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, in the diffuse light provided by a large white umbrella,” said Zilich.

see article on SCG website

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

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24 Hours – The Arts Diary 26 Oct 2011

It seems there is an artprize for just about any topic you can think of. Religion, portraiture, horses…This being Australia, there is even one for cricket. This month, NSW artist Joseph Rolella won the annual $20,000 Cricket Art Prize for a painting that captured sport’s ability to unite in times of hardship. His painting Cricket at Kandahar shows a match being played beside a blown-out helicopter gunship. You can see Rolella’s oil on canvas and other works in the 2011 Cricket Art Prize until Sunday. Vote online for the people’s Choice Award.

> Until Sunday, Members Pavillion, Sydney Cricket Ground. Open Daily, 9am-5pm. Vote online at cricketartprize.org/exhibition-gallery-2011

“Nervous Nineties” by Amit Kumar – 90 x 90cm  acrylic on canvas  India

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-07/cricket-painting-artist-joseph-rolella/3338612/?site=sydney

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/battlefield-cricket-a-ticket-to-members/story-fn9d3avm-1226160661198

Joseph Rolella’s  “Cricket at Kandahar” wins the Cricket Art Prize 2011.
Just over 200 artists submitted a painting for the 2011 Cricket Art Prize competition, in which 40 finalists were selected.
Artists were asked to depict life in and around the game and sport of cricket, in settings of beach, backyard, street and local club cricket.
The painting “Cricket at Kandahar” a 120cm x 180cm oil painting of Australian soldiers playing cricket in front of a Black Hawk helicopter, was selected from 40 finalists as the winner of the third annual prize at the SCG last night.
Rolella, 39, has been a finalist each year since the prize’s inception in 2009. Prize organiser Derek Zilich said the judges chose his work for its themes of universality.
“Joseph’s work was selected because it shows that whatever is happening in the world – war, peace – there’s always a game of cricket going on somewhere…it represents something that transcends politics; something over and above the machinations of war. It’s also a damn good painting.”
Rolella, who studied at the University of Western Sydney and has been painting professionally since the mid-90s, said he created the work with a big moment in mind. “(Australia’s involvement in) war-torn Afghanistan is very topical, and I wanted to use cricket as a way of representing that sense of unity. I wanted to create something really dramatic,” he said.
“Cricket is a sport that brings people together. And I have a lot of respect for soldiers out there.”
The award is Rolella’s first big win as an artist, and he says it couldn’t have come at a better time. “Living off your art when you have a young family” – he has two children younger than three – “is not easy, especially in these times,” he said.
“Winning just gives that little kick along; the feeling that, yes, you’re on the right track.”
The Highly Commended, effectively the second place getter was “The Practical Guide to Recreational Etiquette” – 61 x 91cm – acrylic on canvas by Jin-wa Valenzuela Didi a Queensland based artist who receives $2000 for his entry.
The exhibition will show at the SCG Members Pavilion until October 31 before travelling to Melbourne in November and Bowral in February.

Finalists 2011

Judging panel Anne Starling, Candice Reid-Latimer, Steve Abbott, Dr. Dick Quan and John McDonald have selected the following paintings to be hung in the 40-strong Cricket Art Prize exhibition.

They spent close to 5 days individually reviewing each entry and half a day together debating the pros  and cons of the 40 short-listed for exhibition.

In no particular order, the 40 finalists are:

