Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship

The 2010 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship will feature the work of SCA graduates Marley Dawson, Robin Hungerford, Kenzee Patterson and Jelena Telecki, PhD candidates Clare Milledge and Giles Ryder and MVA candidate Agatha Gothe-Snape. The Hon. Virginia Judge, MP, Minister for the Arts, will open the exhibition and announce the recipient of the $60,000 scholarship at Artspace on Friday 17 September at 6pm.

The scholarship provides financial assistance for a visual artist at the beginning of their career to undertake a one to two year program of professional development. The key focus of the program must be international, however for the first time in 2010 it may also include national activities.

Formerly the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship, established in 1900, the Scholarship was renamed the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in 1997 on receiving support from the Helen Lempriere Bequest, managed by Perpetual. The Bequest was established under the will of Mr Keith Wood to commemorate his wife, Helen Lempriere, who died in 1991 at the age of 83. Helen Lempriere was a Melbourne-born artist who established her professional reputation while living in Europe from 1950 to 1966. She is represented in public collections in Australia including those of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship is presented by the New South Wales Government with the generous support of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, managed by Perpetual.

Image: SCA graduate and recipient of the 2009 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Lauren Brincat, It's A Long Way To The Top, single channel performance video, stereo sound, looped, installation view, Artspace, Sydney, 2009. Photography: Silversalt.