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The Lester Prize
Locality: Nedlands, Western Australia
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25.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Datsun Tran Title: Self-portrait pursuing the three perfections Subject: Self-portrait... Medium: ink on paper Artist Statement: Since the start of lockdown, I have reverted to the first art forms I ever learnt. My dad taught me calligraphy as a child, but it was something I stopped doing in my teenage years. After a 25-year break, I’ve picked up the old brush again and it’s like I never stopped. Muscle memory takes over and all the art I’ve made in the last 20 years flows through meit’s something comforting and certain in an uncertain world. Vote for your favourite artwork before 5pm AWST on 29 Nov 2020. The artist who receives the highest number of votes will win $10,000 donated by the Baldock Family. One lucky WA voter will also win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. and Home Base Perth. The People's Choice Prize winning artist and voter will be announced 2 Dec 2020. View T&Cs, all the artworks and cast your vote in-person at Art Gallery WA's Centenary Galleries or online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #datsuntran
25.01.2022 We are proud to share that our branding partner Block has taken out (yet another) two awards for The Lester Prize brand identity - this time in the 2020 Transform Awards: GOLD for 'Best Use of Typography' and SILVER for 'Best Visual Identity by a Charity, NGO or Not-for-Profit'! About the Awards: Transform magazine has long turned its sight on the excellent branding and creative work across Australia and New Zealand. Previously recognised as part of the Transform Awards Asia-...Pacific, this year, they have shone a spotlight exclusively on Australia and New Zealand. "The winners of this year’s awards have truly set the bar for excellence in rebranding and brand development." #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #blockbranding #TransformAwards #brandidentity #lestergroup Art Gallery of Western Australia City of Perth
25.01.2022 Great Artist Websites for Art Students // There are loads of great sites online where you can find guidance, news, research, images, communities, and more. Here's a handful of sites perfect for students studying visual arts. Feel free to add your own list in the comments!... Art a GoGo Art Studio Chalkboard Art Tutorials Wiki Artcyclopedia ArtDailyDeviantArt ArtLex ArtSchools(dot)com Adobe Market and Exchange Color Matters DreamsTime EyeFetch FreeStockPhotos FreeVectors MorgueFile MyFonts Photoshop(dot)com QVectors Saatchi Tutorialized http://ow.ly/jXAa50BOVwm
24.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 YOUTH AWARDS WINNERS We are thrilled to announced our Youth Awards Winners for 2020 - congratulations to all! SCHOOL PRIZES... Proudly sponsored the Lions Club City of Perth Years 7-9: John XXIII College Years 10-12: John Curtin College of The Arts STUDENT PRIZES Proudly sponsored by Oxlades Art Supplies Years 7-8 1st Prize: Ayda Paterson 2nd Prize: Jingxi Liu 3rd Prize: Yingxin Zheng Years 9-10 1st Prize: Cindy Wang 2nd Prize: Danielle Skarratt 3rd Prize: Henry Baker Years 11-12 1st Prize: Sarah Hoey 2nd Prize: Bailey Arundell 3rd Prize: Amy Greenash Stay tuned for the event photos and our Winners' Artwork Gallery which will be posted to our website and socials over the coming days. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020YouthAwards Brookfield Place Perth City of Perth #lestergroup Oxlades Art Supplies Perth #lionsclubcityofperth Arts Edge Photo & Frame The Montauk Lighting Co. Home Base #stanperroncharitablefoundation Famous Sharron
23.01.2022 Wonderful to see The Lester Prize 2020 Main Awards Collection on the walls of St John of God Subiaco Hospital! We hope the patients, visitors and staff have an opportunity to enjoy the exhibition until 5 Jan 2021 before it tours to St John of God Murdoch Hospital where the works will remain until 8 Feb 2021. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #sjoghealthcare #Artimproveslives #lestergroup
22.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by LORI PENSINI | Part 2 of 3 In the face of a crippling pandemic, reflect and reconnect would be my summation for 2020. I have reasoned inwards. Family past and present holds heart and head and echoes in my artwork through the introduction of children metamorphosing into botanical forms, entwined as blossom sprays, wildflowers and such. My family stories of shared cultures have also been a source of strength and an ...illuminating force. Artwork & videography by Lori Pensini Credits // Photo: Lori Pensini in the studio 2020 Video: Acacia - juniper berry babes Artwork: Wandoo tree 2020. Oil on linen, 130 x 115 cm. Artwork: Wanderland Yangerdin 2020. Oil on linen, 160 x 140 cm. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover #loripensini Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
