Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove - Montalto Sculpture Prize
Montalto Sculpture Prize
2012 Finalists
The finalists for the 2012 Montalto Sculpture Prize are:
- Don Barrett
- Bronwyn Berman
- Cliff Burtt
- Gary Christian
- Melissa Cussell
- Robert Delves
- Ralf Driessen
- Ben Fasham
- Alex Goad
- Anderson Hunt
- Rudi Jass
- Hannah Kidd
- Jonathan Leahey
- Barbara Licha
- Shane Magree
- Glenn Murray
- Mike Nicholls
- James Parrett
- Joanna Rhodes - 2012 Montalto Family Choice Award &
2012 Peoples Choice Award - Michael Sibel
- Jennyfer Stratman
- Marcus Tatton
- Frank Veldze
- Jacek Wankowski
- Christabel Wigley - 2012 Montalto Sculpture Prize Winner
About
For a sneak peak into the installation process, interviews with sculptors and the annoucement of the winner, check out this video.
The Montalto Sculpture Prize $20,000 is an acquisitive award open to all artists working in any medium.
The Mitchells share a passion for wine, food, nature and the arts. Montalto was borne out of a desire to share this with others. The Montalto Sculpture Prize is an essential expression of this spirit, designed to encourage artistic pursuit, and to allow guests to enjoy the natural beauty of the property in association with the wonderful creativity of the sculptures.
The 5-strong judging panel selects a shortlist of Finalists from all of the entries in early November. The Finalists are then invited to install their work towards the end of January, at which time the judges will determine a winner, announced at the opening in mid February. The winning sculpture wins its creator $20,000 and Montalto acquires the work. All of the Finalist works form the Exhibition which remains in place until end April. All of the non winning Finalist works are available for purchase. Visitors can also vote for their favourite work, the artist whose sculpture receives the most votes receives $1,000.
Key Dates
Friday 28th October 2011.
Closing date for entries is strictly 5pm.
Friday 11th November 2011.
The finalists will be notified, and published online.
Wednesday 18th January - Tuesday 24th January 2012.
Finalists to install their work during this period.
Sunday 19th February 2012 at 4pm.
Exhibition opening. Winner announced.
Sunday 19th February 2012 - Sunday 29th April 2012.
Exhibition to be held in the grounds of Montalto.
Judging Panel
The judges for the 2012 Prize are:
Phillip Doggett-Williams – artist and art educator
John Mitchell – owner of Montalto
Brian Sadgrove – director Sadgrove Design Partners
Peter Williams – director Williams Boag Architects
Guest Judge, Shaune Lakin – Gallery Director, Monash Gallery of Art.
Creative Director
The Montalto Sculpture Prize is managed by Neil Williams