BOX HILL ART SHOW: THE HOME OF AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONISM

The 2011 Box Hill Rotary Art Show will be conducted at the Box Hill Town Hall between Thursday, 7th July and Sunday, 10th July, 2011.

The substantial increase in publicity associated with last year’s Art Show resulted in the 2010 event being the most successful for many years both in the number of visitors attending and in the numbers and value of paintings sold and we aim to make the 2011 Exhibition equally successful.

ART SHOW SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS  

The Rotary Club of Box Hill wishes to thank our many Sponsors and Supporters for their generosity in the staging of this year’s Annual Art Show. Without the very generous support of the following businesses and organizations, the presentation of our show would not be possible.

3AW 693 and MAGIC 1278, Broadcaster,   
Collins St, Melbourne                                                                                    
8667 3600           

ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF WHITEHORSE
www.info@abaw.com.au                                                                              
9275 6940

AMORE REAL ESTATE,
939 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill                                                                        
9899 8886 

ATLANTIC INSURANCE BROKERS,
102/486 Whitehorse Rd, Surrey Hills                                                            
9836 3733

BEST WESTERN TUDOR MOTOR INN,
1101 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill                                                                      
9898 9581

BOX HILL INSTITUTE, Global Educators
www.boxhill.edu.au                                                                                  
1300 269 445

BUDGET CAR AND TRUCK RENTAL,
Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill                                                                                   
13 2727

CITY OF WHITEHORSE,
Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading                                                                        
9262 6333

HOATH’S PRINT,
874 Canterbury Rd, Box Hill South                                                              
9898 8467 

CREATIVE FRAMING,
115 Highbury Rd, Burwood                                                                          
9888 8087

DEVINE & McKENZIE, Chartered Accountants,
391 Canterbury Rd, Surrey Hills                                                                   
9836 1800

FENTON PARTNERS P/L, Consulting Engineers,
2 / 35 Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill                                                                   
98982200 

P GRUCHY & ASSOCIATES, Certified Practicing Accountants,
12 Churchill St, Mont Albert                                                                         
9898 0735

HAYS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE,
15 Hay St, Box Hill South                                                                             
9898 7222

HOUSING LOANS GROUP, Finance & Mortgage Specialists
38 Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill                                                                        
9898 9223 

KWIK KOPY PRINTING CENTRE,
6 Burwood Highway, Burwood                                                                    
9888 7906

LEADER COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS,
1 Chapel St, Blackburn                                                                                  
9875 8333 

NAB Business,
Level 2 / 37-41 Prospect St, Box Hill                                                            
9234 1977

NOEL JONES ESTATE AGENTS,
4 / 532 Station St, Box Hill                                                                           
9899 6466

PAYLESS DRY CLEANERS,
20 Cambridge St, Box Hill                                                                            
9898 7027

QUEST MONT ALBERT, Apartments,
741-745 Whitehorse Rd, Mont Albert                                                           
8843 1500 

ROTARY CLUB OF KNOX,
PO Box 139, Ferntree Gully                                                                      
0439 997 583

SPOTLIGHT,
845 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill                                                                        
9890 0301 

WESTPAC,
16 – 20 Main St, Box Hill                                                                              
8892 2444                    

WOODARDS OF BLACKBURN, Estate Agents,
10 Main St, Blackburn                                                                                   
9894 1000

The Club encourages our visitors to the show to utilize the services of our sponsors and supporters wherever possible. 

If you would like to support our show next year kindly see one of the Rotary members at the sales desk or contact Ray Riehm, Art Show Director, rhrnr@bigpond.net.au  Enquires are most welcome.

THE FREDERICK McCUBBIN MEDAL :

“The Frederick McCubbin Medal” for the Best Work in the Show will be presented to the winning artist at the Show’s Opening Function and the selected painting will be a feature of the Exhibition and available for purchase during the Show. Initiated by the Rotary Club of Box Hill in 1994, the McCubbin Award has grown in artistic importance year by year and reflects the efforts of the club to maintain the highest possible standards of Art exhibited at the Show.

