59th Blake Prize - ENTRIES CLOSING - Friday 25 June
Posted: 21 June 10Visual Artists have until this Friday, 25 JUNE, to enter the 59th Blake Prize.
Blake Poetry Prize Closing Soon!
Posted: 2 June 10Entries for this year’s Blake Poetry Prize close on Friday 11 June, 2010.
Entry forms can be downloaded by clicking on the pdf form or by going to www.nswwriterscentre.org.au.
If you have any queries regarding conditions of entry please contact the NSW Writers’ Centre at blake@nswwc.org.au or on 02...
Blake Icons Initiative Launched
Posted: 19 May 10The Blake Society has launched a new initiative to promote the work of artists who explore the spiritual and religious in contemporary art.
Download a copy of the newsletter here.
The Blake on Facebook
Posted: 31 March 10 The Society has finally launched an identity on the social networking site, Facebook. This will provide artists, poets and those interested in art, religion and spirituality with a way to keep in touch with our artistic and literary programs. Visit us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Australia/The-Blake-Art-Prize/10745703261253059th Blake Prize 2010
Posted: 15 March 10 Entry form for the 59th Blake Prize is now available. Please click here to download a copy of this year's entry form, deadline for entries is Friday 25 June 2010.3rd Blake Poetry Prize - 2010
Posted: 21 October 09Entry details for the 3rd Blake Poetry Prizes, to be held in 2010, will be available shortly. If you would like the Society to notify you when entry forms are available, please go to the “Email Newsletters” section of this website and add your email address to the “Artist...
Purchase of artwork
Posted: 14 October 09If you are interested in obtaining further information or purchasing a work from the online Director’s Cut or Blake Prize finalist exhibitions, please contact the Society on info@blakeprize.com.au or call (02) 8230 4228
The aim of our online exhibition program is to profile the work of artists exploring the theme of...
Inaugural Director's Cut Exhibition
Posted: 22 September 09On 7 October at 6pm, the Blake Society will launch the inaugural Blake Prize Director’s Cut Exhibition.
This online exhibition will not only profile the works of 98 contemporary artists, but provide another opportunity to consider how artists have addressed religion and spirituality.
For further information please download the enclosed press release...
Blake Prize Events in September
Posted: 8 September 09For further information about public programs and events associated with The 58th Blake Prize go to
http://www.nas.edu.au/news.htm
or click on the pdf included above
Blake Prize Update
Posted: 2 September 09Images of 58th Blake Prize Finalist works and the shortlisted poems from the Blake Poetry Prize will be posted on this website from 6pm on Thursday 3 September.
2009 Finalists
Posted: 10 August 09The 2009 listing of finalists is now online, please click on the link on the right to download (PDF format)
58th Blake Prize Update
Posted: 2 August 09From Monday 3 August, the Society will begin sending entrants notification of their finalist status. If you do not receive an email or letter from the Society by Monday 10 August, please contact the Society at info@blakeprize.com.au or 02 8230 4228.
Update - The 58th Blake Prize
Posted: 20 July 09All entrants should have received an email or letter confirming reciept and processing of their entries. If you have entered the Prize and not received any confirmation please contact the Society on 02 8230 4228.
The listing of Finalists will be published on The Blake Society website by 5pm on Monday...
Blake Art Prize Update
Posted: 3 July 09Entries for the 58th Blake Prize have now closed. Entry registration and processing is now being undertaken. Confirmation emails or letters will be sent to all entrants shortly. If you do not receive your confirmation by Monday 20 July, please contact the Blake Society on at info@blakeprize.com.au or by...
Blake Poetry Prize Update
Posted: 2 July 09Entry registration and processing for the 2009 Blake Poetry Prize is nearing completion. Confirmation emails or letters will be sent to all entrants shortly. If you haven’t heard from us by Friday, 10 July, please contact the NSW Writers’ Centre on info@nswwriterscentre.org.au or by phoning (02) 9555 9757.
Entries for 58th Blake Prize Closing Soon!
Posted: 17 June 09Entries for 58th Blake Prize Close on Friday 26 June, 2009!
Judges for the 58th Blake Prize are:
Del Kathryn Barton, Artist
Stephen Crittenden, Journalist, Broadcaster and Religious Commentator
Andrew Frost, Art Critic and Writer
The 58th Blake Prize winners will be announced on Thursday 3 September. The 58th Blake Prize Exhibition...
Blake Prize Announces New Award Category
Posted: 18 May 09The Blake Prize has teamed up with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to award a $5,000 Blake Prize for Human Justice.
58th Blake Prize
Posted: 23 February 09The entry form for the 58th Blake Prize is now available, thank you for your patience. On Sunday 1 June ABC 1’s Compass will follow the Blake Prize journey of four artists Margaret Ackland, Phil George, Rodney Pople and Marisa Purcell. Please click on the pdf file above for further details Entries for the 2008 Blake Art and Poetry Prizes have now closed. All entrants will recieve an email or letter confirming the reciept of their entry. The first round of judging will be undertaken on Friday August 1. Details for the 2008 Blake Prize will be announced shortly, thank you for your patience. With the theme of ‘Bliss, blasphemy and belief’, the Blake Poetry Prize has been established to link art and literature and to give Australian poets new possibilities to... "The controversy surrounding works on exhibition in this year's Blake prize for Religious Art is an indication of why art is such a powerful means of exploring cultural and religious difference" claimed Chair of the Blake Prize, Rev Rod Pattenden. Rev Pattenden said of the controversy, "Whilst I am disappointed with... Winners of the 2007 Blake Prize and John Coburn Award were announced at the Exhibition launch last night. See the Exhibition pages for more details. The Blake partners with Grace Fine Art to enhance its national focus! Through an innovative partnership with Grace Fine Art, 100 artists will be offered free transport for their entries to this year's Blake Prize for Religious Art. This support is focused on artists from interstate and in drought affected regions.... Bliss, Blasphemy And Belief: Art And Spirituality In A World Of Conflict This study day would explore the recent controversial relationship of religion, art and belief in contemporary world looking for peace. Speakers include: Entry for the 2007 prize is now closed.
Judges for the 58th Blake Prize, to be held in 2009, are:
Del Kathryn Barton – Artist
Stephen Crittenden – Journalist, Broadcaster and Religious Commentator
Andrew Frost – Art Critic and Writer
Winners Announced
Posted: 3 September 08
LIST OF 2008 WINNERS:
Compass Chases the Blake
Posted: 22 May 08
2008 Blake Prize - Entries Now Closed
Posted: 2 April 08
2008 Prize Details
Posted: 11 March 08
Blake Poetry Prize
Posted: 5 September 07
The NSW Writers’ Centre joins the Blake Society and Leichhardt Municipal Council to present a new national poetry prize of $5000.
The nerve between POP culture and Religious Fundamentalism
Posted: 31 August 07
Winners 2007 Announced
Posted: 30 August 07
A match made in heaven
Posted: 29 August 07
Study Day 2007
Posted: 29 August 07
Blake Prize entries closed
Posted: 28 August 07
Press Releases
Posted: 28 August 07
