by Shane Sody

With only a week to go before the launch of the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize exhibition, you can now whet your appetite with images of each one of the 80 finalists.

After a gala opening for the artists, their guests, our sponsors and VIPs, on Friday 24 March, the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize exhibition will be opened to the public the following day; from 10am on Saturday 25 March.

By that time, you will know which of the 80 finalists will have been crowned as the overall winner, taking away a $20,000 first prize.

The prize winners, (both the overall winner and each one of 14 other category prize winners) will be announced by the Lord Mayor, Jane Lomax-Smith from 6.30pm on Friday 24 March.

The MC for the evening will be her predecessor, the former Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor. The Deputy Premier, Susan Close MP has also accepted an invitation to attend, along with most of the 75 artists whose works will be on display.

Our valued sponsors, and our five judges will also be there.

If you can’t wait to see the artworks, or you want to peruse the catalogue to see what works you might wish to buy, head to the official Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize website: https://parklandsart.com/category/finalist-features/

Keep up to date with the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize:

• on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parklandsart/ and/or

• on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adl_parklandsart/

The prize pool will be distributed through the 16 Art Prize Categories:

• Young Artist (u25): $2,000

• School Student: $2,000

• Digital Category Prize: $2,000

• Emerging Artist: $2,000

• People’s Choice: $2,000

• Photography Prize: $2,000

• First Nations Artist: $2,000

• Judges Commendations: eight prizes of $2,000 each

Artwork image credits:

Excepts (detail) from eight of the 80 finalists

Banner image at the top of the page, above: From left to right: David Braybrooke Prismatic Spring; Daniel McCulloch Impressions of The Riverbank Precinct; Sally Heinrich Iparrityi; Peter Baka Strange days and nights; Wendy Fairclough Study For a Landscape; Dorota Pomagalska Park Lands Possums and Periwinkle Sky; Georgina Willoughby Woodland Echo Wirrarninthi 2023; Rachel Scholich Uncle Mickey O'Brien Welcome to Country

Second image, above: From left to right: Helen Sherriff Ponder; Sarah McDonald Sentient Beings; Nicole Clift Sunken Garden; Jo Wright Corner of the Cemetery Park 23; Louise Flaherty Plant Carers of Park 17 Tuthangga; Bernadette Hind A Space For You; Barbara Milpati Bake Ngapari Tjukurpa; and Rosina Possingham Ruby Red Saltbush

Third image, above: From left to right: Mary Wagstaff Bonython Park Tulya Wardli; Blake Griffiths Rabid Eradication Persistent Pestilence; Sarah Northcott Park 27 trees bunting agapanthus plants and view of Karrawirra Parri; Linden Edwards Was Here; Erin Renfrey We Are So Very Small; Kerryn Levy 700 Hectares In Motion; Alison Arnold Popeyes Ark; Piper Binsted Home