Annual Mil-Pra AECG Aboriginal Exhibition & Art Award
Celebrating indigenous art, the MIL-PRA ABORIGINAL EXHIBITION & ART AWARD is a competition open to all Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people living in NSW and the ACT. In 2011 emerging and established artists are invited to respond to an Open theme.
School students of all cultural backgrounds are invited to enter the art prize. However, the adult category of the art prize is for emerging and established Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander artists within NSW and the ACT.
KEY DATES:
Collection of artworks
Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 October 2011 (10am – 4.30pm)
Annual Mil-Pra AECG Aboriginal Exhibition & Art Award:
Mil-Pra AECG Award: Patricia Leverett, Lizard Country
Mayor’s Choice Award: Susan Grant, Across the Lands
Maria Lock Award: Cowra High School - Telissa Blair, Graton Conlon, Kerri-Anne Cutmore, Tamara King, Takisha Pollard, Taliah Ridgeway and Tameeka Tighe, Ngurambang - Country House
Bruce & Carol Kendall OAM Memorial Award: Harry Pitt, Lionel Rose
Liverpool Women’s Services Award: Susan Grant, If Only These Mystical Cave of Dreamtime Could Speak
KARI Award:
1st Prize: Kerrie Kenton, Mariong Balmurru
Runner-Up: Kerrie Kenton, Kinnections
Student Awards:
1st prize, secondary: Hala El Kouri, Celebration
1st prize, primary: Antonio – Bankstown Public, The Campsite
Runner-Up, secondary: Ajuga Special School,
Big Rain Coming
Runner-Up, primary: Lugarno Public School K – Yr 1, How the Birds Got Their Colours
Highly Commended, secondary: Caitlin Oldfield, Collection: Connecting
Highly Commended, secondary: Nikeeta Haverfield, Belonging
Highly Commended, primary: Tony Danh, The Staring Bird
Highly Commended, primary: Renee Cavanough, Untitled
Image Credits
Winner of the 2010 Mil-Pra AECG Award, Susan Grant Murphy - Dancing Brolgas, 2010