> 2008 Award

Download the 2008 Silk Cut Award Entry Form here OR click here to request a hard copy to be posted to you.
* Interstate & International entries are welcome and encouraged.

Student/School Entries: An entry form for the 2008 Silk Cut Award is being sent out to every primary and secondary school in Australia. You can also dowload the entry form using the links above.

AWARD INFORMATION INDEX (click link to read section or scroll page to browse all information):
• Judges
• Prizes
• Key Dates
• Conditions Of Entry
• Student Section

JUDGES

Alisa Bunbury, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria

Roger Butler, Senior Curator, Australian Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Australia

Martin King, Senior Printer, Australian Print Workshop

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PRIZES

OPEN SECTION

GRAND PRIZE (ACQUISITIVE): A Return air fare to Amsterdam plus 10 days accommodation, valued at $7000 plus $1000 spending money OR a monetary prize of $8000.

PURCHASE PRIZES: Up to $3000 for the Silk Cut Foundation Collection, forming an ongoing gift to the National Gallery of Australia.

STUDENT SECTION

Up to four acquisitive Silk Cut Student Awards will be presented. The winners will each receive a Silk Cut Award Trophy and Certificate. The First place winners school will receive a cash prize of $2500 for their art department. All winning works will form part of the ongoing gift to the National Gallery of Australia.

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KEY DATES - BOTH SECTIONS

27 June                     Receipt of entries

25 July                      Notification of pre-selection results

30 August                  Receipt of Artworks

5 September              Exhibition Opening
                                Announcement of prize-winners

21 September            Exhibition Closing

22-23 September       Collection of exhibited works
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CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

PRE-SELECTION
Each artist (or group) is allowed only one entry.
Each artist must send a single, high-resolution digital image (300dpi) of the entered work, by either: CD-ROM, posted to Glen Eira City Council Gallery, PO Box 42, Caulfield South, VIC 3162
OR
Email: silkcutlino@gleneira.vic.gov.au

Pre-selection will be based on the digital image that you send and you will benefit from supplying the best possible digital image of your entry. Catalogue reproductions are also based on this image.

Files must be a minimum 10cm x 10cm at 300 dpi and either TIF or JPEG. A maximum of 2 details can also be included.

There are no other methods of entry.

Emails and CDs must include the entrant’s name, address and contact details including phone, fax and email address, title and dimensions of the work.

All entrants should post their completed entry form (with CD, if applicable) and a non-refundable entry fee of A$22.00 (Open Section only) to Glen Eira City Council Gallery. All cheques or money orders should be made payable to the Silk Cut Foundation and NOT the Glen Eira City Council Gallery.

Closing date for entries: 5pm Friday 27 June 2008.

JUDGING
The judges will select up to fifty finalists in the Open Section and up to fifty finalists in the Student Section. These works will comprise the 2008 Silk Cut Award Exhibition.

All entrants preselected will be notified of the results by 25 July. The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

RECEIPT OF WORKS
All invited entries must be delivered to Glen Eira City Council Gallery (Caulfield Town Hall), Corner Glen Eira & Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield VIC 3162

DELIVERY DATES AND TIMES:
Thursday    28 August     (10 am-5 pm)
Friday         29 August     (10 am-5 pm)
Saturday     30 August     (1 pm–5 pm)

Late entries will not be accepted. Arrangements and expenses related to the delivery and collection of entries are the responsibility of the artist (Open Section) or school (Student Section). Entries will not be accepted unless free of all delivery charges. Return freight must be prepaid. Consignment notes, pre-paid stickers, postage etc must be enclosed with the artwork on delivery.

EXHIBITION
The 2008 Silk Cut Award exhibition of prize winners and finalists in both the Open and Student Sections will be held at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery from Saturday 6 September until Sunday 21 September. The winners of the Silk Cut Grand Prize in the Open Section and Silk Cut Student Prizes will be announced at the official opening of the exhibition and on the Silk Cut website www.silkcutlino.com. All entrants will receive an invitation to the opening. Entrants selected for exhibition in the Open Section and the Student Section of the Silk Cut Award allow their works to be reproduced in the 2008 Silk Cut Exhibition catalogue and used for promotion directly connected with this and future Silk Cut Award exhibitions and/or associated products and publications.

CATALOGUE
The 2008 Silk Cut Award illustrated catalogue will be available for purchase from the gallery following the announcement of winners on the opening night. Complimentary copies will be forwarded by mail to finalists.

INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE
Insurance is the full responsibility of the artist at all times. The sponsors and Glen Eira City Council and its agents will exercise all reasonable care of works submitted but will not accept responsibility for any loss or damage while in transit or in their care.

Works will be re-packed in the packaging in which they were delivered. While all care will be taken with handling, neither the Glen Eira City Council Gallery, the Silk Cut Foundation, nor its agents will accept liability for loss and/or damage arising.

UNCOLLECTED ENTRIES
Entries not collected by 5.00 pm Friday 26 September 2008 will become the property of the Silk Cut Foundation to be disposed of at the discretion of the organisers.

Glen Eira City Council Gallery will not be responsible for arranging return bookings with carriers.

Further information and enquiries:
Stuart Bailey, Glen Eira City Council Gallery:
Telephone: 03 9524 3402. Email: silkcutlino@gleneira.vic.gov.au

PRIVACY STATEMENT
The personal information on this entry form is required to conduct the competition, acknowledge receipt of material submitted and to announce the prize winners. Failure to provide this information may mean that the entry cannot be accepted for consideration.

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STUDENT SECTION
Entrants must be either under eighteen years of age or attending primary or secondary school.

PRIZES
Up to four acquisitive Silk Cut Student Awards will be presented. The winners will each receive a Silk Cut Award Trophy and Certificate. The First place winners school will receive a cash prize of $2500 for their art department. All winning works will form part of the ongoing gift to the National Gallery of Australia. In addition, the judges will select a number of Highly Commended works (non-acquisitive) for inclusion in the Silk Cut Award Exhibition. Each finalist will receive a Highly Commended Certificate.

All other entrants in the Student Section of the Silk Cut Award will receive a Certificate of Participation.

ENTRIES
Please see conditions of entry for pre-selection (Both Sections). CDs must be clearly marked with the name of the entrant’s school, the entrant’s name, name of art teacher responsible for entries, school address and contact details including phone, fax or email address, and title and dimensions of the work.

Each artist or collaborative group is allowed only one entry.

Each school is allowed a maximum of FIVE individual entries. This is not negotiable.

• All works pre-selected by the judges for exhibition, apart from artist books, must be unframed and window mounted on firm board for exhibition.

• All works must be accompanied by a completed entry form.

• Class project entries are welcomed. The skilful use of materials and imaginative content is encouraged. The judging will aim to reflect the range of age groups within this category.

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