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Publishers Cup Cricket Art Prize '09
The Cricket Art Prize is a brand new National Art Prize in 2009.

"An art prize that cross-pollinates with a national pastime"

Artists from Australasia are invited to submit a painting or composition representing or depicting an aspect of the game and sport of cricket, and may feature figurative, still-life, figure-in-landscape themes in settings of backyard cricket, beach cricket or socialcricket.

Cricket, in all its forms (i.e. beachcricket, backyard cricket and socialcricket etc) is a national pastime, especially in our long summer. It brings people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities together.

Acceptable media
Paintings - oil, acrylic, water-colour or mixed media on canvass or artists paper. The style may be representative, abstract or semi-abstract.

Prize
The winner of the prize will receive $20,000

The Judges
The judging panel for the Cricket Art Prize '09 are: Stuart MacGill, John McDonald, Anneke van der Pal, Dr. Dick Quan and John Windus.

Venue & Exhibition Dates
Members Pavilion – Sydney Cricket Ground: Thursday 8th Oct - Sunday 25th Oct 2009 then travelling to the Melbourne Cricket Ground: Monday 21st Dec 2009 - Thursday 7th Jan 2010.

When
A completed entry should be received by the organisers in the month of September 2009 BEFORE Friday, 25 September 2009 – Publishers Cup '09

Charities
Ponting Foundation Ponting Foundation who raise money for children with cancer and their families to fund vital research into children’s cancer

The McGrath Foundation McGrath Foundation who provide funding for breast care nurses on a national basis and provide greater public awareness of breast cancer, particularly amongst younger women.

Artists are asked to use this national pastime, game and sport of cricket as the vehicle to unsettle preconceptions, generate new ideas and consider their contemporary culture.