Manningham Ceramic Award

The biennial acquisitive award and exhibition has been a highlight of the manningham art gallery program since it was established in 2009 having featured work by many of victoria s finest ceramic artists.

Manningham ceramic award.

Thank you manningham council for your continued support of ceramic art he said. The biennial ceramic award and accompanying exhibition explores current victorian ceramic art practice. My work inspired by popular culture and finding expression in a world of the toy de and re construct childhood imagery. The biennial acquisitive award and exhibition has been a highlight of the manningham art gallery program since it was established in 2009 having featured work by many of victoria s finest ceramic artists.

The biennial acquisitive award and accompanying exhibition celebrates the best in contemporary victorian ceramic art practice from across the state. Since then the collection has been actively developed by commissioning several major outdoor sculptures and the establishment in 2009 of the biennial manningham victorian ceramic art award. Manningham art gallery is pleased to announce details for the fifth manningham victorian ceramic art award. Ceramic award winners and acquisitions works acquired through the manningham victorian ceramic art award form a major part of manningham s collection of contemporary victorian art.

Winner of the inaugural 2009 manningham victorian ceramic art award medium. This year fifty nine artists have been. All entries are on exhibition at the manningham arts gallery until saturday 14 september. The manningham victorian ceramic art award was established in 2009 by manningham council to support victorian studio ceramics and acknowledge the importance that ceramics has in manningham and the region.

They represent a cross section of ceramic trends and techniques from the last decade and are invaluable to telling the history of ceramics in the state. Matt also offered his congratulations to felicity law pattie beerens richard greenacre and angela nagel as recipients of the merit award acquisitions. They engage the viewer with this world. Ceramic platinum lustre dimensions variable manningham art collection.

Image courtesy the artist. This award celebrates the region s long association with ceramics stretching back to the potter s cottage artist community that operated from 1958 to. Works acquired through the award form part of the manningham art collection and are subsequently displayed in public buildings throughout the municipality including manningham art gallery exhibitions. The 2015 finalists work will be on display at manningham art gallery from wednesday 15 july saturday 29 august.