Download the 2007 conditions and forms
http://www.psychology.org.au/about/awards/art/
Registration forms and entry fees must be received by Friday 17 August 2007.
(Note: Forms and information have recently been moved from http://www.psychology.org.au/awards/art/ and from
http://www.psychology.org.au/aps/awards/1.4_31.asp to the URL above. Sorry for the inconvenience which was caused by circumstances beyond our control.)
Aims
- To inspire year 11 students with artistic talent to apply their gift to creative ways of communicating a key message about peace, whether peace within the self, the family, the community or the world.
- To encourage young artists, their peers, their families, teachers and the wider viewing public to consider ways of promoting peace in their own lives.
2007 Theme
Peace between Diverse Cultures
Conditions
- Artwork must reflect the theme and objectives of the project.
- Open to Western Australian school students in Year 11 in 2007.
- Medium: two-dimensional media on paper, board, or canvas – e.g. graphics, painting, mixed media etc.
- Maximum size: 100cm X 120cm, suitably mounted and ready to hang. The work need not be framed or glazed but must be provided with a suitable means of hanging.
- Registration form and entry fee must be received by Friday 17 August 2007.
- The registration fee of $15 must accompany the registration form, in the form of a cheque or money order payable to Psychologists for Peace.
- Artwork, completed and signed Artwork Submission Form and Display Information must be delivered to the exhibition space, mezzanine floor, State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library) on Friday 21 September 2007 between 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Students must submit the Display Information on a white A5 sheet (21.0cm wide x 14.8cm tall), giving the artist’s name, the title of the artwork, size in centimetres, medium/media, and a 30-100 word account of the inspiration for their work, in 14 point Arial bold font. An example is provided. - There is a limit of 10 entries per school; selected by the school art department.
- Before submission all artwork must be endorsed by the school art teacher using the attached form.
- Only one entry per artist may be submitted.
- Artists will be responsible for the delivery and retrieval of their own artwork to and from the exhibition space at the State Library of WA (formerly called Alexander Library).
- Only individual artwork is eligible.
- A pre-selection process may apply.
- Exhibition space limitations may not allow all submitted artwork to be hung.
- Psychologists for Peace will not enter into any selling arrangements with participating artists.
- An independent panel of judges will select the work to be awarded the prize.
- If, in the judges’ opinion, no entry is worthy of the award, no award shall be made.
- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Artists must agree to grant to Psychologists for Peace the right to make and use reproductions of the artist’s submitted artwork for peace promotion purposes (such as post cards, posters, website) with acknowledgement but without remuneration.
- Before using glass or other reflective surface a good quality digital image should be taken of the work and must be submitted in .jpg format with at least one dimension being 900 pixels, on a suitably labelled IBM compatible CD or diskette. This digital image is to be submitted as well as the original work itself.
- The student will retain the original artwork following the exhibition.
- Artwork must be collected by artists or their authorised agent on Friday 19 October 2007 between 3.00pm and 6.00pm pm from the exhibition space at the State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library).
Value
$500 for student and $500 for the school of the winning student, as selected by an independent panel of judges
Exhibition
Mezzanine floor, State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library), Perth Cultural Centre Precinct, between James and Francis Streets, Northbridge
Exhibition runs Monday 24 September to Friday 19 October 2007
Opening hours
Monday-Thursday 9.00am-8.00pm
Friday 9.00am-5.30pm
Saturday & Sunday 10.00am-5.30pm
Undercover carpark: Perth City Council Carpark No. 11, enter from Francis Street.
Organisers
Psychologists for Peace, Western Australia
http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/awards/
www.psychs-for-peace.blogspot.com
Psychologists for Peace is a (not for profit) Interest Group of the Australian Psychological Society (www.psychology.org.au ). Its members are psychologists who are concerned about the prevalence of war and conflict in our world and are interested in applying their professional skills to issues relating to promoting peace and preventing war. This is the second Biennial Peace Exhibition and Award.
Sponsor
Psychologists for Peace WA gratefully acknowledges the State Library of Western Australia (http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/) for supporting this project by generously providing the exhibition space.
Further information
Manita Beskow phone (08) 9298 8485 or psychs.for.peace(at)gmail.com
Nikola McLennan phone (08) 9381-8551 or nikmac(at)westnet.com.au
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Download registration formshttp://www.psychology.org.au/aps/awards/1.4_31.asp
