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Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is an Australian annual art award in honour of the painter Brett Whiteley. The scholarship is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Whiteley died in 1992. In 1999, his mother Beryl Whiteley (19172010) made funds available to establish a scholarship in his memory. The inspiration for the scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by Brett as a result of winning the Italian Travelling Art Scholarship at the age of 20. The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30. The winner receives A$25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. In 2004, Beryl Whiteley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service as a benefactor to the visual arts through the creation and endowment of the scholarship. Brett Whiteley himself was appointed an Officer (AO) of the order a year before his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 – 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Early years Growing up in , a suburb of Sydney, Whiteley was educated at Scots School, Bathurst and Scots College, Bellevue Hill. He started drawing at a very early age. While he was a teenager, he painted on weekends in the Central West of New South Wales and Canberra with such works as ''The soup kitchen'' (1958). Throughout 1956 to 1959 at the National Art School in East Sydney, Whiteley attended drawing classes. In 1959 he won an art scholarship sponsored by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. He left Australia for Europe on 23 January 1960. London After meeting Bryan Robertson, the director of the Whitechapel Gallery, Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Wallace
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of New Jersey'', Rutgers University Press, . Amber is used in jewelry and has been used as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ''ambrite'' is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Etymology The English word ''amber'' derives from Arabic (ultimately from Middle Persian ''ambar'') via Middle Latin ''ambar'' and Middle French ''ambre''. The word was adopted in Middle English in the 14th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Walsh
Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of '' Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer * Natasha Allegri (born 1986), American creator, writer, storyboard revisionist, and cartoonist * Natascha Artin Brunswick (1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer * Natasha Arthy (born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer * Natascha Badmann (born 1966), Swiss triathlete * Natasha Badhwar (born 1971), Indian author * Natasha Barrett (other), several people * Natasha Beaumont (born 1974), Malaysian-Australian actress * Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), British singer * Natascha Bessez (born 1986), American singer * Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh writer * Natasha J. Caplen, British-American geneticist * Natasha Chmyreva (born 1958), Russian tennis player * Natasha Chokljat (born 1979), Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Anderson
Sally may refer to: People *Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name Military *Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port *Sally, the Allied reporting name for the Imperial Japanese Army's World War II Mitsubishi Ki-21 bomber Writings *''Sally'', a detective novel by E.V. Cunningham (aka Howard Fast) * "Sally" (short story), by Isaac Asimov *"Sally", a poem by Patti Smith from her book '' Seventh Heaven'' Music * Sally (band), an indie-rock band from Chicago, Illinois * "Sally" (Gogol Bordello song), 2005 * "Sally" (Gracie Fields song), first performed in the film ''Sally in Our Alley'', 1931 * "Sally" (Hardwell song), 2015 * "Sally" (Kerbdog song), 1996 * "Sally", a song by Anthony Phillips from ''Invisible Men'', 1983 * "Sally", a song by Carmel, 1986 * "Sally", a song by Foxboro Hot Tubs from ''Stop Drop and Roll!!!'', 2008 * "Sally", a song by Grand Funk Railroad from ''Born to Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy O'Doherty
Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lucie, Lucia, and Luzia. The English Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on Latin male personal name Lucius. It was transmitted to England after the Norman Conquest in the 11th century (see also De Lucy). Feminine name variants *Luiseach (Irish) *Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ (Armenian) *Lučija, Лучија ( Serbian) *Lucy, Люси (Bulgarian) *Lutsi, Луци ( Macedonian) *Lutsija, Луција ( Macedonian) *Liùsaidh (Scottish Gaelic) *Liucija (Lithuanian) *Liucilė (Lithuanian) *Lūcija, Lūsija ( Latvian) *Lleucu (Welsh) *Llúcia (Catalan) *Loukia, Λουκία (Greek) *Luca ( Hungarian) *Luce (French, Italian) *Lucetta (English) *Lucette ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Polo