21.01.2022 **EVENT RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER** The Lester Prize is calling all aspiring and emerging artists aged 1226 to join us for a live portraiture event in the heart of the city. You are invited to come along and draw or paint our celebrity subject. Everyone is welcome no matter your skill level!... Grace Newton-Wordsworth from alternative pop band Joan and the Giants will sit as our celebrity subject and play a few songs during the 2hour session. Radio presenter and producer, Elsa Silberstein will be MC. This event is FREE and art materials will be provided. Book your place by using the QR Code or website link. Presented with Propel Youth Arts WA. Date: Saturday 28 November 2020 Time: 10.30am12.30pm Venue: Forrest Place Lounge, Murray Street Mall, Perth WA 6000 (outside area between the WA Visitor Centre kiosk and the Labyrinth water fountain) Cost: FREE | Bookings not essential but recommended **Please note this event was previously scheduled for 14 Nov 2020 and cancelled due to weather. It has been rescheduled to this new date and time** #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #perth #westernaustralia #propelyoutharts #artpopup #forrestplace #cityofperth #youtharts #youthartprize #joanandthegiants #elsasilberstein
20.01.2022 How the Art World Is Changing for the Better // Peopleand artare resilient. Right now it might seem like the news is always bad, but sometimes the darkest of times shine a light on the brightest of artists. Think of the art movements that emerged out of the World Wars, or out of the turmoil of the 1960s or the Cold War. In this article, Artzine talks about a few ways the art world is changing for the better:... * Going online - the democratisation of sales; connecting artists to audiences; access to education; * Bridging art and science * Going green * A move toward interiors and emotion * The emergence of new voices and innovation We are enouraged to take heartwhether the news is bad or good, art will continue to evolve, grow, and inspire. #repost #artzine #Artimproveslives #artinquarantine http://ow.ly/Kr3650BOWxO
19.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ONLINE ART DEMONSTRATION - JILL TALBOT BEHIND THE FACE: Portraiture Years 7 12 Jill Talbot holds a Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts & Crafts) with Honours in Drawing and Printmaking from the University of Melbourne. Talbot’s early training as a printmaker is evident in her work through the use of hand-cut stencils, rollers, engraved surfaces and mono-printing techniques which are often utilised in her painting process.... Commissioned by the Print Council of Australia to produce a Members’ Edition of etchings, Talbot’s work can be found in regional and private collections throughout Australia. She exhibits widely in group awards and art prizes and has had several solo exhibitions at theShoalhaven Regional Gallery in New South Wales. In this segment, Jill will examine what contributes to the making of a good portrait as she demonstrates a series of practical processes which examine arange of stylistic visual languages. Do you have the Whaam!! of a Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art portrait? Or more of a Modigliani long faced melancholy? This session will invite you to explore concepts of character and personality in portraiture as you learn how artists develop and reveal their visual language using drawing, printmaking and painting. Date: Wed 25 November 2020 Time: 11am AWST Venue: ONLINE Cost: FREE Once registered, a link will be sent to your email address closer to the event date. Video: Courtesy of the artist #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #perth #westernaustralia #onlineartdemonstration #artprize #jilltalbot
19.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by LORI PENSINI | Part 3 of 3 The landscape is my mentor. She generates a meditative balance of mind and body I am boundlessly grateful for. I walk most evenings through our bush on the farm, somedays she is teacher, I am present to everything and all my senses are heightened. And then on other days, she is more guide, I can’t recall where I’ve walked or how far - I am so completely lost in the storybook of my mind. ...Memories unwind like ribbons of tape and flutter haplessly with no order, they bewilderingly form prisms of inspiration on my returning to the studio. Artwork & videography by Lori Pensini Credits // Video: Lori Pensini’s backyard Photo: bush shot 2020 Photo: Lori Pensini in the studio 2020 Artwork: Wanderland - Cousins 2020. Oil on linen, 130 x 115 cm. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover #loripensini Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