1.     “Devil’s Number” by Anneke van der Pal – NSW
2.     “Sticky Wicket” by John Ashcroft – VIC
3.     “Country Cricket” by Christine Atkins – QLD
4.     “Dubois from the Cemetery End, gardens #2 Oval, Darwin” by Bryan Bulley – NT
5.     “Owzat” by Peter Campbell – QLD
6.     “The Maiden, Kolkata (Calcutta)” by David Charlesworth – United Kingdom
7.     “Club Final” by Paul Collins – New Zealand
8.     “Back Street Boys” by Joni Dennis – VIC
9.     “The Practical Guide to Recreational Etiquette” by Jin-wa Valenzuela Didi – QLD
10.  “Boxing Day Backyard” by Bruce Earles – VIC
11.  “Wheat Town’s Cricket Match” by Wayne Elliott – VIC
12.  “Ball High, Antricipation” by Wendy Eriksson – QLD
13.  “A Bright Pink Future” by Jules Forth – NSW
14.  “Love” by Tarli Glover – VIC
15.  “Summer & Cricket Comes With Us” by Becky Guggisberg – NSW
16.  “The National Game” by Luke Harvey – QLD
17.  “Test Pattern” by Suzanne Healy – NSW
18.  “Australia, None for 223″ by Adam Hill – NSW
19.  “A Fine Partnership” by Daniel Hutchings – NSW
20.  “Street Cricket, Late Afternoon, South Townsville: The Big Boys get to Bat and Bowl First” by Jan Hynes – QLD
21.  “Mates” by Amaya Iturri – VIC
22.  “Cricket Under African Sky” by Terry Ann Kalinko – South Africa
23.  “Pop” by Jane Kellahan – New Zealand
24.  “Future Cricket” by Veronika Kring – SA
25.  “Nervous Nineties” by Amit Kumar – India
26.  “The Call for Drinks” by Elisabeth Lawrence – QLD
27.  “Six Appeal” by Judith Lawrence – VIC
28.  “Caught Out by Bluey Fielding in the Gully” by Bob Marchant – NSW
29.  “The Big Kid from Oldham’s Been Batting All Day” by Bryce McErlain – NSW
30.  “Lawson 1931″ by Tim Messiter – NSW
31.  “Tactics” by Lizzy Newcomb – NSW
32.  “Cricket at Kandahar” by Joseph Rolella – NSW
33.  “Batted & Bruised” by Julie Simmons – NSW
34.  “No Rest for the Wicket” by Helen Smerdon – QLD
35.  “Last Wicket, Williamstown” by John Spooner – VIC
36.  “From the Concourse” by Duncan Staples – NSW
37.  “Meditating Tragic” by Ian Swift – NSW
38.  “I Watched Every Ball” by Benjamin Toupein – NSW
39.  “Facing Up in the Park” by John Windus – NSW
40.  “Bradman’s 12th Man” by Halina Wolski – VIC

The judges want to get up close and personal with the entire exhibition BEFORE they make a decision on the winner and highly commended.  Seeing the actual work and it hanging in context with the rest of the exhibition is important to the judges, so the Winner and Highly Commended will be decided a day before the opening.

Opening Night Event – Thurs 6th Oct 2011.

The exhibition tour will be approximately 5 months in duration, travelling from Sydney to Melbourne then residing in Bowral specifically:

Members Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground
Thursday 6th Oct – Sunday 31st Oct 2011
(3.5 weeks)

Media House Gallery, 655 Collins St., Docklands / Melbourne, VIC
Monday 28th Nov 2011 – Sunday 16th Jan 2011
(6 weeks)

International Cricket Hall of Fame (Bradman Museum) St. Jude St., Bowral, NSW
Thursday 27th Jan – Sunday 6th March 2011
(5 weeks)

Thursday 6th October – 6pm
Members Pavilion – Sydney Cricket Ground

Compèred by Steve Abbott (ex-Sandman)

CHECK out the top 40 paintings in the exhibition
(winner to be announced on the night)

HEAR the top 4 poems read by actors
(winner to be announced on the night)

ENJOY the lounge-groove sounds of DJ Crico’ catering for all generations

WALK on the hallowed grounds of the SCG while the stadium lights blaze

CELEBRATE a national pastime through the arts

Entrance:
Venue Service Office
Main Entry Sydney Football Stadium
Driver Avenue
Moore Park NSW 2021

RSVP: derekz [at] cricketartprize [dot] org
www.cricketartprize.org