Chartwell Trust Student Art Writing Prize

The Adam Art Gallery is delighted to annouce that Abby Wendy is the winner of the Chartwell Trust Student Art Writing Prize 2009. The award was presented at the opening of Source Material: Five Conversations with the Past where the judges commented:

We commend Abby Wendy for her essay that offers a critical reading of the exhibition The Future is Unwritten. We were impressed in particular by her active engagement with the art work included in this exhibition. Her focused observations about the meaning of particular works are delivered in a lively and lucid manner and she demonstrates an insightful understanding of the curatorial intentions of the project. Abby asks important questions about what role an art gallery can play in relation to ethical issues facing society at large. Her enquiring and critical response underlines the relevance of such questions and sets out the challenge facing artists, curators and institutions alike.

The Chartwell Trust Student Art Writing Prize is now open for 2010 and the Adam Art Gallery invites students to consider participating in the new year.

ELIGIBILITY
The prize is open to all Victoria University of Wellington students studying Art History, Classics, Religious Studies, Museum and Heritage Studies, English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies.

GUIDELINES/CRITERIA
Entries should be in the form of a review or essay addressing an exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery or a work from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection.
• Submissions should be no more than 1,500 words.
• Texts should be clearly labelled with author’s name, contact details, course of study and student ID.
• Texts must be submitted in both hard copy form (A4, single sided and 1.5 spaced) and in Microsoft Word format.

DEADLINE
Entries are now open and will be accepted up until the closing date.
The closing date for submissions is 1 October 2010.
Entries should be sent to:

The Chartwell Trust Student Art Writing Prize
c/- Adam Art Gallery
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington

PRIZE
The winning entry will receive the cash prize of $500 and have their essay published on the Adam Art Gallery website.