The 2020 exhibition, New Futures, invited artists to reflect on changes brought by COVID-19 to our community, our country and our planet.
Artworks will be exhibited in The Great Hall, Council Offices, South Morang from 10am - 4pm weekdays from Thursday 21 January – 18 February 2021.
The exhibition showcases and celebrates the work of artists who live, work or are connected to the City of Whittlesea. It is a fully accessible exhibition providing a space for local artists to exhibit and promote their work.
This year’s theme invited artists to recognise the changes COVID-19 brought on our community, our country and our planet. As restrictions lift and we emerge, we can reset our priorities, refocus our intentions and re-design the world we want to live in. Artists are innovators capable of imagining a whole new world.
This exhibition has been an opportunity for artists to formulate their creative ideas about prioritising and reimagining our new shared futures.
This year the prizes where awarded to:
City of Whittlesea Award:
Jacquelyn Haverson ‘A city intersected’
Highly commended: Jillian Evans Bromley ‘Entanglement’
Award of Excellence – Innovative use of materials:
Iaki Vallejo “De la tierra vengo y a la tierra volvere (I come from the earth, and to the earth I shall return)”
Highly commended: Nicola Waters ‘Pearls and Hearts’
Award of Excellence – Creative expression:
Soo Chua ‘Portrait of Life’
Highly Commended: Ildiko Kormanyos ‘Fairy Tale’
Ilma Duncan Award
Selekha Rani, 'Crochet Patterns Photo Frame'
Youth Award (new category)
Renita Bose ‘My Web Galaxy
Highly Commended: Raven Webster ‘Web of Love’
This year's Judges were:
Lydia Wilson, Chair of Administrators, City of Whittlesea
Suzi Duncan, Artist & local resident
Agata Chmielewski, Director Community Wellbeing
For more information or for participating artists seeking more information, please email: cultural.collection@whittlesea.vic.gov.au
Award recipients from Council’s New Futures exhibition
City of Whittlesea Art Award
“Our Corona” Lucy Cleary
Award of Excellence - Innovative Use of Materials Award
Peter van der Burg
Award of Excellence - Creative Expression
“Be Kind” – Jodie Zutt
“Knitting Grandpa Designs for a new room” – Hayden McLean
Award of Excellence - Response to Theme Environmental Perspective
“Weaving a sacred vessel” – Gay Chatfield
Award of Excellence - Response to Theme Social Perspective
“By my Side” – Sandra Ellis-Nock
Ilma Duncan Award
“Protect the untouched nature for future” – Bhagya Rhupasinghe
Highly Commended
“Colours after Covid” – Billie Wright
“We’re all in this together” – Ryan Dhindsa
“We keep away to get much closer” – Mohamed Abumeis
“Bridge” – Frank Durso
“Marigolds” – Vida Ryan
“The wisdom of my grandmother” – Iaki Vallejo”
Judged by
Lydia Wilson, Chair of Administrators, City of Whittlesea
Catherine Blakey, Member of Council’s Acquisitions Advisory Group, artist & local resident
Kate McCaughey, Director Community Wellbeing, City of Whittlesea
Suzi Duncan, Artist & local resident, judged the Ilma Duncan Award
COVIDSafe Plan
A COVIDSafe Event Checklist for this event has been created and endorsed by the Department Jobs Precincts and Regions.
To view the full plan, click here
Important dates for participating artists
Exhibition closes: 4.00pm Thursday 18 February 2021
Collection of artworks: Friday 19 February 2021 between 10.00am-2.00pm and 3.00pm-6.00pm