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Visual Arts
Richard Lewer, Worse Luck I’m Still Here, Image via Blake Prize
At the close of the 63rd Blake Art Prize in January this year, Chairman of The Blake Society, Rev. Dr. Rod Pattenden told ArtsHub that unless the Prize could secure a sponsor it would ‘extinguish itself’.
It seems that miracles do happen. Casula Powerhouse Art Centre (CPAC) and Liverpool City Council have announced that the future of the prestigious Blake Prize has been secured with a move to Western Sydney and a guarantee of $25,000 annually, in perpetuity.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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