The Blake Prize in Casula, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

The Blake Prize

Locality: Casula, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 8711 7123

Address: 1 Powerhouse Rd 2170 Casula, NSW, Australia

Website: www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes

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22.01.2022 Announcing the 2020 Blake Poetry Prize shortlist. Congratulations to the eight shortlisted poets. The Shortlist: History of Sadness: Louise Carter On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record: Judith Crispin X + Dave Drayton Sweeter than Honey: Heather Ellyard Don’t Call Us Dirty: Lou Garcia-Dolnik Parental Guidance: Julie Manning The Rose Noir Poem 5- the Girl in the Souk: Michael Moon Waterlines to a Kingfisher: Peter Ramm The winner and highly commended will be ann...ounced on the 22nd September, watch this space. Follow the link to read the shortlisted poems: https://www.westwords.com.au//blake-poetry-prize-short-li/

21.01.2022 To mark 100 years of the Archibald Prize (and the opening of The 66th Blake Prize in a couple of weeks), we're presenting the premiere of Looby and a Q+A at Casula Powerhouse on Friday 5th of February (7pm). Book your FREE tickets here: http://ow.ly/9KDV50Dopx7 Born in Sydney, Keith Looby entered the National Art School as a 15-year-old and graduated with an unmistakable style that went on to win Australian painting’s highest plaudits including the Sulman, Blake and Archibald prizes. Perhaps a habit of drawing colonialism, painting non-conformists and speaking up made Looby persona non grata? With sumptuous cinematography, candid interviews and a striking original score, LOOBY uncovers the life and work of an artist we need to remember. : Looby at his home studio, 2016.

21.01.2022 We're getting our galleries ready for the official opening of the 66th Blake Prize in two weeks! We've got an exciting mix of works from established and emerging artists, who have engaged with conversations about faith, spirituality, religion, hope, humanity, social justice, belief and non-belief. On the 13th of February, we'll also be announcing the winners of the major prizes: The Blake Prize ($35,000), The Blake Emerging Artist Prize (acquisitive prize of $6,000) and The Blake Established Artist Residency (residency and solo exhibition hosted by Casula Powerhouse.) Read more about it on our website: http://ow.ly/1uwE50DkisD : The 65th Blake Prize Exhibition, Pamela Leung, 'SORRY I NO UNDERSTAND,' 2018. (Winner of the acquisitive Emerging Artist Prize in 2018.) Photography by Chantel Bann

20.01.2022 Thursday Throwback | Mumbai artist Yardena Kurulkar won the 64th Blake Art Prize for her work, Kenosis, in 2016. I create moments of confrontations between life and death, she says, pointing out that the heart is the first organ to develop in a foetus. My works are acts of surrender to the inevitability of the end. They are presented as part of a cycle of continuous regeneration discovering my own mortality and contemplating our collective fear of death.

18.01.2022 In 2018, Tracey Clement was awarded the Established Artist Residency for her artwork, 'Metropolis Experiment.' In an artist statement, she described her work as a post-apocalyptic vision of a ruined city. This year, provoke, outrage and encourage conversations about religion and spirituality through your works. Entries for The 66th Blake Art Prize close 12 October. Visit our website for more info. http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout Image: Tracey Clement, 'Metropolis Experiment,' 2017, Sculpture mild steel, salt, laboratory glass, cotton.

17.01.2022 Archibald Prize winner Keith Looby won major prizes at home and abroad. He was also the winner of the Blake Prize in 1973. With sumptuous cinematography, candid interviews and a striking original score, this free screening of LOOBY uncovers the life and work of an artist we need to remember. Following rave reviews at the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and its Sydney premiere at the National Art School in February 2020, LOOBY is screening at Casula Powerhouse (yes, in person) on February 5 at 7pm. The screening coincides with 100 years of the Archibald Prize Australia’s best-known art award (Keith Looby won in 1984). Book your tickets here: https://tickets.casulapowerhouse.com/Events/LOOBY

15.01.2022 Final chance to enter! Entries close at midnight tonight. Head to the website to enter; https://www.casulapowerhouse.com//priz/the-blake-art-prize