19.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by CLAIRE BRIDGE | Part 1 of 3 Biography: Claire Bridge is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes ceramic sculpture, video, textiles, painting and installation. Her work engages with marginalised voices, gender, ancestral transmissions, environmental and human ecologies. Bridge’s work addresses paradigms of power while exploring opportunities for repair and sustainable future worlding. Growing institutiona...l appreciation for Bridge’s work is attested by her inclusion in Manic, The Big Anxiety Festival at the UNSW 2019, Erasure, CoVA curated by Nur Shkembi, Network, Art Gallery of Ballarat, the nationally toured Fecund: Fertile Worlds, Artback NT, and Confluence at Counihan Gallery. I have a great love of painting. While my practice has evolved dramatically into an interdisciplinary practice, it is informed by the sensitivities developed over years of paying attention & slow listening required of realist painting. Listening with the eyes & with the body. ‘Sanctuary’, a portrait of Deaf Dramaturg & performer, Medina Straub, speaks to mindful & embodied listening. In our current pandemic impacted world where it seems nowhere is safe finding sanctuary has even greater significance. Where do we find & create sanctuary - for ourselves, others & our earth? I am currently working with deaf artist, Chelle Destefano & the deaf community on our collaborative project What I Wish I’d Told You, proudly supported by City of Melbourne, Creative Victoria & Australia Council for the Arts. Credits: Sanctuary. Oil on linen, 40 x 40cm; Dark Matters - work in progress, angled view, oil on linen; Video - Charcoal sketch, work in progress & Sanctuary. Oil on linen, 40 x 40cm; Uplift - work in progress. Oil on linen, 94.5 x 76 cm #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover #clairebridge #whatiwishforprojectauslan City of Melbourne Creative Victoria Australia Council for the Arts
18.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by ANDY QUILTY | 1 of 3 Biography: Andy Quilty is a multi-disciplinary artist; lecturer in Fine Arts at The University of Western Australia; program patron for the Military Art Program Australia, a non-profit assisting military veterans through art therapy; and works across the state facilitating art workshops in schools, penal institutions, community groups and Aboriginal art centres.... This year, I’ve chosen to temporarily sideline my personal artmaking to focus on other commitments including renovating my childhood home, which my wife Eva and I bought at the end of 2019; and looking after our 2-year-old son, Alby on my days off with Eva resuming full-time work. Studio time has been replaced with other art-related activities such as drawing with Alby; hanging our art collection in the new house; working on a pilot program for primary school students with education staff at the Art Gallery of WA; and developing a new drawing, painting and print unit at The University of Western Australia where I lecture in the Fine Arts program. Images clockwise from top left: 1. Alby drawing at home. 2. Renos. 3. Working with a UWA Fine Arts & History of Art student in the print room at UWA School of Design. Photo by Ian and Erick Regnard. 4. Alby camouflaged in front of his favourite painting by my good mate, rising art star and Martu artist, ‘Bamba’ Corban Williams Clause from Martumili Artists This work was from Bamba’s first solo exhibition and was purchased with money I won in an art prize. Any time I win an art prize, I use the money to either buy another artist’s work or put the money back into my art practice, I think of it as strictly art dollars! #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover Andy Quilty Twine - Ideas That Bind
17.01.2022 PODCAST // Art activities can improve the quality of life for those living with dementia. Big Ideas: Art and neuroplasticity First broadcast: 13/09/18... Speakers: * Associate Professor Elizabeth Scott - psychiatrist St Vincent’s Private Hospital * Gill Nicol - Director of Audience Engagement Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney #repost #ABCRadioNational #podcasts #artanddementia #Artimproveslives http://ow.ly/bNzt50Bvr9Y
17.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // ATELIER-VISION Tune in each Friday, Saturday and Sunday when The Lester Prize Alumni Artists takeover our social media platforms! Which Australian artist will it be this week?... #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #artisttakeover #TLPalumni Twine - Ideas That Bind
16.01.2022 Interesting episode as part of the Making Art series by Jess Brass: Connection // feat. Alyssa Monks, Brooklyn, NY "We need to feel like we belong to this experience, we need to know our place, we need to know where we fit. We need to feel that we're accepted for who we are. So the goal you may think is to get a show, get press, to make money or to have fame. But it's not - the thing we all really want is to feel connected."... #repost #makingart #JessBrass #AlyssaMonks #Artimproveslives https://vimeo.com/115693161
16.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Wade Taylor Title: Ramesh Subject: Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran... Medium: oil and acrylic on wood Artist Statement: I met Ramesh at his Perth Festival show of large-scale ceramic sculptures entitled Idols. Maybe he was a bit of an idol for meI admired Ramesh’s work for the immediacy and instinctiveness of his approach, the sculptures were anarchic and a little nutty. His paintings also contained a textural, haptic quality. They encouraged accident, impulse and feeling. Being an artist, I fancied painting in the same way, or I would at least try. We hung out, struck up a friendship and continued chatting over the year. Ramesh recently suggested that I paint a portrait of himI told him that was silly as I’m not a portraitist. Vote for your favourite artwork before 5pm AWST on 29 Nov 2020. The artist who receives the highest number of votes will win $10,000 donated by the Baldock Family. One lucky WA voter will also win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. & Home Base Perth. View T&Cs, all the artworks and cast your vote in-person at Art Gallery WA's Centenary Galleries or online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #wadetaylor
