A1 Darebin Art Salon
A major community art prize and exhibition allowing local artists and crafters at any stage in their career to exhibit in a public art gallery.
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents The A1 Darebin Art Salon. This major community art prize and exhibition allows local artists and crafters at any stage in their career to exhibit their work in a public art gallery.
Open to artists who live, work, study or base their creative practice in the City of Darebin. This exhibition celebrates art, creativity and expression within our community!
2023 PRIZE WINNERS
The Exhibiting Award: The winner of this prize will receive a Solo Exhibition at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.
Miguel Villanueva, Of A Hot Summer With Few Resources.
People’s Choice Awards: Recipients will receive a $250 Deans Art Voucher each.
Drawing/Printmaking Prize: Megan Tampaline, Home Among the Rocks
Photography Prize: Liam Murphy, Stellar Pulpit
Textile/Mixed Media Prize: Carolyn Lunt, Fu*k Covid
Painting Prize: Isobel Hutton, Eastern Spinebill in Kangaroo Paw
2023 JUDGES
Uncle Alan Brown (Gunditjmara elder and co-Chair of the Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee – DAAC), Bala Starr (Director of the La Trobe Art Institute at La Trobe University), Sarah Werkmeister (Acting Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre) & YOU! The four People’s Choice Awards are judged by you our community!
2023 EXHIBITING ARTISTS
George ALAMIDIS | Karryn ARGUS | Carolina ARSENII | Julie ATKINSON | Luka AYTON | Sana BAIG | Tirese BALLARD | Jess Áine BARRY | Bruce BAYCROFT | Revee BENDIXEN | Naomi BISHOP | Kylie BLACKLEY | Annie BOLITHO | Gaye BRITT | Pierce BROMLEY | Jessie BROOKS-DOWSETT | Maggie BROWN | Sheryl BRYCE | Eddy BURGER | Michael CAIRNS | Bronwyn CALCUTT | Sandy CALDOW | Jess CAREY | NEEK | Hugo CIACIA | Emily COLAIDIS | Maria COLAIDIS | Brodie COLBOURNE | Sharon CRABB | Sid CROSS | Jan CROWE | Sheila D’CRUZ | Alex DATHE | Lis DE VRIES | Clive DICKSON | Marie-Louise DREW | Sandra DRUMMOND | Hannah DUNLOP | Con EMMANUELLE | Jay EUESDEN | George EUSTICE | Letizia FABA |Phyllis FALDON |Emma FAYELECAUN | Charlotte FINLEY | Stuart FLENLEY | Bailey FLORENCE | Elise FRANCIS | Lesley & Patrick FRANCIS | Kathy FRANG | Greg FULLERTON | Maria GAMBARO | Samuel GINSBERG | Kate GOLDING | Hannah GORNALLE | Lionel GRIJALVA | Ngaere GUYATT | Siobhan HANNIGAN | Kerry HERRMANN | Stephanie HICKS | Paul HODGES | Amber HOLMES | Carly HOUSIAUX | Holly HUNT | Louise HUNTER | Isobel HUTTON | Laura JOHNSTON | Patrick JONES | Zoe JOSEPH-KUO | Stef KAM | Alister KARL | Gurvinder KAUR | Raksmei KEO | Ae KHONGTHONG | Natalie KOUTS | Sonia KRETSCHMAR | Steven KYRIAKOPOULOS | Sandra LAMONACA | Xiang LI | Jemima LONGWORTH | Kim LOUGHRAN | Carolyn LUNT | Thanh LYONS | Karen MACDONALD | Anna C MADDEN | Kerry MAHONEY | Peter MALINS | Jacinta MAUDE | Joy MCDONALD | Ann MCGINLEY | Robyn MCGRAFF | Aylsa MCHUGH | Cecile MCNAMARA-PLAA | Julie MILTON | Jason MOREY | Claire MOSLEY | Liam MURPHY | William MURRAY | David STOCH | Joanne NETHERCOTE | Maria NGUYEN | Antonietta O’KEEFE | Marcus O'DONNELL | Tahlia PALMER | Jo PARISSIS | Serene PAUL | Seán PAYNE | Rhiannon POLEY | Penny POLLARD | Sammaneh POURSHAFIGHI | Caoife POWER | Lisa POWNALL | Kaewkwanfa PRONGCHAROEN | Patricia RANCE | Moya RICHARDSON | Dawn RIENIETS | Merinda RIES | Vee RODRIGUES | Thitibodee RUNGTEERAWATTANANON | Tamsin RUSSELL | Esther SANDLER | Veronique SCHOCROFT | Heidi SCHOENHEIMER | Stephen SHARPE | Lala SHI | Jennifer SMYTH | Sall SWAN | Georgia SZMERLING | Hanna TAI | Megan TAMPALINE | Andrew TAN | Nat THOMAS | Mai Thi TRAN | Yukiko UENO | Iaki VALLEJO | Miguel VILLANUEVA | Vanessa VUN | Penny WALKER-KEEFE | Florence WANG | Ellie WARE | Xavier WEAR GARDENER | Megan WILLIAMS | Rowan WILLIAMS | Jenni WOODRUFF
To read our A1 Darebin Art Salon terms and conditions click here(PDF, 692KB).
Image: A1 Salon Opening Event Photography credit: Keelan O'Hehir