MEDIA RELEASE
23 May 2017
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2017
Call for Entries
Entries for Queensland’s richest prize for contemporary Australian photography, the Josephine Ulrick
and Win Schubert Photography Award (JUWSPA) open Friday 2 June 2017.
Presented by Gold Coast City Gallery and supported in perpetuity by the Josephine Ulrick and Win
Schubert Foundation for the Arts, the photography award aims to support and encourage contemporary
Australian photographers.
Established fifteen years ago, the annual award is considered one of the most important annual
surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice.
In 2017 the award becomes one of Australia’s most generous photography prizes with the total prize
value increased to $50,000. First prize will be granted an acquisitive award of $25,000. The Gallery will
also award up to $25,000 in acquisitions to a selection of finalists.
Gold Coast City Gallery Director, Tracy Cooper-Lavery said that the 2017 award will have great
significance as the Gallery honours the memory of Win Schubert AO, who passed away in April this
year.
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‘The award is testament to Win Schubert and her extraordinary lifelong generosity to the Gallery and
Australian photography’, Ms Cooper-Lavery said.
‘This exciting new direction for the award in 2017 has a substantially increased award prize, making it
the biggest award in Queensland and second in Australia for photography’, she said.
It is also one of the country's most diverse awards for photography. Since 2002, the award has included
a broad selection of finalists with established photographers presented alongside emerging artists,
creating a stunning display of diverse themes and approaches to the medium.
‘We are proud to see this art prize go from strength to strength. The Gallery continues to raise its profile
on a national level and punch above its weight. We are well and truly setting the scene for our future
new gallery due in 2020,’ said The Arts Centre CEO Criena Gehrke.
All works selected as finalists will be exhibited at Gold Coast City Gallery from 9 September to 22
October 2017. The winner will be announced at an official opening event on Friday 8 September.
The winning artwork will become part of the Gold Coast City Gallery collection.
Full details, including entry form and terms and conditions will be available online at
theartscentregc.com.au/gallery (see Gallery Opportunities page) from Friday 2 June, with submissions
closing Friday 14 July.
PRIZE DETAILS
First Prize: $25,000 (Acquisitive)
Gallery Collection Acquisitions: up to $25,000
KEY DATES
Submissions Open - 2 June 2017
Submissions Close - 14 July 2017
Finalists Announced – 11 August 2017
Winner Announced & Exhibition Opening Event - 8 September 2017
Exhibition Dates - 9 September to 22 October 2017
Exhibition details are available at theartscentregc.com.au/gallery
MEDIA CONTACT: Jen Gyles, Marketing Coordinator, Gold Coast City Gallery, T (07) 5588 4001
E [email protected]
GALLERY CONTACT: Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Director, Gold Coast City Gallery, T (07) 5588 4058
E [email protected]
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IMAGES
Image Dropbox available HERE
Conditions for use
All images must be acknowledged as specified
Captions and acknowledgements are mandatory
All images remain in copyright
Media use of images is solely for:
• Reporting news of the Award and Exhibition by the media
• Reproduction for professional review
Image
Caption
Christian Thompson, Ancient Bloom, 2015
C-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic paper
Courtesy the artist and Michael Reid Gallery
Justine Varga, Marking Time, 2016 Chromogenic
hand printed photograph
Courtesy the artist and Hugo Michel Gallery.
2016 award winner.
Gerwyn Davies, Prawn, 2016, Digital inkjet print
Courtesy the artist
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