Multicultural Art Competition 2009 – Australian Identity?!
Running for the second year, the City’s Multicultural Art Competition 2009 aims to showcase illustrative artworks that tell a story and encapsulate the City’s cultural diversity.
The competition opened on Monday 20 July 2009 and closed on Monday 31 August 2009. A total of 96 artworks entered the competition, with artists from within the City of Sydney, metropolitan Sydney and as far away as Indonesia and Russia.
This year’s theme was - Australian Identity?!
The 2009 Multicultural Art Competition called on artists to explore what contemporary Australia means to them. From works presenting scenes of cultural diversity in everyday local communities to national icons such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Three Sisters, each of this year’s ten finalists drew inspiration from their own experiences of Australian life.
Exhibition Launch
The Launch of the exhibition for the 2009 Multicultural Art Competition was held on Saturday 17 August at Custom’s House at 12pm. Over 160 people attended the launch, where the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Phillip Black, and Sylvia Ross, the Head of the School of Art at the College of Fine Arts, officially announced the finalists and major prize winners.
Multicultural Art Competition 2009 Winners
- First Prize, Michael Fairweather, $2,000 cash prize
- Second Prize, Richard Paik, $1,000 cash prize
- Third Prize, Adriano Toniolo, $500 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Amazing the Three Sisters by Yue Yoo Wang, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, “Taken" - But Not Forgotten! Aboriginality- An Identity by Kathryn Dodd Farrawell, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Australians Enrich Each Other by Julia Lesiuk Sawicki, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Colourful Australia by Craig Andrews, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Building Together by Alexis Andrea Paraan, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Building Together by Full of Colour, Full of Culture by Fang Min Wu, $100 cash prize
- Highly Commended, Celebrating Diversity by Stephanie Donnelly, $100 cash prize.
Winning Entries
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First Prize - Night Drivers by Michael Fairweather
Second Prize - Sydney Harbour by Richard Paik
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Third Prize - Irrespective of Perspective by Adriano Toniolo
Highly Commended - Amazing the Three Sisters by Yue Yoo Wang
Highly Commended - “Taken" - But Not Forgotten! Aboriginality - An Identity by Kathryn Dodd Farrawell
Highly Commended - Australians Enrich Each Other by Julia Lesiuk Sawicki
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Highly Commended - Colourful Australia by Craig Andrews
Highly Commended - Building Together by Alexis Andrea Paraan
Highly Commended - Full of Colour, Full of Culture by Fang Min Wu
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Highly Commended - Celebrating Diversity by Stephanie Donnelly
Judging Event
Conducted on Tuesday 1 September 2009 at Redfern Town Hall. Ten prize-winning artworks were selected by a panel of judges consisting of industry experts, community service professionals and members of the Inner and Eastern Sydney Multicultural Interagency (IESMI) , including:
- Sylvia Ross - Head of School, College of Fine Arts UNSW
- Rebecca Conroy - Associate Director, Performance Space
- Andrew Jakubowicz - Professor of Sociology, UTS
- Matthew Poll - Artistic Director, Boomali Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
- Cheryl Yin-Lo – Community Cultural Engagement Manager, Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
- Saulan Beverly Yin Lo - Diversity Health Co-ordinator, Royal Hospital for Women (representative from IESMI)
- Helen Mantzianis – Multicultural Community Worker Waverly Council (representative from IESMI).
More Information
For further information contact:
Manager of Social Planning, Access & Community Development
Susana Ng
Tel: 02 9265 9333
Fax: 02 9246 7894
Email: sng@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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Last Updated: Tuesday 15 February, 2011