16.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // THE ART OF GIVING Celebrating our valued sponsors Lester Group is passionate about actively supporting the Arts and was the FOUNDING SPONSOR of the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture in 2007. The Prize was renamed The Lester Prize in 2019 in honour of our leading patron, Richard Lester AM who has helped us grow into one of the most prestigious on Australia’s visual arts calendar.... The Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture valued at $50,000 will be awarded to one lucky winner at our Main Awards Night on 30 October 2020. A Passion for Excellence As in business, the artistic process clearly requires a diligent commitment to excellence and delivering on ideals. The Lester Group is delighted to encourage the development of excellence in creativity through support of The Lester Prize. Russell Lester, Director | Lester Group Website: www.lestergroup.com.au LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lester-group #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #theartofgiving #lestergroup
15.01.2022 Amazing Art Created With Typewriters Have Hidden Messages Within Them // UK-based artist James Cook has collected almost 30 typewriters that range from mechanical portable machines from the 1950s to early electronic typewriters from the 1990s. Cook has spent 6 years honing his skills on vintage machines, producing over 100 detailed drawings. He alternates between machines to complete commissions for album covers, celebrity and pet portraits, as well as architectural illustrat...ions. The first piece of typewriter art was created in 1898 - have you ever attempted it? #repost #mymodernmet #portraiture #typewriterart http://ow.ly/MH7350BMOiW
15.01.2022 Such a lovely view into this family's artistic life. What simple ways have you used as parents, caregivers, or teachers to share art with the kids in your lives? #repost #paulbarton #Artimproveslives #artistlife
15.01.2022 Amazing local talent @gracenwmusic from @joanandthegiants at The Lester Prize Art + Music Pop Up in Forrest Place The Lounge today. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #artpopup #gracenwmusic #joanandthegiants #elsasilb #elsasilberstein
14.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // ATELIER-VISION Stay tuned each Friday, Saturday and Sunday when The Lester Prize Alumni Artists takeover our social media platforms! Which Australian artist will it be this week?... #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #artisttakeover #TLPalumni Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
14.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Marcus Wills Title: Nikki Subject: Nikki Tarling... Medium: oil on board Artist Statement: Nikki Tarling is a young dancer from Fremantle and is now based in Melbourne. I met Nikki when I was beginning a portrait of her partner, the dancer Jack Riley, and thought that she would also make a terrific subject for a portrait. Vote for your favourite artwork before 5pm AWST on 29 Nov 2020. The artist who receives the highest number of votes will win $10,000 donated by the Baldock Family. One lucky WA voter will also win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. and Home Base Perth. The People's Choice Prize winning artist and voter will be announced 2 Dec 2020. View T&Cs, all the artworks and cast your vote in-person at Art Gallery WA's Centenary Galleries or online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #marcuswills #marcuswills_artist
12.01.2022 4 Questions to Ask Before Starting a YouTube Art Channel // Many artists are making videos for YouTube to market themselves, but that doesn’t mean you have to produce videos to succeed in art. There are lots of factors to consider, including your own skill level, your technical ability with cameras, lighting, and the internet, and even just how interested you are in creating videos in the first place.... There are tons of different ways to get your art in front of a larger audience, and YouTube is only one of many options! What methods of promotion are you exploring and what has worked for you? This article by Empty Easel suggests asking yourself these questions before you get started: 1. Do you have the time? 2. Do you have something unique to talk about? 3. Can you think of 50 possible video topics? 4. Do customers or clients often have questions for you? #repost #emptyeasel #artpractice #artmarketing
