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LEN FOX 2019 PAINTING AWARD
E NTRY R E QU IR E M E NT S (FOR M) Completed entry form, entry fee, CV and image of entered painting must be received via email by 4pm AEST Friday 26 April. Please send entry to: SUBJECT: Len Fox Painting Award ‘YOUR NAME’ Entry lenfoxaward@castlemainegallery.com Name Address State Postcode Date of birth Telephone Email Gallery/dealer (if applicable) Telephone Email Title of work Date Medium Size Height (cm) Width (cm) Selected works must be available for exhibition from Friday 6 June until Sunday 1 September. Declaration By submitting this form I acknowledge that I have read the terms and conditions of entry accompanying this application and agree to abide by them. I declare that I am an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident and that the artwork submitted is my own original work and completed since January 2017. Payment method (Credit Card Only) Card Type Mastercard Visa Cardholder’s name Card no Expiry date / CCV number Signature Artist signature Date If you have any questions regarding entry requirements, or the Len Fox Award in general, please email lenfoxaward@castlemainegallery.com Cover image E Phillips Fox (1865–1915) Bathing Hour c.1909, Oil on canvas, 180 x 112 cm, T C Stewart Bequest Fund 1952, Acc. No. 318.
TE R M S AND COND ITION S
2019 Len Fox Painting Award Slides, printed photographs, photocopied reproductions
Commemorating the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox or any other representations of the work will not be
accepted for consideration.
Introduction 6 Entry fee is $30 per professional artist. Entry fee is non-
1 The Len Fox Painting Award is a painting award and refundable and covers administration and handling.
exhibition conducted by the Castlemaine Art Museum. Any entry not accompanied by payment of entry fee will
The Len Fox Painting Award was initiated and funded be ineligible. Payment may be made by credit card. A
by a bequest to the Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical receipt will not be mailed unless requested.
Museum Foundation by author, teacher and historian 7 All entries must be received by 4pm Friday 26
Len Fox (1905–2004) whose uncle was the Australian- April. Entries must be emailed to lenfoxaward@
born impressionist painter Emanuel Phillips Fox. The castlemainegallery.com with the subject line ‘LEN
award is for a painting in sympathy with the work of FOX AWARD ‘Artist Name’ Entry’. Entries received after
E. Phillips Fox. The value of the award is $50,000. The 4pm Friday 26 April will not be accepted. Entries must
award is acquisitive: the winning art work will become consist of a digital image, curriculum vitae (two pages
property of the Castlemaine Art Museum. maximum), entry form and entry fee.
E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915) Exhibition of finalists
When submitting your entry, it is important that the work
8 An award exhibition of shortlisted finalists will be held
engages with the legacy of E Phillips Fox.
at the Castlemaine Art Museum, 14 Lyttleton Street,
Castlemaine, Victoria from Saturday 8 June. The
Further information on E P Fox can be found via:
opening night will be Friday 7 June and winners will
"" Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.
be announced at this event. Shortlisted finalists will be
au/biography/fox-emanuel-phillips-6228
invited and are encouraged to attend.
"" www.nga.gov.au (search for E Phillips Fox)
9 Works chosen for the exhibition of finalists will be pre-
"" https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/
selected from digital images submitted along with an
artist/7517/
entry form and CV.
"" https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/emanuel-phillips-
fox-1865 10 All artists will be informed of pre-selection outcome
the week of the 13 May. The Gallery will retain selected
Eligibility artists’ visual material until the close of the exhibition.
At this time, pre-selected artists may be requested to
2 The award is open to all Australian artists (citizens of
provide a brief biography and artist statement pertaining
Australia or permanent residents).
to the work.
3 Employees of Castlemaine Art Museum, the organisers,
11 Works selected for exhibition must be delivered
the judge and members of their immediate family are
to the Gallery during the week beginning Monday
ineligible to enter.
