The City of Hobart Art Prize is open to artists, designers and craftspeople nation-wide. It brings together contemporary
visual arts, craft and design practice in a single exhibition.
The City of Hobart Art Prize seeks to:
The 2010 City of Hobart Art Prize categories, for which the main prizes are awarded, change every year. The 2010 categories are Digital Media and Ceramics. The guidelines for these categories are as follows:
Projection - work for the final exhibition must be provided as a standard or high definition QuickTime 7 codec (H.264, DV, Animation, Apple Intermediate) in a QuickTime container (mov.) file provided on DVD, or removable hardware. Hardware will be returned to artists following the exhibition. All Digital Media work is not to exceed 30 minutes playtime. Two high definition equivalent data projectors will be used to display works. Artists selecting to present their work in this format will have their works screened consecutively on a loop with an appropriate pause between individual entries.
Software generated and screen based art works - work for the final exhibition requiring specific delivery platforms is the responsibility of the exhibiting artist. The provision of this delivery platform, including computers or other multi-media devices, with appropriate software installed, screens, cables, mouse and any remotes if required, with complete instructions and trouble shooting information for the set up and operation of software must be provided at a turn key/plug and play standard.
Note: In both categories, any three dimensional work to be included in the final exhibition shall not have a footprint of more than 2 metres square with a height restriction of 2 metres. Any individual component shall not exceed 50kg in weight, with any overall weight not exceeding 200kg. If the artwork has a number of separate components,
it should be freighted in separate crates, each weighing no more than 50kg. The work is to be presented ready for assembly or display. All fixtures and fittings required are to be included with detailed instructions for installation.
Further: Any portable electrical equipment or fittings associated with works for final exhibition must be tested and tagged in accordance with Australian Standard AS3760 prior to exhibition.
Two $15,000 acquisitive prizes provided by Hobart City Council (one in each category).
One $7,500 non acquisitive prize. This prize of $7,500 sponsored by MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) is open to artists, craftspeople and designers who are selected for the final City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition and who were either born, are presently residing in, or have resided
for a period of five years or more in Tasmania.
The winners of the acquisitive City of Hobart Art Prize will not be considered for the MONA Prize.
For more information on MONA visit:
www.mona.net.au
Both the City of Hobart Art Prize and the MONA Prize include return air travel from within Australia to Hobart (if won by eligible entrants living interstate) to attend the exhibition opening and boutique accommodation at MONA on the night of the exhibition opening (for interstate prize winners or Tasmanian based prize winners living outside greater Hobart). The provision of these travel and accommodation benefits will be at the discretion of Hobart City Council and MONA.
A non-acquisitive award of $1,000 for the most popular work on exhibition.
The members of the judging panel for the 2010 City of Hobart Art Prize are:
The MONA Prize will be judged by a panel comprising two representatives from MONA.
All entries and final works entered for the Prize exhibition will be judged in regard to overall excellence, originality and innovation in design
or concept, use of materials and technique.
Entrants are sought nationally and the judging panel draws up a shortlist in each category from the images and documentation supplied. The judging panel considers all entries and selects those artists, craftspeople and designers who will be invited to present work for the final exhibition, from which the prize winners will be selected. All entrants will be notified of the first round judging results by Friday 30 April 2010.
The judging panel may decide that no prizes in any categories are to be awarded if the work is not of a required standard, or if, in its judgment, other factors necessitate this action. The judging panel’s decision is final at all stages of judging and no correspondence will be entered into regarding these decisions.
All images must be numbered. A list of works detailing the entrant’s name, title of work, date the work was completed, medium and dimensions must accompany images. Digital Media entrants may consider providing a montage of current practice or a section of one particular work. Images must reflect current practice and be indicative of the work to be submitted for final exhibition, or include a nominated work for final exhibition.
If entrants wish to nominate a particular work to be submitted for exhibition, this must be clearly indicated in the entry material submitted. Based upon the documentary material presented by the entrant as part of the first round judging process, the judging panel may nominate a specific work to be submitted by the entrant for the final exhibition.
All entries must include:
The closing date for entries and accompanying documentation is 5.00pm, Wednesday 17 March 2010. Entries received after this date will not
be accepted.
Entries can either be submitted by post to:
2010 City of Hobart Art Prize
Hobart City Council
Attention: Art Prize Administration
GPO Box 503
HOBART TAS 7001
or email artprize@hobartcity.com.au
A $30 entry fee (inclusive of GST) is charged to cover administration. This entry fee is not refundable. Payment can be made by money order or cheque made out to Hobart City Council. The entry fee must be clearly identified as an entry fee for the 2010 City of Hobart Art Prize with the entrant’s name and contact details as detailed in their posted or emailed entry.
If paying by EFT please provide your name in the remitter field and Art Prize in the description field.
Commonwealth Bank
BSB – 067 000
Account no - 10159311
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery reserves the right to determine the most appropriate method for displaying works to ensure public safety, and to refuse to display any works deemed inappropriate or unsafe.
All works must be delivered to Hobart City Council between 10.00am and 5.00pm on or before Monday 21 June 2010. The time period between this date and installation is required to compile two show reels for the exhibition.
Selected entrants are wholly responsible for the timely delivery to, and the collection of works from, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
All works must be delivered to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery between 10.00am and 5.00pm on Friday 9 July 2010.
It is the sole responsibility of selected entrants to determine whether works are to be delivered to the exhibition venue by hand, by commercial carrier, or by Australia Post. Australian air Express is the preferred carrier and a discounted rate for artwork freighted to and from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for those participating in the City of Hobart Art Prize has been negotiated. Please note the discounted rate does not apply to the preferred carrier’s overnight service.
All works submitted for exhibition must be adequately and securely packaged, with this packaging being labelled and easily reusable for the return of works. Works will be repacked according to the sender’s instructions with the original packaging, which should be clearly identified as belonging to a particular work. While all due care will be taken in the repackaging of these items, Hobart City Council and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and/or their Agents, will accept no liability for loss and/or damage during transit.
The collection of works at the conclusion of the exhibition (except for those acquired by Hobart City Council) is the responsibility of the selected entrant. Work must be collected from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery between 10.00am and 5.00pm, Thursday 2 September 2010. No responsibility will be taken for work not collected from the Gallery after this date.
The insurance of all works in transit to and from the exhibition venue is the sole responsibility of selected entrants. While stored prior to judging and while on exhibition in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, insurance will be provided by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Those entrants selected for final exhibition will receive an invitation to the official opening of the 2010 City of Hobart Art Prize at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
All entrants selected for the final exhibition shall allow their works to be reproduced for the exhibition catalogue, website and any other promotional material associated with the Prize. Hobart City Council reserves the right to reproduce the winning works in all categories in subsequent Hobart City Council printed and electronic publications and promotional material. Entrants selected for the final exhibition shall also allow for the reproduction of works for the fair purpose of study, review and archival purposes associated with the City of Hobart Art Prize and Hobart City Council’s cultural programs.
A high quality, colour catalogue will be produced to accompany the 2010 City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition. Entrants shortlisted for the exhibition will need to provide professional photographic documentation of their work for the exhibition catalogue.
Hobart City Council will recognise the authorship of work used in publicity or promotion now and in the future. The rights of reproduction of works given to Hobart City Council are limited to the above purpose only. By signing this entry form the entrant is certifying that the submitted work is of their own creation and in no way constitutes an infringement of copyright. Hobart City Council and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery will not be held liable for any legal action as a result of publishing and/or exhibiting this submitted work.
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