12.01.2022 You have until this Sunday 28 Septrember to apply to be an Artist in Residence in 2021! Our residency program supports artists and collectives working across al...l art forms and disciplines to create new work, undertake research, build skills and/or connect with audiences. We have three studios available as private work spaces, with residencies lasting between eight to ten weeks. midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au/air-application
12.01.2022 Congratulations to the following talented Black Swan Prize/The Lester Prize Alumni who have been announced as 2020 Archibald Prize Finalists! * Abdul Abdullah * Benjamin Aitken * Susannah Curtis * Sinead Davies... * Katherine Edney * Kim Leutwyler * Richard Lewer * Nick Stathopoulos * Peter Wegner * Marcus Wills, and * Wendy Sharpe, who was one of our wonderful judges in 2017. #repost #archibaldprize #TLPalumni #abdul_abdullah #sniflthreesix Susannah Curtis Sinead Davies Katherine Edney Carlos Bob #RichardLewer Nick Stathopoulos Peter Wegner #marcuswillsartist Wendy Sharpe https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2020/
12.01.2022 Yowshien Kuo’s Cowboy Paintings Challenge Whitewashed Portrayals of the American West // Yowshien Kuo’s paintings are filled with rattlesnakes, gallon hats, and other yeehaw imagery, but there are no white cowboys here. Instead, we see Asian men: shooting guns with their tongues out; wrangling game; or relaxing in their backyards, as horses run wild and an apple pie steams in the window. In the 1800s, an estimated one-third of cowboys were Mexican vaqueros and another quarte...r were Black. Many frontier towns were built using Chinese immigrant labor, too, but Hollywood depictions of the Old West don't reflect this diversity. His latest collection "goes to where I felt excluded the most, Kuo explained in an interview over Zoom, pointing to the myth at the heart of American storytelling. #repost #artsy #YowshienKuo #diversityinart http://ow.ly/LKLW50Bvp1T
11.01.2022 New Digital Archive Preserves Black Lives Matter Protest Art From Around the World // A research project from The University of St. Thomas has provided the opportunity to properly process some of this era’s most significant moments through artwork. Called 'Urban Art Mapping George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art', it's a database that functions as a free virtual art library. The catalog is intended to preserve the protest art that has been appearing on the likes of sidewalks... and streets across the globe so that future generations have access to it. #repost #mymodernmet #digitalarchives #urbanartmapping http://ow.ly/u10450BvoGZ
10.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by ANDY QUILTY | 3 of 3 Prior to the self-imposed hiatus from making art, I developed a large series of drypoint prints of our 2-year-old son, Alby. Drypoint is an intaglio printing process that involves scratching a plate to make a drawing, inking up the plate and taking a print from it. ... These are a couple of my favourite works from that series alongside the daily ritual of Alby drawing at the kitchen table. The artwork in the top left image is by one of my favourite painters and a regular finalist in The Lester Prize, Manyjilyjarra artist Doreen Chapman who works out of Spinifex Hill Studio and Martumili Artists Art Centres. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover Andy Quilty Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
08.01.2022 http:// Youth Awards Announcements - Livestream// Stay tuned for tonight's announcements of our 2020 Youth Awards winners... We are livestreaming from the Brookfield Place Tower 2 in Perth WA. Official proceedings will run from approx. 6.40pm - 7.15pm AWST on Wednesday 11 November.... Should there be any technical difficulties beyond our (or your) control, head to The Lester Prize (@thelesterprize) social media platforms for the posted announcements after 9.30pm AWST. More information on the winning works will be uploaded to our website and distributed via our eNews next week. Good luck, everyone! Here's the link: https://go.pav.com.au/Fe1pMP #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020YouthAwards Brookfield Place Perth
08.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // 2020 MAIN AWARDS JUDGING PANEL We are pleased to announce the Judges for this year's Main Awards: Dr Clarissa Ball Chris Malcolm Ian Strange... Winners will be announced on Friday 30 October at Art Gallery WA. The Exhibition Season runs in Perth from 31 October 29 November 2020. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #judges #perthisok #perthlife #perthcreatives #portraiture #art #Artimproveslives Art Gallery of Western Australia City of Perth #lestergroup #tonyfinifoundation #baldockfamily Minderoo Foundation Ashurst Oxlades Art Supplies Perth IAS Fine Art Logistics Arts Edge Photo & Frame
08.01.2022 A humourous and revealing perspective on what would have been a debilitating experience by cartoonist, Jason Chatfield! #repost #ABCarts #jasonchatfield #lifeinquarantine #Artimproveslives
