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Artist Ansaldo’s exhibition ‘Groundswell: Recent movements
within art and territory’, which is currently in the
Opportunities development stage will tour NT galleries in 2020 and
2021 with a showcase of work by Northern Territory
artists including Jacky Green, Kelly Lee Hickey, June
Mills, Aly de Groot, Patricia Phillipus Napurrula,
Winsome Jobling, Lee Harrop, Maicie Lalara, Mel
Robson, Jennifer Taylor and Tarzan Jungle Queen.
We have selected a few galleries
and funding bodies calling for For more information about the SPARK NT Curator
submissions for Art Awards, program, touring dates and how to apply visit the
Artist Engagements, Grants, Artback NT website.
artbacknt.com.au
Public Art, Residency Programs,
Exhibition Proposals and more. Blake Prize
Enjoy and good luck! Submissions close 3 April
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) is calling for
entries for the 66th Blake Art & Poetry Prizes. Artists
SPARK NT Curator exploring the wider experience of spirituality, religion
In this issue, we congratulate writer, activist and and belief are invited. Three prizes will be awarded for
arts worker Carmen Ansaldo as SPARK NT Curator the best contemporary work addressing the religious
for Artback NT’s 2019/2020 program. The initiative or spiritual including The Blake Prize $35,000 (non-
supports an independent or emerging curator, residing acquisitive main prize), The Blake Emerging Artist
in the Northern Territory, to develop an exhibition Prize $6,000 (acquisitive) and The Blake Established
project for touring in the region. Artist Residency – residency and solo exhibition
hosted by CPAC. The Blake Poetry Prize winner will
In her research, Ansaldo examines the intersection be awarded $5,000 and will feature alongside the Art
between visual arts and political engagement with Prize Exhibition finalists.
a focus on First Nations art practices and remote casulapowerhouse.com
and regional arts development. And, engages in
collaborative discussion with artists, activists and Every Picture Tells A Story
community members. Entries close 26 February
Gasworks Arts Park is calling for photographic works
featuring the buildings, beaches and bustle of the City
of Port Phillip for an installation of 90 images on the
enormous inner wall of Gasworks Arts Park located
on the corner of Pickles and Graham streets from 28
March to 4 May. ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ is open
to amateur and professional photographers, with
those 25 and under eligible to enter one image for
free and be in the running for the Youth Prize Award.
For a $30 fee per image photographers can enter
up to one portrait and one landscape oriented image
for the Gasworks Photography Award and People’s
Choice Award. Submissions are accepted via email to
The Curator at visualarts@gasworks.org.au

Carmen Ansaldo, SPARK NT Curator 2019–2020 Head On Photo Awards
Photograph: Roxanne Fitzgerald
Entries close 16 February
National and international emerging and established
Sharing her enthusiasm Ansaldo said, ‘I’m excited to be artists are invited to enter contemporary, classic
presented with this unique opportunity to be the next and experimental works; shot on a camera, phone
SPARK NT curator and develop my curatorial practice
as a regional arts worker. Exploring the dual role of or made using an alternative process for the 2020
Head On Photo Awards. There are three competition
the curator as activist appeals to me. As a SPARK
NT curator, Artback NT has provided me with a new categories including the Head On Portrait, Landscape
and Student Awards with a total of $70,000 in cash
platform to materialise these interests through the
development of a touring exhibition. As an emerging and prizes on offer. Finalists will be exhibited in Head
On Photo Festival 2020 from 1 to 17 May. Visit the
curator holding strong concerns for my community, I
am thinking about what I can contribute and how I website for more information and how to enter.
headon.com.au
can implement tangible change as an arts worker. I see
communalism as our only way out if the Territory is to
have a liveable environment and sustainable future.’

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