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THE GOVERNOR’S PRIZE 2022

The Governor’s prize was initiated after Her Excellency, the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC visited the 2020 exhibition and subsequently accepted an invitation to become Patron of the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival. Prominent Australian sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann is the inaugural winner of the prestigious new Governor’s Prize. Entitled Nijinsky, Ron’s bright yellow painted steel work references the celebrated Russian ballet dancer.  ‘When he leaps in the air, …

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GOVERNOR’S PRIZE ANNOUNCED AT WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL

Prominent Australian sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann was announced as the winner of the prestigious new Governor’s Prize at the opening of the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival on Saturday night. Entitled Nijinsky, Ron’s bright yellow painted steel work references the celebrated Russian ballet dancer. ‘When he leaps in the air, there’s a point where he seems to be suspended,’ Ron said. ‘I thought that was a property …

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20TH ANNIVERSARY FOR BIGGEST-EVER WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL

The Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival’s 20th anniversary exhibition, to be held over 16 days from 10-25 September, promises to be the biggest and most successful yet. One of the oldest and largest sculpture exhibitions in rural NSW, the festival has overcome the recent flooding of the historic Wollombi village to curate a stimulating and diverse range of works, from large to small and serious to …

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SCULPTOR FINALISTS 2022

Helen Alajajian Catherine Anderson Pat Anderson Joseph Apollonio Mauro Badii David Ball Robert Barnstone Anthony Battaglia Kylie Beynon Wendy Black Gwenda Blackwell Claire Brown Elly Buckley Andreas Buisman James Bunter Johann Carrera Katherine Castillo Alferez Rhonda Castle Amanda Charge Chidzey Gary Christian Stephen Paul Coburn Nicole de Mestre Guy Dickerson Julian Ellis Ross Farrelly Harrie Fasher Izette Felthun John Fitzmaurice Anne Graham Catherine Gorrie Jenny …

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WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL GOES ONLINE

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The 2021 Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival is adapting to current circumstances and will become an online event this for year. Finalists had already been selected for exhibition at this year’s festival when NSW was plunged progressively into lockdown from late June. Rather than deprive the community of the fantastic collection of works that had come together, the organisers decided to run an online version.  According …

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