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BOX HILL ART SHOW: THE HOME OF AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONISM
Ray Riehm thanks all members and partners for
their untiring work leading up to and during the Art Show. Particular
thanks were directed to Clem Joyce, Colin Johnson and Peter Cummins, and a
special vote of thanks was directed towards Geoff Swain for his input to the
new-look catalogue, and Geoff's continuing work with the Raffle. Despite attendees and sales being down on previous years, and the fact that the prizes were increased by 105% over last year, the show was a great success. When the raffle is finalised, more funds should be available to boost the level of profits. 45th EXHIBITION & SALE OF PAINTINGSTo celebrate the Box Hill links with Australian Art the Rotary Club of Box Hill proudly presents the 45th Annual Art Show and Sale of Paintings. This is now one of the longest running Rotary Art Shows in Australia.
“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.
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 45th 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.
The 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.
Further information about the 45th 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.
THE FREDERICK McCUBBIN MEDAL :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.
The winners of this prestigious Award are:
* These Frederick McCubbin Prize Winners will be exhibiting at this year's Art Show.
The 1998 McCubbin Medal Winner, Ramon Horsfield, received his Award from Mrs Kathleen Mangan, Frederick McCubbin's daughter, here accompanied by Mr Colin Johnson (left) and Mr Chris Kelly (right) from the Rotary Club of Box Hill. PRIZES:
How to Enter:
Entry Forms can be
obtained by telephoning the Artist Liaisons,
Robert and Jenny Leach on (03)
9898 6536 during business hours.
SPONSORS:
SILVER CLUB SUPPORTERS $200
Advertisement in the Club Handbook. GOLD CLUB SUPPORTER $500.
Advertisement in the Club Handbook.
PLATINUM CLUB SUPPORTER $1,000.
Full page advertisement in Club
Handbook.
PREMIER CLUB SUPPORTER $2,000.
Full page advertisement in Club
Handbook.
PRINCIPAL CLUB SUPPORTER $5,000.
Full page advertisement in Club Handbook.
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VOCATIONALBelow 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.
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