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Organisers open arts and poetry initiative to full members
An invitation is extended to artists and poets, painters and writers from test playing nations to submit a painting, composition or poem that depicts life in and around the game and sport of cricket, in settings of backyard cricket, beach cricket, social-cricket or local club cricket.
Entries will now be accepted in 2010 from any citizen who resides in a full member, registered ICC country i.e. – Australia, England & Wales, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe who create, write and complete their work in the 12 months leading up to the closing date - early September 2010 (tbc).
In the past the Cricket Art Prize and Cricket Poetry Award was an Australasian arts and literary competition – in other words only artists from Australia and New Zealand could submit an entry, but due to world wide interest and international request, the organisers have decided to open this arts and poetry initiative to full member, registered ICC countries.
Key organiser Derek Zilich stated “Cricket and the arts bring people of all backgrounds, socio-economic levels and nationalities together. We now regard the Cricket Art Prize and Cricket Poetry Award as an arts and literary initiative that cross-pollinates with a global sport and national pastime.”
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The International Cricket Hall of Fame Bradman Museum St. Jude St., Bowral NSW 2576 Thursday 27th Jan – Sunday 6th March 2012 9am – 5pm
Artists co-ordinator, Derek Zilich, said interest was so strong in the project that artists are coming from Sydney, country NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria to paint to the SCG. “French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors, [...]
Official Opening Thursday 1st December – 6pm Media House Gallery 655 Collins St Docklands 3008 Check out the 40 paintings in the exhibition (9 Victorian artists featured) Hear 2 Melbourne-based writers read their poems Celebrate a summer pastime through the arts RSVP: derekz [at] cricketartprize [dot] org Check them also out on www.witchmount.com.au and their [...]
