ARTISTS living in the Dungog, Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter Shires can now enter this year’s Viola Bromley Art Prize.
The Viola Bromley is a celebration of local art across the disciplines of painting, works on paper, sculpture and photography, with artists of all backgrounds and identities strongly encouraged to participate.
Viola was part of a small group invited to arrange the Festival of the Valley Art Prize in 1958 – the forerunner to the Muswellbrook Art Prize.
She then played a significant role in the construction of an art gallery at the Muswellbrook Town Hall site in 1976, and in gaining regional gallery status for the newly-built Muswellbrook Municipal Art Gallery.
A $500 prize will be awarded to the winner of each section of the Art Prize, with one work selected as the Overall Acquisitive Winner, receiving a $2,000 prize and joining the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.
Entries close 6 October with the exhibition launch and announcement of winners on 25 October and the exhibition at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre continuing until 10 January 2026.
For more on the Viola Bromley Art Prize visit https://artgallery.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/prizes/#page-section-4
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