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The Alcorso Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2012 $10,000 national ceramic art award,Vitrify.
The Alcorso Foundation's national ceramic award, Vitrify
The Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award is a $10,000 annual prize for ceramic art. Established in 2011, the award is open to artists nationally and is non-acquisitive.
Four artists are selected from the entries received to develop work for a group exhibition of ceramic art at a commercial gallery. From these four artists, one is selected to receive the prize money. Selection of finalists and the judging of the award is made by a panel of expert judges.
Vitrify is presented by the Alcorso Foundation, a not-for profit cultural organisation with its home in Tasmania.
Vitrify 2012 will be hosted by the JamFactory in Adelaide.
The exhibition of finalists' work will open on Friday, September 7 2012 and continue until October 19 2012.
Applications to enter open on Friday August 12 2011 and close 5pm Friday October 7 2011.
Judges for the 2012 award will be Professor Noel Frankham, Head of the Hobart School of Art; Prue Venables, highly regarded ceramicist and Creative Director of the Ceramics Studio at the JamFactory; and Robert Reason, Curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts, the Art Gallery of South Australia.
For further information and application forms please visit Vitrify