The Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize 2021
5 November – 5 December 2021
Noosa Regional Gallery invited contemporary Australian artists to submit works for entry into the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize 2021, dedicated to the memory of the late Lyn McCrea (1944 – 2015); contemporary visual artist, art educator and art collector.
The Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize was established by John McCrea in 2015 to honour Lyn’s passion for drawing as fundamental to visual arts practice. The prize is a national award held annually and is open to all practicing Australian contemporary artists. The aim of the prize is to promote excellence in contemporary Australian drawing.
The Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize is auspiced by Noosa Regional Gallery.
The winner of the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize receives $5000.
The winner of The People’s Choice Award receives $1000.
People’s Choice Award is proudly sponsored by Friends Noosa Regional Gallery.
KEY DATES:
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Official Exhibition Opening and Announcement of Winner, 6:00pm, Friday 5 November 2021
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Voting for The People’s Choice Award starts on Friday 5 November and closes Sunday 28 November
FINALIST JUDGE: LISA ADAMS
Lisa Adams (b.1969) is an artist living and working in Cooroy, Queensland, Australia. She is self-taught and is represented exclusively by Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, where she has held solo exhibitions in 2020, 2014, 2009 and 2004. Her paintings were included in the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art – Divided Worlds the nation’s longest running survey of contemporary Australian Art. Lisa was the winner of the 2016 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize and the 2008 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize. Her work is held in many private collections in Australia, internationally and public institutions, some of which are, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art and the University of Queensland Art Museum.
Image: Portrait of Lisa Adams. Photo: © 2018 Kim Guthrie.
ENTRY TO THIS EXHIBITION IS FREE
Gallery Of Finalists
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Main image: Vatovey.S, The Red Wall, Ink crayon oil Stick, pencil oil Paint On Polyester, 92x124cm. Finalist of Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize 2021.