Sydney calls on artists to explore their City of Villages

City of Sydney is giving artists a chance to see their work exhibited on the city streets with the fourth annual Sydney City of Villages Poster Art Competition now open for entries. Ten finalists will be selected to have their artworks displayed throughout the City of Sydney on JCDecaux street furniture sites for four weeks in July and August.

The work judged most outstanding will also receive prize money of $3,000. The finalists will also be exhibited at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, a unique arts centre in the heart of Sydney, from 14 July – 3 August 2009.

The Sydney, City of Villages competition began in 2006 and attracts a diverse range of paintings, drawings and prints from artists all around Australia. Artists may portray any aspect of “village” life in the City of Sydney. Last year, finalist entries were as diverse as a Balmain streetscape at sunset, a Redfern fruit stall on a rainy day and a panorama of the Anzac and Harbour Bridges from Annandale’s Federal Park.

Entries close at 5pm on Wednesday 10 June 2009.

For more details about the competition, including the curatorial brief and submission form, please visit www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/grants or call 02 9265 9296.

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