08.01.2022 It’s likely that Leonardo da Vinci used round paintbrushes made from animal hair tied to the end of wooden handles. The same can be said for Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, and countless other painters in the Western world, up until the 19th century. Change came with the invention of the metal ferrulea small, ring-shaped object that fastens a brush’s bristles and handle together. The innovation allowed manufacturers to create revolutionary new brush shapes, each of which could... create a different array of marks. By squashing the bristle end of the ferrule, for example, manufacturers could create flat brushes, which were embraced by the Impressionists, and have become a mainstay in artists’ studios today. Modern-day paintbrushes come in many shapes, sizes, and bristle typesand all of these qualities can be either an aid or an impediment to an artist, depending on their desired results. This article by Artsy may help you to navigate the wide variety of paintbrushes on the market - a few of the most common types and what they can be used for: http://ow.ly/DtQH50BvomR Are you experimenting with your mark-making and paint consistency at the moment? Feel free to share any helpful tips and tricks! #repost #artsy #artisttools #arttipsandtricks
07.01.2022 http:// APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON // Are you enthusiastic, reliable and love the opportunity to be involved in the Arts? The Lester Prize offers volunteers a unique experience to work on a major national visual arts event that involves many artists from around Australia.... Essential Prerequisites / Attributes: Available to work between 31 October - 29 November 2020 Have excellent communication skills - are a good listener and learner, and am able to communicate well with people from all walks of life Have ability to think on your feet and happy to work in crowds Reliable Have a keen interest in art Desirable Prerequisites Previous experience in events or similar fields of work Study in arts discipline or related fields Volunteering is a great way to experience and support the Prize. Great volunteers hit the ground running. If you exude energy and approach all tasks with enthusiasm and drive, have a positive spirit which is motivating and inspiring to others, and love the Arts then we want to hear from you! To register your interest, head to the Support / Donate page on our website and complete a Volunteer Registration Form: https://bit.ly/3jAnoBc
07.01.2022 This is our final day in the historic Art Gallery of WA's Centenary Galleries! Don't forget AGWA, AGWA Shop and Frank Café will be open until 7pm tonight in celebration of the opening of the new WA Museum Boola Bardip - it's the perfect excuse to head into the city. You can also visit our virtual gallery online to cast your vote for the People's Choice Awards kindly sponsored by the Baldock Family: https://bit.ly/39pZhUk #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists Art G...allery of Western Australia #lestergroup City of Perth #baldockfamily #artinthecity #perthisok Liang Xu
07.01.2022 Unexpected Places to Sell Your Art: Hotels // Interesting read from Artwork Archive on how hotels could be your next art opportunity. Hotels are turning into exhibition spaces as they create a sense of place for their travellers to rest and play. Whether it be a print over a headboard, sculptures perched in a lobby or paintings hung in a restaurant, a hotel’s art collection provides a unique experience. It's worth considering a hotel as your next exhibition space as you have ...a captivated audience: your work can make a first impression to guests in the lobby, soothe weary visitors in their guest rooms, or captivate hungry diners in the restaurant. #repost #artworkarchive #sellingyourart #artmarketing #hotelart http://ow.ly/m7vh50BvruL
06.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | MAIN AWARDS PRIZE WINNERS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD We are thrilled to announce that Queensland artist Jess Le Clerc has won The Lester Prize $10,000 People’s Choice Award donated by the Baldock Family. Jess's work received the highest number of votes by the Australian public.... Artist: Jess Le Clerc Title: Shadow and bloom Subject: Eden Le Clerc, Jewel Le Clerc and Summer Le Clerc Medium: oil on canvas Size: 76 x 102 cm Artist Statement: ‘Shadow and bloom’ is a portrait of my three daughtersEden, Jewel and Summer. One day, I watched them jump into the dam by our house. They were playing in the calm waters with the blooms while being drawn in by the shadows of the murky waters. "To win the People’s Choice Award and to know the public enjoyed standing in front of the painting means more than anything. As a portrait painter, it’s my goal to hold the beauty of humanity in suspension for just a momentto allow people to feel the love and connection they have for each other. Painting portraits is a beautiful and ancient method of making us appreciate humanity more. These wild girls of mine that I painted haven’t yet done anything noteworthy in the world, yet they live life like a day is all there is, and to me this is noteworthy. I wanted to show some of that wildness that we all want to remember and that is still inside each one of us." One lucky People’s Choice Award voter was randomly chosen and received prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. and Home Base Perth totalling over $2,000. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020PeoplesChoice #baldockfamily Art Gallery of Western Australia City of Perth #lestergroup The Montauk Lighting Co. Home Base
