NEWCASTLE EMERGING ARTIST PRIZE

Ms JODIE HARRISON(Charlestown)Congratulations to the all the entrants and winners of the Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize, particularly those entrants from the Charlestown Electorate. The NEAP offers over $9,500 in prizes, and reviews emerging local artists across various mediums, including painting, photo-media, sculpture and drawing. There is a winner in each category, a People's Choice prize and an overall winner, as well as a youth prize for artists under 25 years old. This year, there was an extraordinary amount of talent on display and I'm sure the judges had a difficult time deciding who to award the prizes to. Once again, I congratulate all the artists who enteredin this difficult year, we have come to appreciate the value of art in our lives more than ever.

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