27 May. Works must be delivered to the Gallery for
professional photography by no later than 5pm Friday
Submitting an entry
31 May. Artworks will be stored at the Gallery until the
4 Entrants may submit for consideration one painting
installation of the exhibition. After the exhibition, artists
executed after 1 January 2017. The work must be the
are responsible for the collection of their work between
original work of the artist. The work must not exceed 2
Wednesday 4 September and Wednesday 11 September
metres in any direction including frame. The work must
(during business hours).
be suitably framed, with fittings for hanging, and clearly
12 Freight of artwork. Artists are responsible for the delivery
marked with the Artist’s name, address and title of work.
and collection of their artwork from the Gallery. Artwork
5 Digital images should be less than two megabytes
will not be accepted unless delivered and returned free
(when opened), saved as jpegs and able to be opened
of all freight and other charges. If an artist should fail or
on PC format. Jpegs must be saved as an email
omit to remove their work from the Gallery between 4-11
attachment with the following details as the file name:
September, the Gallery, after sending a notice by email
artist surname_artist firstname_title.jpg (Example: fox_
to the artist at the last known address of its intention to
ep_bathinghour.jpg).
sell or otherwise dispose of such work, or in the event ofno address being known to the Gallery, then one month Selection of the winning art work
after advertising such notice of intention via Castlemaine 18 The judge of the award will be Geoffrey Smith, Chairman,
Art Museum’s social media networks, may sell such Sotheby’s Australia
work. After deducting the incidental costs of the sale,
19 The judge will select one winning work from the
the balance will be held for the artist. Provided however,
exhibition of finalists. The judge reserves the right not
that in the event of such work being in the opinion of
to select any work if works are not, in their opinion of
the Gallery unsaleable, then the Gallery may in lieu of
sufficient merit. The Gallery has the right to refuse to
selling the same, destroy or otherwise dispose in such a
display any entry.
manner as it may deem fit and thereafter the gallery shall
20 The judge’s decision will be final, and no correspondence
be under no liability whatever to the artist in respect of
will be entered into.
any work so destroyed or disposed of. All care will be
taken; however, the gallery will not be responsible for
Privacy of information
any loss or damage caused. Freight and insurance are
the responsibility of the artist. 21 All personal information gathered by the Gallery will be
used solely for the purpose of administering the Award.
13 All works must be well packed and clearly labeled with
artist’s name, address, title of work, and installation
Visit www.castlemainegallery.com/lenfoxaward for further
requirements included (if applicable). Works must be
details.
packed in such a way that the work can be unpacked
efficiently and repacked in the same way for return at
IMPORTANT DATES
the end of the exhibition. It is intended that the works
selected will be shown in exhibition at the Gallery. Entries close FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2019
Should space prevent the display of work, the Gallery Artist advised of selection 13 MAY 2019
will advise the entrant. Delivery of artwork Week beginning 27 MAY 2019
14 All entries selected for the exhibition must be available Opening and announcement FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2019
for continuous display at the Gallery for the period of the Collection of work between 4–11 SEPTEMBER 2019
exhibition. Artists and/or representatives cannot remove
an artwork from display prior to Sunday 1 September. All
artwork must be collected no later than 11 September
unless return postage or alternate delivery at the artists
cost is specified.
15 The Gallery will not be responsible for any loss or
damage suffered to any work in its possession or under
its control and each entrant shall indemnify the Gallery
against loss or damage suffered to his or her work.
Works will not be insured by the Gallery.
16 The Gallery will not be responsible for the sale of
artworks. Any enquiries regarding sale of work will be
directed to the artist and/or dealer. Contact details of the
gallery/dealer must be provided on your entry form.
17 Artists selected for exhibition will allow their works
to be reproduced in print and electronic media in the
advertising and promotion of the exhibition and in
any catalogue, publication or merchandise connected
with the exhibition. The Gallery reserves the right to
reproduce the winning entry in publications in relation to Above E Phillips Fox (1865–1915) Summertime c.1911, Oil on canvas,
the Award. 38.0 x 45.5 cm, Purchased 1952, Acc. No. 185You can also read