__NOTOC__ Tom Polo (born 1985) is an Australian artist based in Sydney, New South Wales. His work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in several capital cities of Australia as well as in London, England. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) and Master of Fine Arts from the UNSW College of Fine Arts. Awards and residencies Polo was the inaugural recipient of the Parramatta Artists' Studios residency in 2007, and continued to work there until 2014. Other awards and residencies include: *2011: Art & Australia / Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award *2014: Redlands Konica Minolta Emerging Art Prize *2015: Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship *2015: Parramatta City Council Creative Fellowship *2016: Residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris *2016: Associate Artist Residency with Acme Studios, London *2017: Finalist, Sir John Sulman Prize *2018: His portrait of artist Joan Ross, entitled ''I once thought I'd do anything for you (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Francis Drinkwater
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Phillips (artist) , Australian actor
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Tim Phillips may refer to: *Tim Phillips (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer *Tim Phillips (musician), Canadian-born musician *Tim Phillips (political strategist) (born 1964), president of Americans for Prosperity from 2006-2021 *Tim Phillips (swimmer) (born 1990), American swimmer *Tim Charles Phillips (born 1966), American investment manager, political activist and philanthropist *Tim Phillipps Tim Phillipps is an Australian actor perhaps best known for his roles in the soap opera '' Neighbours'', drama series '' Bed of Roses'' and the movie '' Animal Kingdom''. He has also appeared in the American television series ''Once Upon a Time' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Cairns
Mitch Cairns (born 1984) is an Australian artist and cartoonist. In 2017, he won the Archibald Prize. His work has been collected by many prominent Australian institutions. Life and career Cairns was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and grew up in Casula and later Wollongong. He studied at the National Art School during which time he worked as a labourer for his father, a bricklayer. Cairns won the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2012. With the scholarship, Cairns undertook a residency in Paris. In 2017, Cairns won the Archibald Prize for his painting ''Agatha Gothe-Snape.'' Former Archibald winner John Olsen criticised the decision to award the prize to Cairns, describing it as "the worst decision I've ever seen." The decision was defended by artist and prize judge Ben Quilty Ben Quilty (born 1973) is an Australian artist and social commentator, who has won a series of painting prizes: the 2014 Prudential Eye Award, 2011 Archibald Prize, and 2009 Doug Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Gibson
Becky or Beckie is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Rebecca. It may refer to: People * Rebecca Allison (born 1946), American cardiologist and transgender activist * Rebecca Becky Anderson (born 1967), British journalist and news anchor * Becky Ann Baker (born 1953), American actress * Rebecca Becky Bell (1971–1988), American teenager who died as the result of an abortion * Rebecca Becky Carney (born 1944), American politician * Rebecca Becky Downie (born 1992), British artistic gymnast * Rebecca Becky Easton (born 1974), English footballer * Rebecca Becky Edelsohn (1892–1973), American anarchist and hunger striker * Becky Edwards (other) * Rebecca Foon (born 1978), Canadian cellist, vocalist and composer * Rebecca Becky Hill (born 1994), English singer and songwriter * Becky Hobbs (born 1950), American country singer, songwriter and pianist * Beckie Middleton (born 1986), English international field hockey player * Rebecca Quick (born 1972) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Kelly
Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre (c. 1424–after 1480) * Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608–1657), French noblewoman * Nicole LaRoche, flutist in the band Brulé, releases solo albums as "Nicole" Storms * Tropical Storm Nicole, a number of named tropical and subtropical cyclones ** Tropical Storm Nicole (2010) ** Hurricane Nicole (2016) ** Hurricane Nicole (2022) Other uses * ''Nicole'' (film), a 1978 thriller * ''Nicole'' (video game), a visual novel style game * Nicole, Lot-et-Garonne, a town in France * “Nicole”, a song by Ween from the 1990 album '' GodWeenSatan: The Oneness'' * ''Nicole'' (album), an album by Indonesian singer NIKI See also * Nicolle * Nicoll Highway * Nichole * Nicholas (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
