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Macquarie bowls over the art world with its sponsorship of the Cricket Art Prize awards
Macquarie bowls over the art world with its sponsorship of the Cricket Art Prize awards.
Macquarie Bank is encouraging sporting enthusiasts to get in touch with their creative side by announcing its sponsorship of the Cricket Art Prize’s Highly Commended and Peoples’ Choice categories.
The inaugural Publishers’ Cup Cricket Art Prize 2009 is calling for entries from artists to submit a painting or composition that represents the life of the game, from a backyard cricket scene to a local cricket team competition.
In recognition of Australia’s budding artists and the influence of one of Australia’s favourite national sports, Macquarie will be supporting the Cricket Art Prize as it makes its debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground in October 2009.
Macquarie‘s sponsorship of the two awards demonstrates its wider commitment to cricket. In September 2008, Macquarie became the official bank and credit card of The Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust as part of a four year partnership that introduced credit card payment facilities at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium for the first time.
Head of Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group, Peter Maher, said: “Macquarie has a long-standing commitment to the development of sport and art in the community and I am delighted we are able to unite our interests in these two areas through this unique prize.
“By bringing together the passion of cricket enthusiasts and the skills of talented artists across the country I look forward to seeing some impressive works of art that will resonate with each and every one of us whether we’re a sports fan or an art-lover.”
The overall winner, who will receive a prize of $20,000 for their award-winning composition, and the recipient of the Highly Commended Award will be announced at the opening event on 8 October 2009, with the winner of the Peoples Choice Award to be announced on 15 October 2009. The finalists’ entries will be on display at the Members Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground from 9 October 2009 to 25 October 2009.
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