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The inaugural ‘PARAMOR PRIZE: ART + INNOVATION 2015’ is an annual acquisitive prize of $20,000. A Liverpool City Council initiative, hosted by the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the prize is also comprised of two sub categories. A $5,000 Mayoral Award will be granted to an artist whose artwork best addresses the guiding principles of Liverpool City Council; and a $1,000 People’s Choice Award will be issued to the artwork voted most popular.
The ‘PARAMOR PRIZE: ART + INNOVATION’ encourages new ways of seeing, experiencing and interpreting the world around us. An exhibition of finalist works have been curated from a long list of submissions with the winners selected by a panel of guest judges.
The Liverpool City Council vision for the future is to be the city of the great South West – a region of opportunity, prosperity and diversity. Innovation is a guiding principle of Liverpool City Council and the ‘PARAMOR PRIZE: ART + INNOVATION’ provides an opportunity to develop new solutions and creative explorations of the new challenges and opportunities in the rapidly growing South West Sydney region.
Launched in memory of one of Australia’s most loved and celebrated female modern artists, Wendy Paramor. Her artistic practice was innovative and forward thinking and as a local Liverpool resident, Paramor exemplified the artistic creativity of the Liverpool region.
Paramor died at the age of 37 in 1975. A large collection of her works were gifted to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and the Liverpool City Art, Heritage and Local Studies Collection. 2015 commemorates the 40th anniversary of Paramor’s death.
Winners will be announced at the opening night on Saturday 31 January.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Until 15 March, 2015
Sydney
Diego Ramirez, aXolotl’s Happiness, 2014
