prize 2019 exhibits a total of 115 best contemporary works of today.
The exhibit will be held at the iconic Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton for over 16 days this March 2019. This will be the first time that 25 historical chambers of the Coal Loader site will be transformed and used as interactive creative spaces for selected artworks. Other art pieces will be featured in Coal Loader’s mess hall, platform, tunnels, caretaker’s cottage, artist studio, and surrounding parklands.
Everyone is invited to join and witness all featured art pieces may it be on paper, sculpture, new media, sound and site based installations, and more!
2019 Curatorial Theme
All artworks to be showcased for The North Sydney Art Prize 2019 focus on the overarching principles of the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability.
The Coal Loader serves as a community hub for for the extensive environmental and sustainability programs of the council. Having said that, all featured artworks for this event must respond to the curatorial rationale that can address local or global issues relating to the environment and sustainability. These issues can be climate change, mass production, consumer culture, economic and technological sustainability, and more.
Award Categories
Out of the 411 entries for the 2019 North Sydney Art Prize, 115 have made it to the finals. Hence, making these 115 artworks be featured on the Coal Loader site.
Throughout the course of exhibit this March, all artworks displayed will be judged througroughly by a selection panel for the following awards:
| Major Open Award (Sponsored by North Sydney Council) | $ 20,000 |
| Award for Sculpture (Sponsored by Dexus) | $ 15,000 |
| Site Specific Award (Sponsored by Australian Catholic University) | $ 7,500 |
| Emerging Artist Award (Sponsored by North Sydney Council) | $ 2,000 |
| Work on/with Paper Award(Sponsored by Primrose Park Arts & Craft Centre Inc.) | $ 1,000 |
| Award for Painting (Sponsored by Mosman Art Society Inc.) | $ 1,000 |
| Award for Drawing (Sponsored by Royal Art Society of NSW) | $ 1,000 |
Click here to know more about the North Sydney Art Prize 2019.