Joint winners for East Coast Sculpture award
Joint winners have been announced in this year’s East Coast Sculpture Show at Thursday Plantation in Ballina.
‘Artemis - Pillars of Society’, top picture, has won for its creator, Victoria Royds of Toowoomba. Curator Priya Woolston describes the work as ‘a witty tribute to the nurturing role of women in our society’.
Daniel Clemmett of Clunes, a perennial exhibitor at Thursday Plantation, has won for ‘Stealth Bonnets 7′, bottom picture, playing with persistent modern trash and transforming solid car bodies into light paper planes.
“In a very strong show that had the judges, Jude McBean of Grafton, Sebastian di Mauro of Brisbane and Donna Marcus from the Gold Coast, in a lively debate, other winners were Ken Johnson of Brooklet for ‘Euclicon’, winner of the Regional Artist’s Award, Lynne Adams of Main Arm for ‘Tulips’, winner of the TAFE Arts Prize, and Dev Lengjel of Mullumbimby for the Crystal Castle Ephemeral Art Prize for ‘Thumbprints’, an interactive work that had everyone leaving their mark at Thursday Plantation.
“I’m so happy that our last show at Thursday Plantation is so rich in diversity, humour, thoughtfulness and a commitment by our artists to outdoor art.
Since our beginnings in 1996 we have exhibited many memorable works and I’m especially pleased that so many of the winners are artists from our region.”
The 12th Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show continues every day, seven days a week, until January 31 2008 at Thursday Plantation, Pacific Highway, Ballina NSW, 20 minutes south of Byron Bay and 1km north of the Ballina/Byron airport turn-off.
The show is open on weekdays from 9-5, and weekends and public holidays from 10-4. Admission is by suggested donation of $5, which includes a free catalogue, and refreshments are available from the Verandah Café.
