2022 Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize winner Marian Duncan, ‘Canola at Boree Cabonne – 2021’.
In its fourth year, the Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize is now open to all artists who currently live or work in the Arts Outwest area. This includes Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin Shires. The Acquisitive Art Prize winner will receive $5,000 in prize money.
The Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize aims to foster a sense of identity, pride and place in Cabonne, while encouraging and showcasing the high calibre of creative talent in the region.
The winning artwork will be part of the Cabonne Council Art and Heritage Collection joining Michael Carroll’s 2020 painting “Gordon’s Garden”, Amanda Holman’s 2021 work “Storms Gathering Over Mount Canobolas”, and Marian Duncan’s 2022 painting “Canola at Boree Cabonne – 2021”.
Marian Duncan’s 2022 winning artwork is currently hanging in the Cabonne Council office in Molong, where it will continue to be displayed until a permanent home is established at the new Cabonne Community Centre.
Arts Council Cabonne President, Libby Oldham, said the award was going from strength to strength and she was excited to see it go ahead in 2023 without the restrictions of COVID-19.
Ms Oldham said that with its wider reach, the Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize has an opportunity to position itself as an important prize within the broader art community.
As in previous years, there are also two categories that encourage the young artistic talents of the Cabonne region – The Primary School Art Prize, and the Secondary School Art Prize.
Entries are open from now until Friday, 26th May 2023, with the exhibition to take place in July 2022. Enter online at www.cabonne.nsw.gov.au/The-Cabonne-Acquisitive-Art-Prize