14.01.2022 We're sure that you're enjoying the cool change after the massive scorcher that we experienced over the past few days. Tracey Clement's solo exhibition, 'Soon it would be too hot' is a stunning, graphic reminder of our current reality. It seeks to spark action and hope by putting climate change at the forefront of our minds. See it in our Marsden Gallery and read about it here: http://ow.ly/1ZyM50Dj67w This solo exhibition is the outcome of the artist being awarded ‘The Established Artist Residency’ as part of The 65th Blake Prize (2018). : Tracey Clement, 'Soon it would be too hot,' Casula Powerhouse Arts Cen See More

13.01.2022 1 WEEK TO GO! Entries for The 66th Blake Prize close on Monday, 12 October. Provoke, outrage and encourage conversations about religion and spirituality through your art. Entries are not restricted to works related to any faith or artistic style. Visit our website for more info. http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout Prizes include $35,000 for the Blake Prize; $6000 for the Blake Emerging Artist Prize; and an Established Artist Residency. Winners will feature in an exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Image: Wade Marynowsky, 'Yesterday’s Futurist (Self Portrait with Lightsaber),' 2017, High definition video and audio.

12.01.2022 Exactly 2 months to go until entries for The 66th Blake Prize are due! Mark your calendars - entries close 12 October. This is a great opportunity to provoke, outrage and encourage conversations about religion and spirituality. Entries are not restricted to works related to any faith or artistic style. Visit our website for more info. http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, 'Giant Rock,' 2017, Video still-photo Daniel S Perry and courtesy, copyright of the artist.

12.01.2022 The Blake Poetry Prize challenges Australian poets to explore the spiritual and religious in a new work of 100 lines or less. This year, we received over 400 entries, with a short list of eight poems! Congratulations to the eight shortlisted poets: History of Sadness: Louise Carter; On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record: Judith Crispin; X + Dave Drayton; Sweeter than Honey: Heather Ellyard; Don’t Call Us Dirty: Lou Garcia-Dolnik; Parental Guidance: Julie Manning; The Rose Noir Poem 5- the Girl in the Souk: Michael Moon; Waterlines to a Kingfisher: Peter Ramm The Blake Poetry Prize is a program of Liverpool City Council Australia and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Supported by WestWords who coordinate the judging process.

12.01.2022 Take advantage of the long weekend and get those artworks ready for your Blake Prize submission! Entries close 12 October. An incredible prize pool over $41,000 to be won. 1. Main Prize $35,000 2. Emerging artist prize $6,000 3. Residency and solo exhibition at Casula Powerhouse ... Get those entries in now! Enter from our website https://www.casulapowerhouse.com//priz/the-blake-art-prize

08.01.2022 Get your artworks ready for The 66th Blake Art Prize, one of Australia’s longest-standing and prestigious art prizes. Provoke, outrage and encourage conversations about religion and spirituality through your artworks. Entries close 12 October. For more information: http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout Prizes include $35,000 for the Blake Prize; $6000 for the Blake Emerging Artist Prize; and an Established Artist Residency. Winners will feature in an exhibition at Casula Powerh...ouse Arts Centre. Image credit: Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Stations of the Cross No.10 - Australian Jesus stripped bare, 2016, charcoal, coloured pencils and glitter

07.01.2022 Don't miss our FREE screening of LOOBY the documentary in-person and on the big screen at Casula Powerhouse - Friday 5 February at 7pm. Archibald Prize winner Keith Looby won major prizes at home and overseas - including our very own Blake Prize in 1973. Get the 'behind the scenes' look at what makes for a Blake Prize winner while we await the results of our 66th Blake Prize announcement on 13 Feb. LOOBY uncovers the life and work of an important Australian artist we need to... remember. His insistence on painting controversial figures from communist Rupert Lockwood to feminist Anne Summers won him few friends in power. Learn more about this controversial artist and join us for this award winning documentary. Tickets are free but bookings essential. Book now https://tickets.casulapowerhouse.com/Events/LOOBY Image - Keith Looby in Manly in 1980's

06.01.2022 Entries for The 66th Blake Prize are open until 12 October. This is your chance to provoke, outrage and encourage conversations about religion and spirituality. Submissions are not restricted to works related to any faith or artistic style. Visit our website for more info. http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout In 2018, Pamela Leung won the Emerging Artist award, with her work entitled, 'SORRY I NO UNDERSTAND.' This work is a reflection on the experience of dislocation, and the humanity within social justice. Image: Pamela Leung, 'SORRY I NO UNDERSTAND,' 2018, neon.