The late Frederick McCubbin, who was born in Melbourne on 25th February, 1855 and died in South Yarra on 20thn December, 1917, was one of the founders of the Heidelberg School of Artists. His career encompassed teaching of drawing at the Melbourne National Gallery School for thirty-one years, 1886-1917, President of the Australian Artists Association, 1912, and President of the Victorian Artists Society, 1893, 1902-1904, 1908-1909 and 1911-1912.

 Frederick McCubbin, a resident of the local district for many years, was a genial, uncomplicated man who had neither the forceful organising character of Tom Roberts nor the gnawing ambition of his other intimate friend, Arthur Streeton. When Tom Roberts returned from his overseas trip in 1885 he, together with Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton Charles Conder, Louis Abrahams and other artists founded the first of the Artists Camps at Box Hill and thus were laid the foundations of the Heidelberg School of Artists.

In 1994 The Rotary Club of Box Hill inaugurated the “Frederick McCubbin Medal Award” in honour of the significant link Box Hill has with art and the foundations of the Heidelberg School.

The Rotary Club of Box Hill is indebted to the McCubbin family members for enabling us to honour the memory of the late Frederick McCubbin in presenting the Frederick McCubbin Medal Award for the best work in the Annual Box Hill Art Show thus reflecting the Club’s efforts to maintain the highest possible standards of Art.

Again this year the Rotary Club of Box Hill has invited artists to exhibit work in the style used by early Australian artists. This section of 9”x5” paintings celebrates the impressionistic works painted on the present site of the Box Hill Golf Club. Known as the 9”x5” art form the works are about the size of an old cigar box lid which, at the time, was the best material the struggling artists could find for their early work.

In presenting “The Heritage Award” during the Exhibition the Rotary Club of Box Hill commemorates the work of the early painters, particularly the first exhibition by the famous artist, Tom Roberts. In conjunction with the Arts & Technology Department of the Box Hill Institute of TAFE, the Rotary Club of Box Hill will again present the Stoll Trust Award, which encourages the work of young artists.

The 46th Box Hill Art Show is not to be missed. It offers the chance to view the varied styles of the artists invited to enter – watercolours, oils and pastels - and opportunities for all visitors to purchase a painting.

The Annual Rotary Art Show is a major fundraising activity of the Rotary Club of Box Hill with the funds raised being directed to many Whitehorse community projects. The Show is the largest in the City of Whitehorse and provides an excellent opportunity for the serious art lover and casual observer alike to experience quality art works, well presented in the character of the Box Hill Town Hall.

Further information about the 46^th Art Show may be obtained by contacting the Art Show Director, Rotarian Ray Riehm, by email at info@boxhillrotary.com.au or telephoning (03) 9885 7924.
 

PRIZES:

• McCubbin Award
  Best Work of Art in Show non acquisitive $2000
   

• Rotary Club of Box Hill Award
  Best Oil or Acrylic $1000-$1500 acquisitive $1250
   

• Budget Car & Truck Rental Award
  Best Oil or Acrylic $500-$1000 acquisitive $ 750
   

• Rotary Club of Box Hill Award
  Best Pastel $500-$1000 acquisitive $ 750 
   

• Rotary Club of Box Hill Award
  Best Watercolour $500-$1000 acquisitive $750  
   

• P Gruchy & Associates Award
  Best Heritage 9” x 5” Work acquisitive $ 500
   

• Stoll Trust Award
  Best 2nd year Box Hill Institute Student’s Art Work $ 750 Won by Tyronne Gietzmann.

HOW TO ENTER:

Entry Forms can be obtained by emailing a request to the Art Show Artist Liaison Officer at artistliaison@boxhillrotary.com.au

CLUB SUPPORTER PACKAGES

PLATINUM  $1,000 

GOLD $500 

 SILVER $250

BRONZE  $100

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE TO 10 JUNE 2010:

BEST 9" X 5"
PARTNERSHIP PACKAGE $1,000
 

 

VOCATIONAL

Below are pictures from the 2008 Alan Broadhead Award Winners at the Box Hill Institute on 2nd June 2008.

Please click on the thumbnail images for a larger view.