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<strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Art Prize<br />
The works of finalists from nearly 500 entries in the <strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong><br />
Art Prize (SCAP) will be on display at Noosa Regional Gallery and<br />
Caloundra Regional Gallery until 7 October.<br />
The <strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Art Prize – with a total prize pool of more than $50,000 –<br />
is one of the richest regional art prizes in the country and has achieved<br />
national acclaim for its annual representation of contemporary Australian<br />
art. Local tertiary students exhibiting as emerging artists under the SCAP<br />
T3 program are eligible to win $3,000 in either two dimensional or three<br />
dimensional categories.<br />
The 2012 SCAP winners will be announced during gala events at Noosa<br />
Regional Gallery (3D) on 24 August at 6pm and Caloundra Regional Gallery<br />
(2D) on 31 August at 6pm.<br />
To be there when the winners are announced, visit www.galleries.<br />
sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or contact the Caloundra Regional Gallery<br />
on 5420 8299 or the Noosa Regional Gallery on 5449 5340 to book.<br />
Caloundra Regional Gallery<br />
Artist Floor Talk<br />
Saturday 1 September<br />
2.30pm to 3.30pm<br />
Meet the winner of the SCAP 2D<br />
2012 for an informal discussion.<br />
Free event. Bookings essential.<br />
Cheese and Wine<br />
Friday 28 September<br />
5pm to 7pm<br />
Join the Friends when the winner<br />
of the SCAP 2012 2D People’s<br />
Choice award is announced. $15<br />
per person. Bookings essential.<br />
Noosa Regional Gallery<br />
Artist Floor Talk<br />
Saturday 25 August<br />
11am to noon<br />
Meet the winner of the SCAP 3D<br />
2012 for an informal discussion.<br />
Free event. Bookings essential.<br />
Coffee and conversations<br />
Wednesday 5 September<br />
10.30am to 11.30am<br />
Join local SCAP 3D 2012 artists<br />
for an informal panel discussion.<br />
Free event, includes morning<br />
tea. Bookings essential.<br />
Sculpture<br />
residency<br />
Awarded biennially, the Noosa<br />
Stone Sculpture Bequest<br />
provides an opportunity for<br />
artists to travel to Carrara,<br />
Italy and for two months, work<br />
alongside an international<br />
community of sculptors.<br />
The winner also creates a<br />
permanent work for the Noosa<br />
Botanic Gardens. Entries<br />
close 30 September 2012.<br />
For more information visit<br />
council’s website.<br />
The recipient of the 2011 award,<br />
local artist Hew Chee Fong<br />
unveiled his amazing creation<br />
The J<strong>our</strong>ney in July. Head along<br />
to the Noosa Botanic Gardens,<br />
Lake McDonald Drive, Cooroy,<br />
and see this piece for y<strong>our</strong>self.<br />
Leading the way<br />
in green art<br />
The <strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> is wellknown<br />
as a vibrant, creative<br />
and artistic region with a love<br />
for the environment.<br />
Now, taking out the inaugural<br />
Active Arts category at the<br />
2012 National Awards for Local<br />
Government – over 60 other<br />
councils – the <strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> is<br />
clearly positioned as a leader in<br />
the fi eld of green art in Australia.<br />
Floating Land and TreeLine<br />
are just two of the green art<br />
programs that showcase and<br />
celebrate <strong>our</strong> environment using<br />
materials and processes that<br />
avoid an adverse environmental<br />
impact.<br />
<strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Encompass August 2012 17
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