Winsor & Newton Millennium Painting Competition
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Finalists for the world-wide Winsor & Newton Millennium Painting
Competition announced
Exhibitors for the 1998 Winsor & Millennium Painting Competition have
been selected from over two-hundred entries.
Forty-nine paintings were selected by the panel of South African judges
consisting of Anthea Bristowe of the Sunday Times; David Koloane,
artist; Professor Alan Crump, lecturer at the University of the
Witwatersrand; Bren Brophy, curator of the NSA in Durban and Zwelethu
Mtetwa of UCT's Michaelis School of Fine Art.
The competition was open to all professional and amateur painters
working in any media including: acrylic, pastels, gouache, oils or water
colour.
The theme of the competition was "My Country in the Year 2000"
The selected artists are:
Lutaakome Alfred, Philip Badenhorst, Jeanette Bing, George Buckland, Mrs
CP Burgers, Leon Clemons, Kathy Coates, Collin Cole, Rob Crombie,
Reshada Crouse, Sue Dickinson, Lez Dor, Paul du Toit, Coral Fourie,
Lesley Fraser, Mary-Rose Hendrikse, Helena Hugo, Francois Jacobs, Kim
Lieberman, Albert Luckhoff, Virginia Mackenny, Anthea McDougall, Nigel
Mullins, John Pickford, Karin Preller, David Riding, Jane Rist, Kevin
Roberts, Clem Robertson, Shelagh Scholes, Greg Schultz, Robert Slingsby,
Melvyn Smethurst, Enid Strydom, Willem Strydom, Elsabe Valcke, Sandra
van der Merwe, Rosemarie van Wijk, Andrew Verster, Diane Victor and
Michael Wald.
All these artists will have their entries exhibited at the Sandton Civic
Gallery from March 31.
Of these fort-nine works, five will be selected for the final judging in
London. These works, along with entries from all 52 participating
countries, will go on exhibition in London, Brussels, Stockholm and New
York and be included in a calendar for the millennium.
In the International Competition, nine runners-up will each receive
£1000, third place winner £2500, second place winner £5000 and the first
place £10 000!
Other prizes to be won by South African participants include a
millennium calendar featuring the winning works and R300 worth of Winsor
& Newton art supplies.
Additional funding by BASA
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