Textures of One 2025

Textures of One 2025
Art Prize and Exhibition
30 March to 12 April 2025

Platform Arts Hub Blayney

Motif: Harvest

The Textures of One Art Prize returns in 2025 with a theme rich in meaning, abundance, and transformation - Harvest!

A harvest is more than the gathering of crops; it is the culmination of time, effort, and care. It speaks to the rhythms of nature, the rewards of labour, and the traditions that sustain us. It evokes golden fields and laden baskets, the turning of seasons, and the hands that toil and celebrate. Harvest could also be personal - it can be the fruition of ideas, the gathering of memories, or the creative process itself.

Artists are invited to explore this theme in all its depth - through the textures of wheat and vine, the colours of orchard and soil, the rituals of harvest festivals, or the metaphorical gathering of experiences. Works can span any medium, from painting and sculpture to textile, photography, and digital art. Whether through organic materials, vibrant color palettes, or abstract interpretations, this theme offers a wealth of inspiration to sow, tend, and reap.

Prizes:

$1000 Blayney Shire Council Acquisitive Prize

$250 Loretta Kervin Encouragement Award for first time entrants

  • Entries open: 1 February 2025

    Entries close: Midnight 21 March 2025

    Artwork Delivery: 25 to 26 March 2025

    Exhibition: 30 March to 12 April 2025

    Opening and Prize Announcement: 29 March 2025

    Artwork Collection: 13 to 14 April from Platform Arts Hub Blayney

  • $25 Entry Fee

    $20 Concession and Sidetrack Arts Members

    • All entries with payment must be received by Midnight 21 March 2025.

    • Limit of 3 artworks per artist.

    • Works that do not meet the size or theme criteria will not be judged and may not be displayed.

    • Entries must be original work of the entrant.

    • Wall works must be suitably framed or presented for exhibition, with d-rings for exhibition, and must not be wet.

    • Wall works must not exceed 150cm in any direction. Sculptural works must not exceed 80cm in any direction and 30kg in weight.

    • All exhibits require a brief summary on the connection to the 2025 motif of harvest. This is included on the entry form.

    • Works that do not meet the size or theme criteria will not be judged and may not be displayed.

    • All entries will be accepted and returned at the risk of the exhibitor. Insurance is the owner’s responsibility.

    • Set up and display of heavy sculptural items of decorative pieces will be the responsibility of the individual artist in coordination with the curator of the exhibition.

    • The committee reserves the right to have exhibits reproduced in the media, on our website and social media.

    • Sidetrack Arts receives a 20% commission from all sales.

    • Sidetrack Arts and Platform Arts Hub will not be left with the responsibility of storage or delivery of any works left after 13 May 2025.

    • The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

    • The Blayney Shire Council Acquisitive Prize is judged independently of Sidetrack Arts Inc and Platform Arts Hub Blayney and is open to all entrants who have nominated to be considered excepting employees of Blayney Shire Council.

    • The Loretta Kervin Encouragement Award is judged by the Kervin family and is open to all entrants new to Textures of One.

    • I understand that my exhibited work/s are on display for 2 weeks and must be collected 13-14 April 2025.

  • Entries have now closed.

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