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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 [...]

page 11, 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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]