Festival Information

Art Award - until 24 November



The annual Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is a highlight of Campbelltown’s annual Fisher's Ghost Festival.

The exhibition will run from 27 October to 24 November with the opening night being Friday 2 November.

This year, all awards with exception to the Macarthur Award, Macability Award, Primary School and Secondary School Awards, will be subject to a pre-selection process. A panel of judges will assess and select finalists for each category not outlined above. Only selected works will need to be delivered to the Arts Centre and will be hung in the exhibition.

Campbelltown Arts Centre would like to thank Campbelltown City Council and the local individuals who contributed to make the $40,000 prize for the Open Award category possible.

Finalists have now been announced. Finalists for each section are:

Finalists for Section A - OPEN

Finalists for Section C - CONTEMPORARY

Finalists for Section D - WORKS ON PAPER

Finalists for Section E - SCULPTURE

Sections B - Macarthur Award, F - Macability Award and the Primary and Secondary awards are not preselected therefore all artworks are accepted in those sections.

For more information please contact Campbelltown Arts Centre on 02 4645 4100 or by email.
 
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Meet our judges

Natasha Bullock
Curator, Contemporary Art
Art Gallery of NSW

Lisa Havilah
Director
Carriageworks

Keith Munro
Curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art
 

AWARDS



A)
 
Campbelltown City Council and Friends of the Campbelltown Arts Centre
  • Open Award $40,000 (previously $20,000) - Awarded to one work aquisitive to the Campbelltown Arts Centre's collection.
 
GS)
 
Western Suburbs League Club
  • Secondary Students Awards $140 – Four Workshop Awards to be used at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

 
B)
 
Campbelltown Catholic Club and Cameron Brae Pty Ltd
  • Macarthur Award $5000 - Open to artists living in Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly, working in any style or medium. Acquisitive to the sponsor.
 
GP)
 
Rotary Club of Ingleburn
  • Primary Students Awards $125 each – Three Workshop Awards to be used at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

 
C)
 
Marsdens Law Group
  • Contemporary Art Award $2,000 – Acquisitive to the sponsor.
 
D)
 
Clintons Motor Group
  • Works on Paper Award $1,500 – Acquisitive to the sponsor.
 
E)
 
Coonamble Shire Council
  • Sculpture Award $1,000

 
F)
 
Macarthur Disability Services
  • Macability Award $500 and 10 hours of a mentorship program with a professional artist – Open to artists with a disability. This award is acquisitive to the sponsor.

 

The following awards may also be won by entering one of the above categories:


Rotary Club of Campbelltown
  • Photography Award $1,000 – Awarded to a Photograph in any category of the art prize. Acquisitive to the sponsor.
 
Liberal Party Councillors
  • Aboriginal Art Award $600 – Open to Aboriginal artists born or living in New South Wales working in any style or medium in any category of the art prize.
 
Kerry Walsh
  • Secondary Student Award $125 in kind – Artist mentorship program.
 
Jai Rowell
  • Award $300 – Open to artists living in the Wollondilly Shire LGA working in any style or medium in any category of the art prize. Acquisitive to the sponsor.
 
Labor Party
  • Councillors Award $1,000 – Awarded to an artist living in the Campbelltown LGA who is 30 years of age or younger, using The City of Campbelltown as their theme, working in any style or medium in any category of the art prize.

 

Launch, 49th Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Art Award. Produced by Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Photographer Susannah Wimberley