Image above: Nicola Semmens, work in progress

Entries have been coming in, steadily, over the past few weeks, for the $50,000 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, 2023.

The motto for our Art Prize competition is “Inspire”. We hope and expect that artists, inspired by your Adelaide Park Lands, will create artistic works that inspire others.

It would not be possible to hold the biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize without the generous support of many sponsors and donors.

Our largest single sponsor is the City of Adelaide, with a $15,000 donation through Kadaltilla / Park Lands Authority.

Other major sponsors include the Lord Mayor, Sandy Verschoor, and the Deputy Chair of Kadatilla, Kirsteen Mackay.

But many other sponsors also offer significant contributions to make the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize the success that it has become: now the equal second-richest Art Prize in South Australia.

Why do the donors and sponsors do it? We asked one of our longer-term donors, Hero Weston.

Other sponsors include:

“Restore”

• Andreyev Foundation

• Morgans Financial

“Protect”

• David and Emma Robinson

• Royal Adelaide Show

“Explore”

• St Aloysius College

• David Donaldson

• Diana Jaquillard

• Walter Brooke & Associates

You can make a tax-deductible donation to the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, through the Australian Cultural Fund. https://donations.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q0000004Zj3EAE/adelaide-park-lands-art-prize-2023

And of course, you can enter the Art Prize. Entries are open now. Enter here:

www.parklandsart.com

Key dates

Entries close: 31 January 2023

Judging:

Finalists announcement by: 28 February 2023

Artists of the 70-100 shortlisted artworks will be contacted by 5 March 2023.

Exhibition opening and winner announcement:

24 March 2023

Exhibition dates:

24 March 2023 – 7 May 2023

Adelaide Festival Centre, King William St, Adelaide SA 5000. Daily 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

The Theme

Artists are encouraged to use their art to “Inspire”; to make a statement or capture the essence of your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands.