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APPLICATION DEADLINES

Gertrude Studios program 2009-2010 - Closed as of 26 September 2008. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection meeting by 20 November 2008.

2009 Exhibition program - Closed as of 30 May 2008

2009 "Studio 18" International and interstate residency program for artists and curators - Closed as of 11 July 2008

2008 Emerging Writers program - Closed as of 31 March 2008

Application deadlines for the 2010 Exhibition, the 2010 Studio 18 program and the 2009 Emerging Writers program will be posted here in February 2009.

Incoming Studio Artists for 2008/2009

The eight new Gertrude Studio artists were announced at the annual Gertrude Studio exhibition opening on Friday 16th November they are: Kel Glaister, Nathan Gray, Ardi Gunawan, Kate Just, Ash Keating, Richard Lewer, Jackson Slattery and Matthew Shannon.

Mark Hilton in ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award

This year Mark Hilton is one of 52 artists selected for the two preliminary exhibitions and is in the running for the acquisitive award which includes a residency at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen, the Netherlands. The exhibitions will be held over a four week period starting 4th August at the Renzo Piano-designed ABN AMRO Tower in Sydney. Works will then be selected for a finalist exhibition running from 1st - 24th September. From this, the Emerging Artist of 2008 will be selected. Presentation of The ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award will take place on 16th September in the Exhibition Foyer.

Mark Hilton features in Primavera 2008.

In its 17th year, Primavera is currently open at the MCA in Sydney until 30 November 2008. This annual exhibition is this year curated by Hannah Mathews and also includes the work of Marcus Canning, Danielle Freakley, Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont, Ariel Hassan, Paul Knight, Moya McKenna, Ms & Mr, Gemma Smith and Soda_Jerk.

Richard Lewer wins Wallace Art Award

Current studio artist Richard Lewer received the $38, 000 award which includes a six-month residency in New York. Lewer won the award for the painting entitled Skill, Discipline, Training, a work from a series and book created in 2006. Other winners were Heather Straka, awarded the inaugural Kaipara Foundation Wallace Trust Award, whose $20,000 value includes a three-month residency at Altes Spital in Switzerland, and Ruth Cleland, who received the Park Lane Wallace Trust Development Award, a three-month residency worth $18,000 at the Vermont Studio Centre in the United States. Matthew Couper and Liyen Chong were first and second runners-up, each receiving $2000. An exhibition of the works by the winners and selected finalists is at the Aotea Centre Gallery, New Zealand until the end of September 2008.

Brodie Ellis and The Ecologies Project

Curated by Geraldine Barlow and Dr Kyla McFarlane, The Ecologies Project will be on show at The Monash University Museum of Art from 17 September to 22 November 2008. Ellis' work will features amongst the work of 40 other artists including Lauren Berkowitz, Ash Keating, Nick Mangan, Stuart Ringholt, Ricky Swallow, Christian Thompson, Michelle Ussher, Raquel Ormella and Mikala Dwyer.

Kate Just is participating in 3 exhibitions in September.

Just is one of ten finalists in the Ola Cohn Memorial Sculpture Award at the City Library, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne, from September 5-September 28. The opening launch is on September 4 at the City Library from 4-6pm. For more information go to: http://www.citylibrary.org.au/datashow.htm

Just was also selected as a finalist for the Blake Prize with her work Shed That Skin. The prize runs from the September 5th – 4 October at the National Art School in Sydney. For more information go to: http://www.nas.edu.au/Nas_gallery.htm

Just will exhibit her work LOVE in Mark Feary’s curated exhibition Life, which is the first part of a three part show Life, Death, Herafter, opens at Silvershot Gallery in Melbourne on the 16 September, from 6-8pm.