Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship

The scholarship celebrates a bequest of the late Renee Fauvette Erdos in memory of her mother Fauvette Loureiro, the eldest daughter of artist Arthur Loureiro. Funds from the estate have been allocated to the University of Sydney to make possible a travelling scholarship for visual artists. The Renee Fauvette Erdos bequest also funds international exchange scholarships for SCA students.

Sydney College of the Arts invites all recent graduates to apply for a scholarship offering $28,000 to further their visual arts practice and professional development in international environment.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to graduates of Sydney College of the Arts who have completed their studies no more than four years prior to the year of application (in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 or 2008) and who are not enrolled or have deferred at SCA in the year/s of intended travel.

Application

Six copies of the completed application form, current resume and proposal (500 words) outlining the proposed travel and visual arts project to be undertaken, must be submitted by 4.30 pm, Monday, 2 July 2012 by post to


Sydney College of the Arts
Locked Bag 15
Rozelle NSW 2039
Australia

or hand delivery to SCA Student Administration, Room 13G18, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle Campus, Balmain Rd (entry opposite Cecily St), Rozelle, NSW 2039

Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded on the following criteria:

• the extent to which the proposed travel and related visual arts project will benefit the applicant’s professional development as an artist;
• quality of past works of the applicant; and
• work exhibited in the finalist exhibition.

Selection Process

The selection process has two steps. Firstly, a panel of judges consisting of the current SCA Scholarships Sub-Committee, an external member being a highly respected practising artist, art critic, gallery director or recognised member of an established art or cultural organization, and the Dean or nominee will short-list applications in accordance with the criteria above.

Secondly, the winner will be selected at a further meeting of the panel after inspecting the finalists’ artwork on display in the Finalists exhibition. The winner will be announced at the opening of the Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Finalists Exhibition on 10 October 2012.

For further information please refer to FLMATS Information Sheet .