Press Releases
1/7/2010
Daffodil Art Prize entries called for Kyneton Festival
Entries are open again for the $500 Kyneton Daffodil Art Prize to be announced at the Grand Opening event on 2nd September and displayed throughout the Festival.
Now in its fourth year the Art Prize has been expanded to include sculpture. In 2009 the prize went to Glenn White of Campbells Creek with his painting ‘Baby Blooms’ featuring then newborn daughter Holly.
Co-incidentally the Festival this year has taken on the theme ‘Kyneton – Blooming with Pride.’
“We were delighted last year with the number of entries and range of styles” Festival Secretary Marg Dearricott said.
“Again the work should contain recognisable daffodils which can be fantasy or abstract and need not be of daffodils only” she said.
It is expected that entries will be an image that relates to the region and can be reproduced for the Festival to be used in its promotions.
Entries for the Art Prize close on Friday August 13.
Entry forms for the Art Prize with all the guidelines are available from Kyneton’s Visitor Information Centre, from the Festival website www.kynetondaffodilarts.org.au or by phoning 5422 2282.
Festival Secretary Marg Dearricott said that photography and computer generated images still cannot be considered but that there is an opportunity for photographers to enter work in the Photography prize again to be exhibited at Gallery 40. Guidelines for that competition will be out soon.
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PEOPLE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE SPIRIT OF KYNETON
Following the popularity of the “Spirit of Kyneton” Photography Prize in the last two years the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival Inc and GALLERY 40 are now calling for entries for this event in 2010.
Looking for the “Spirit of Kyneton & District” leaves a lot of possibilities for the photographer’s imagination. This year two of the three prizes will be awarded to photographs which include “People at Work” or “People Relaxing”. Scenes of people at local events or at home, landscapes featuring – or including - people at work or play, streetscapes, or pictures showing people active in their roles in the town or district, local celebrations or regular activities may just capture the “spirit” of the district for a perceptive lens. The person or people may be old or young. All of this opens up a wide range of opportunities for photographers to look for a captivating or dynamic or evocative photograph capturing some of the local spirit!
The three winning entries will each receive a prize of $200 with a $100 prize for the most popular work by public votes. Photographs are to be shot in Kyneton and district and should contain recognisable Kyneton district features or people. We expect to hang all suitable entries at GALLERY 40, 40 Mollison St during the Daffodil & Arts Festival and later till 25 September. There are no fees for entry and 25% commission on any sales will go to GALLERY 40.
Forms and information are available online at http://www.kynetondaffodilarts.org.au. The entry forms can also be submitted online to daffodil@netcon.net.au. Printed entry forms are also available at the Visitors Information Centres in Kyneton and Woodend, from various local sites and from Marg Dearricott ph 54222282. Entry forms by mail must be submitted to Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival, P.O Box 59, Kyneton 3444 by 5pm on Friday, August 20.