The Prize The 2009 Ausglass Vicki Torr Online Gallery Prize of A$2,000 per year will be awarded by Ausglass to an eligible contemporary glass practitioner, who is an emerging artist whose work has been included in the Ausglass Online Gallery and which is judged by Ausglass Members to be the best in that year.
The purpose for the prize is to encourage emerging artists to increase their public profile by placing their one page curriculum vitae and photographic examples of their work in the Ausglass Online Gallery.
The secondary purpose of the prize is to increase the numbers of glass artists displaying their work in the Ausglass Online Gallery and thus increasing the likelihood of Australian and overseas galleries and collectors using the Ausglass site as a reference point and a means of keeping abreast of glass art in Australia thus benefiting all glass artists not just emerging artists.
Another benefit for glass artists who exhibit in the Ausglass Online Gallery is that their photographs will be randomly selected and displayed on the Ausglass homepage each time a visitor accesses the homepage.
Eligibility To be eligible to win the prize:
A person must have placed photographic examples of their work and their one page curriculum vitae on the Ausglass Online Gallery by 20th November 2009;
A person must be an emerging artist;
Family members may have two separate entries on the Online Gallery;
Winners of the Vicki Torr Online Gallery prize in one year will not be eligible to enter the competition in subsequent years;
Entry to the Online Gallery is free for all Ausglass members. Non-members are required to pay an annual Online Gallery establishment and maintenance fee of $250.
Eligible members will enhance their chances of winning the prize if they ensure that the quality of photography is high. The curriculum vitae should not exceed one A4 size page and should accurately reflect the achievements of the emerging artist.
Emerging Artists For the purposes of the prize an emerging artist will be regarded as a person who has five or less years of professional experience. Students with five or less years of professional experience are also eligible for the prize and are encouraged to participate in the Online Gallery.
Voting The Ausglass Board will determine which members exhibiting on the Online Gallery qualify as emerging artists on or before the 20th of December in the financial year in which the prize is determined and members will be made aware of the candidates via the members@ausglass.org.au mailto:members@ausglass.org.au e-mail system as to which members are eligible for the prize.
Ausglass members will then be able to vote via email as to who they judge is deserving of the prize by the 15th of January in the financial year in which the prize is determined. A member may only vote once and may only vote using the e-mail address provided to Ausglass and included on the members' database. To vote all that a member has to do is follow the instructions that will appear in the On-line Gallery section of the website under "Mark Your Ballot Paper". Emerging artists are encouraged to put their work on the Online Gallery so that they may participate in the prize and should visit www.ausglass.org.auhttp://www.ausglass.org.au/ for further information as to how to get on the Online Gallery.