05.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Jill Talbot Title: Redundancy package with Ikea cushions and Netflix Subject: Self-portrait... Medium: oil on Perspex Artist Statement: Female, over sixty, made redundantnot the trifecta I was aiming for. After 25 years teaching in the visual arts sector, I received a handshake and a push towards the door in 2019. No stranger to professional identity struggles within the creative and cultural landscape, I felt equipped to deal with the ensuing change in pace, to navigate the crossroads of redundancy versus renewal, and to grapple with the big questions now looming over the horizon. I have mostly resisted the urge to kick back on the couch, and usually dress as if going to work, finding it reassuring to apply lipstick and foundation. My self-portrait documents this piecing together of my useful face, as it were. Vote for your favourite work by 5pm AWST on 29 Nov. The artist with the most votes will win $10,000 by the Baldock Family. One lucky voter will win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. & Home Base. View T&Cs, artworks and cast your vote online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #jilltalbot
04.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // THE ART OF GIVING Celebrating our valued sponsors ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA... We welcome The Lester Prize exhibition at AGWA in 2020 which marks its fifth year showing at the Gallery. The significant number of entries received during a challenging year is a testament that the Prize continues to establish itself as one of the country’s most prestigious portraiture prizes. I look forward to seeing the selection of works and to hearing the personal narratives that have influenced the artists’ portraiture as I’m sure the rest of the community is. Colin Walker, Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia Image credit: Jenny Watson 18 1992 oil, sequins and metal collage on canvas 191.8 x 289.8 cm State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 1993. Jenny Watson 1992 #lesterprize #faceofinspiration Art Gallery of Western Australia #artofgiving
03.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Ordella Wall Title: Tony Subject: Tony Leung and Rocky... Medium: oil on canvas Artist Statement: Having emigrated to Australia from Hong Kong, Tony has become a successful entrepreneur, running his own architecture firm in Sydney. A unique and colourful individual, Tony is many thingsloud, funny, superstitious, philosophical and wise. As an artist, what interests me most about Tony is not only his heritage and personality but his core ethos. He looks to shape the world we live in and create something lasting. Ultimately, he wants to leave a legacy. This really speaks to me and inspires my work. I like the idea of leaving something behind and what it means for our story. Vote for your favourite artwork by 5pm AWST on 29 Nov. The artist with the most votes will win $10,000 donated by the Baldock Family. One lucky WA voter will also win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. & Home Base Perth. View T&Cs, all the artworks and cast your vote in-person at Art Gallery WA's Centenary Galleries or online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #ordellawall #ordella88
01.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by LORI PENSINI | Part 1 of 3 Biography: Lori draws on her ancestral heritage of 8th generation grazier with botanical and animal forms a prominent and intrinsic part of her art practice. The exploration of the relationship between man and his environment and the shaping of both, both constructive and ruinous is a constant thread and deliberation. In recent years, her work has consolidated to explore the recently disco...vered aboriginal lineage to her pioneering family tree, which excitingly continues to add to the jigsaw of her being and comprehension of the form her paintings take. I am a narrative figurative painter using botanicals as metaphors to portray characters. Stories are woven using a language of flowers personal to my own ancestry and historical chronicles. In the above works, the banksia totems represent inner strength and the wattle, family and the characters that have gone into our shaping. They are a-typical examples and essentially form the foundation of my belief, that as sentient beings it is crucial for our mental and physical prosperity that we are connected to the natural world and environment. Artwork & videography by Lori Pensini Credits // Artwork: Wanderland - Manna Wattle Mumma 2020. Oil on linen, 130 x 115 cm. Artwork: Wanderland - Mistletoe 2020. Oil on linen, 55 x 59 cm. Photo: Lori Pensini at the farm Video: Lori Pensini in the studio with WIP of wattle in landscape #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover #loripensini Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
