| Laresa Kosloff announced as recipient of Jane Scally Artist Award 2011
| ACCA is delighted to announce that Melbourne artist Laresa Kosloff is the 2011 recipient of the Jane Scally Artist Award. The award, will enable Laresa to complete self-directed research and assist her to participate in international opportunities and travel.
"The Jane Scally Award will enable me to realise a project in Russia and Scotland that directly engages with the contexts and ideas that have shaped my practice over the years. This is a terrific opportunity and I look forward to the anticipated and unknown outcomes that it will bring. "
- Laresa Kosloff
The selection panel for the 2011 Award included Susan Norrie, Artist; Charlotte Day, Curator and Award Philanthropist, Peter Jopling QC. The panel was convened and chaired by ACCA’s Artistic Director, Juliana Engberg.
The Jane Scally Developing Artist Award was established by Peter Jopling QC, a member of the ACCA Board, to honour his late wife, whose career in the design and art industry spanned thirty years.
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| Background
| The Jane Scally Artist Award honours the memory of Melbourne interior design luminary and ACCA foundation board member, Jane Scally (1955-2002).
| In a career spanning nearly 30 years, Jane created some of the most inspiring domestic spaces throughout the country. One of Australia's first interior “architects”, Jane was a designer who championed the then fledgling interior design profession and the Interior Design Bachelors Degree at Melbourne’s RMIT. She brought a whole new level of expertise and knowledge to the profession as well as a vitality and sense of boldness. Nicknamed the ‘queen of colour’, Jane inspired clients by embracing vibrant shades when neutral shades dominated the Australian design scene. She was a partner at Nexus Designs before establishing her own interior design practice, Jane Scally Design Consultants Pty Ltd. Jane’s company was the colour consultant to Dulux. She was also a keen collector and the founding contributor to The Age newspaper’s interior design column in the “Living” section of the newspaper.
This Award celebrates Jane’s contribution to design, her love of contemporary art, and her recognition of the role of travel and mentoring in shaping our best arts practitioners to achieve world-class artistic outcomes. In keeping with this spirit of generosity, the Jane Scally Artist Award supports a Victorian artist to travel internationally and expand their knowledge and experience.
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| Who has won before?
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| Pat Foster and Jen Berean win Inaugural Jane Scally Developing Artist Award
| ACCA is thrilled to announce that Melbourne artists Pat Foster and Jen Berean are the inaugural recipients of the Jane Scally Developing Artist Award.
The award, which gives young artists the opportunity to travel internationally and meet with a selected mentor, honours the life and career of pioneer Melbourne interior designer Jane Scally, a keen art collector and former member of the ACCA Board.
Foster and Berean plan to use the award to travel to Scotland in March next year to study with renowned artist Martin Boyce (who represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale), and to engage with like-minded Glaswegian artists, many of whom use the built environment in their practice.
For this award, they were selected by a panel which included Max Delany (Monash University Museum of Art), artist Lou Hubbard and Peter Jopling QC, with ACCA’s Artistic Director Juliana Engberg as convener and Chair.
The Jane Scally Developing Artist Award was established by Peter Jopling QC, a member of the ACCA Board, to honour his late wife, whose career in the design and art industry spanned thirty years.
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