05.01.2022 With a $35,000 non-acquisitive first prize one of Australia’s longest-standing and most prestigious prizes is now OPEN! The 66th Blake Prize encourages conversations around belief and non-belief, hope, humanity, social justice, religion and spirituality through art.

04.01.2022 Entries for the 66th Blake Art & Poetry Prizes are now open. Submissions exploring the wider experience of spirituality, religion and/or belief are invited. Visit our website to enter: http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout The Blake Art Prize attracts entries from artists around the world looking for exposure for their work, the opportunity to be hung in the exhibition and to compete for various prizes including the $35,000 main prize. The Blake Poetry Prize invites written sub...missions of up to 100 lines which will be displayed alongside the Art Prize in 2020. The winning entry receives a prize of $5000. Since 1951, The Blake Prize has engaged artists, nationally and internationally, with ideas of spirituality and religion. The prize takes its name from William Blake, the world-famous 18th Century artist and poet who threaded the religious and artistic throughout his practice. Building on this history, The 66th Blake Prize continues to encourage contemporary artists of varied styles and religious and spiritual allegiances to create significant works of art, which engage in conversations and negotiations concerning spirituality, religion and/or belief. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has proudly presented The Blake Prize as a biennial event since 2016, ensuring the future of this landmark prize. Casula Powerhouse is ideally positioned in Liverpool, a community of people from over 150 different birthplaces, speaking over 140 languages with an equally diverse range of faith backgrounds. We are committed to supporting emerging and established artists to create work that reflect Australian communities. Images: Jacqui Stockdale, The Offering, 2017, Type C photograph | Tina Havelock Stevens, Giant Rock, 2017, Video still-photo Daniel S Perry and courtesy, copyright of the artist | Tracey Clement, Metropolis Experiment, 2017, Sculpture mild steel, salt, laboratory glass, cotton | Alex Latham, I put my feet on the Archbishop of Sydney’s bed, 2017, Stickers & cardboard crucifix box | Lachlan Warner, The Forest of Dukkha #4, 2017, Gold leaf and shellac on cardboard, with wooden supports | Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Stations of the Cross No.10 - Australian Jesus stripped bare, 2016, charcoal, coloured pencils and glitter | Wade Marynowsky, Yesterday’s Futurist (Self Portrait with Lightsaber). 2017, High definition video and audio. | Pamela Leung, SORRY I NO UNDERSTAND, 2018, neon.

02.01.2022 Submissions for The 66th Blake Art Prize close on Monday 12 October. (Less than a month to go!) This is your chance to inspire, provoke, outrage and empower people to have difficult conversations about religion or spirituality. Entries are not restricted to works related to any faith or artistic style. For more info: http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout In 2018, Tracey Clement was awarded the Blake Established Artist Residency for her work, 'Metropolis Experiment,' which offers us the glimpse into possible futures after post-apocalyptic destruction. As she said in an artist statement, "'Metropolis Experiment" is quietly (very quietly) optimistic; maybe, just maybe, we can change." Image: Tracey Clement, 'Metropolis Experiment,' 2017. Installation photograph in-situ courtesy of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Photography by Hamish Ta-me.

01.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce the judges for The 66th Blake Art Prize: Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Maude Page and Kumi Taguchi. Entries close on 12 October, so get those finishing touches done and submit online now! http://bit.ly/blakeprize2020callout Sri-Lankan born artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is a contemporary artist who experiments with figurative sculptural and painting practices to explore politics of sex, the monument, gender and religion. Maud Page is the Director O...f Collections, and Deputy Director at the Art Gallery of NSW and joined them in 2017. Previously she has been deputy director, collection and exhibitions at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane. She played a key leadership role in formulating the museum’s strategic direction and was instrumental in the realisation and curation of major exhibitions and projects, including the Asia Pacific Triennials of Contemporary Art. Kumi Taguchi is a presenter for ABCTV, including host of Compass, and is a regular host of major live events, including the Australian of the Year Awards. In 2018, Kumi was the MC at the opening and closing ceremonies of The Invictus Games in Sydney, broadcasting to a global audience of 60 million.