Spring Sculpture Prize
Entries to the 2024 lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize are now open, closing on Wednesday 18 September.
Our 2024 opening celebration is Saturday 12 October, 2pm.
Since its inception in 2006, the lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize has been a key event in the Central Victorian artistic calendar. Featuring over $8,000 worth of prizes, independent judges and a 3-week exhibition, the prize is beloved by artists and visitors alike.
In 2024, we’re also honoured to announce the Chloe Gunn Prize for emerging artists.
Judges for the 2024 lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize are: Jock Clutterbuck, Laura Woodward and Simone Ewenson.
2023 Spring Sculpture Prize
Judges for the 2023 Lot 19 Prize were Naomi Cass (Castlemaine Art Museum), and multi-disciplinary visual artists Lucas Maddock and Zoe Amor.
We are grateful for the ongoing support from our many partners who donated prizes alongside the major lot19 Prize in 2023: The Anstey Family, The Mill Castlemaine, The Hub, Shedshaker Brewing, Art Supplies Castlemaine, The Salvage Yard, Jeremy Forbes, Theatre Royal Castlemaine, Boomtown Wines, Healing Well and The Green Folly, The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine, Tom Chippendall and anonymous donor.
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Lot 19 Major Prize $2,000
Taron Stanley, Sick, $1,500 AND Nicola Jayne, Fall of the Death Mother, $500
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Ron Anstey Prize $1,000
Sime Nugent, World's Ugliest Vase, $600 AND Kathy Landvogt, Making Good, $100 AND Josie Turner, The Real Surfers Paradise, $100 AND Jackie Gorring, Kia Lyre, $100
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The Castlemaine Mill Prize $1,500
Ales Sanson, Manifold, $250 AND Bethia Lord, Balance, $250 AND Craig Stephens, I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings (2), $250 AND Soiled Doilies, Trampolina Dolly Elephant Stone, $250 AND Candy Stevens, Slow Boat to China, $250
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Green Folly Prize $1000
John Murphy, Faith Construct, $500 AND Vicky Combridge, Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, $500
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ShedShaker Brewing Prize $300
Melissa Clark, Take the Skinheads Bowling, $300
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Salvage Yard Prize $500
Diane Thompson, From the Darkness, $350 AND Steve Futo, Untitled, $250
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The Bridge Hotel Prize $400
Alex Sanson, Manifold, $400
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The Hub Prize $250
Candy Stevens, Slow Boat to China, $250
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Art Supplies Castlemaine Prize $250
Kathy Landvogt, Making Good, $250
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Jeremy Forbes (Emerging Artist Award) $250
Brija Davies, Stages of Grief, $250
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Theatre Royal Castlemaine Prize $250
Kathy Landvogt, Making Good, $250
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Boomtown Wines Prize $184
Tobias Richardson, In the Church of the Poison Mind, $184
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Tom Chippendall Kids Prize $150
Maya Forbes, Lumi, $50 AND Josie Turner, The Real Surfers Paradise, $50 AND Ada Turner, Piggie Castle, $50
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Anonymous Prize $100
Alvin Darcy, Blue Belly Black Snake, $100
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Healing Well Prize for soft sculpture $100
Bethia Lord, Balance, $250