01.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // 2020 YOUTH AWARDS JUDGING PANEL We are excited to announce the Judges for this year's Youth Awards: Peteris Ciemitis Jenny Haynes Sharmila Wood... Winners will be announced on Wednesday 11 November at Brookfield Place Perth. The Youth Exhibition Season runs in Tower 2 from 2 27 November 2020. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #judges #perthisok #perthlife #perthcreatives #portraiture #art #youthawards #Artimproveslives Brookfield Place Perth City of Perth #lestergroup Oxlades Art Supplies Perth Arts Edge Photo & Frame #LionsClubCityofPerth IAS Fine Art Logistics
01.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | 2020 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - CAST YOUR VOTE Artist: Zoë Sydney Title: Fifteen Subject: William Sydney... Medium: oil on canvas Artist Statement: Fifteen is a memorable age for manya turning point between childhood and adulthood. Fifteen depicts my brother, William blowing out the candles on his fifteenth birthday cake. For him, it will be remembered as the year we had to celebrate in lockdown. Like the fifteen candles flickering in focus in the portrait’s foreground, these celebrations are the lights in the darkness of a hard, few months. At fifteen, we all felt the murky uncertainty of the future. Today's generation, even more so, are struggling in this darkness. My brother’s face, out of focus as he blows out the candles, symbolises the shifts in identity that we all experience as teenagers. Vote for your favourite artwork by 5pm AWST on 29 Nov. The artist with the most votes will win $10,000 donated by the Baldock Family. One lucky WA voter will also win great prizes from AGWA Shop, The Montauk Lighting Co. & Home Base Perth. View T&Cs, all the artworks and cast your vote in-person at Art Gallery WA's Centenary Galleries or online via our Virtual Exhibition (link in profile). #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #TLP2020Finalists #zoesydney
01.01.2022 Beliefs About Marketing That Hold Your Art Career Back // Artwork Archives say "As artists, we are often kept from truly experiencing our full potential at creating a stable, lucrative and thriving business because we listen to an internal or external voice about the right way to be creative. " Do you feel stuck in a place where your work and skills are up to par, but you aren’t making the sales you want? What beliefs about marketing may be holding you back from realising ...full career success? #repost #artworkarchives #artmarketing
01.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE | ATELIER-VISION a social media takeover by ANDY QUILTY | 2 of 3 An ongoing interest in my art practice is investigating the aesthetic and conceptual possibilities of automotive burnouts. These works identify the automotive burnout as a socio-economic geographic indicator within residential environments and allegorical post-colonial marking of territory. Considered outside these cartographic notions, I’m also interested in the aesthetic possibilities of burno...uts as a kind of egalitarian, un-homogenised form of suburban artmaking. Images clockwise from top left: 1. Skids! 2. Motorbike burnout work on concrete, now in the collection of Bunbury Regional Art Gallery 3. Laser cut woodblock print from a digital image taken using Google Earth, made with the assistance of our very awesome UWA Fine Arts & History of Art tech Nick Mahony Art 4. ‘Burnout painting # 16, automotive burnout, oil and aerosol on aluminium composite panel. #lesterprize #faceofinspiration #ateliervision #TLPalumni #artisttakeover Andy Quilty Twine - Ideas That Bind #yvettecanetgibson #brettcanetgibson
01.01.2022 Fascinating piece from the NY Times on what we can learn from the art of pandemics past. From the playground game ring-around-the-rosy to the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the scars of illnesses throughout history are still visible in the today. The 2020 pandemic will change the way we see art forever, too, and artists and writers have already begun doing the work of illuminating new shifts and losses, documenting the small kindnesses and cruelties, the large failures of ...leadership, technology and society. One thing seems certain: We will never look at ourselves as a culture in the same way again. Artwork // Edvard Munch Self-Portrait After the Spanish Flu (1919) #repost #nytimes #arthistory #Artimproveslives
01.01.2022 THE LESTER PRIZE // THE ART OF GIVING Celebrating our valued sponsors The CITY OF PERTH was a founding partner of the Prize in 2007 (then the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture) and has been a proud collaborator across our fourteen-year history. This support from local government helps us to continue to grow, and bring high-quality art experiences to the people of Western Australia.... Follow Visit Perth for the latest on the city’s arts and culture scene - from exhibitions to gigs, theatrical performances and workshops. You’ll discover local stories, such as that of Nyoongar actor, playwright and theatre maker, Ian Michael. Stay up to date on arts and culture in your city at www.visitperth.com or follow on social media Visit Perth #lesterprize #faceofinspiration City of Perth #visitperth #artofgiving Image: courtesy of City of Perth
