Due to Riddoch Art Gallery being part of a major redevelopment the Needham Religious Art Prize has been postposted. It is re-scheduled for approximately March 2013. For further information please contact the Gallery or watch website for details.
The Needham Religious Art Prize was established in 1997 through the Anglican Parish of Mount Gambier, to encourage artists to interpret or portray an event character story or truth from the Bible.
The $5500 biennial art prize attracts challenging and thought-provoking entries from artists who draw inspiration from both the Old and the New Testament. Entries have come from South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Distinguished judges have been Giles Auty (1998, then national art critic for The Australian); Ben Gennochio (2000, art critic for The Australian); John McDonald (2002, then Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia); Frances Lindsay (2004, Deputy Director of NGV Australia); Dr. Ian George (2006, former Archbishop of Adelaide); and Barry Jones AO (2008, polymath and former Federal Government Minister).
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2008 Needham Prize Winner Shirley Purdie |