
National Art School Prizes and Awards Ceremony Celebrates Achievements of Students
The annual National Art School Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday 6 December before the opening night celebrations and recognised the achievements and excellence of our students with the presentation of Awards. Awards would not be possible without the community that supports us – the NSW Government, our donors, sponsors, and alumni.
Lift Off Award ($20,000)
Recipient: Zara June Williams
The Lift Off Award, generously funded by private donors, will provide $20,000 to a promising graduating MFA candidate from the National Art School. The successful recipient will be eligible to use the funding to undertake an artist residency, pursue international travel, establish a studio, purchase specialised equipment, mount an exhibition, fund a publication, or for any project that requires a lift off to support their burgeoning creative practice.

Lift Off Award Recipient Zara June Williams with donor Bruce Solomon.
Jenour Foundation Fine Art MFA Scholarship ($20,000)
The Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship ($10,000)
Recipient: Helen Morgan
The Jenour Foundation generously provides a $20,000 Scholarship to support a student studying in the Master of Fine Art program at the National Art School. The Scholarship is awarded annually and is open to National Art School Bachelor of Fine Art graduates who are applying to continue study at the School in the Master of Fine Art program. The Scholarship funds can be used for fees and course costs or as a stipend to support living expenses for the two-year duration of the course.
With the support of a generous endowment made by a private donor, the School is able to offer an annual scholarship of $10,000 in commemoration of Mark Henry Cain, an artist trained at Glasgow School of Art who relocated to Sydney in 1937. The Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship supports a student to travel and study for a period of 6-8 weeks in the UK.

Jenour Foundation MFA Scholarship and Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship recipient Helen Morgan with her work in the NAS Gallery.
THE CLITHEROE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ($20,000)
Recipient: Babbette Robertson
The Clitheroe Foundation generously provides a $20,000 Scholarship to support a student studying in the Master of Fine Art program at the National Art School. The Scholarship is awarded annually and is open to National Art School Bachelor of Fine Art graduates who are applying to continue study at the School in the Master of Fine Art program. The Scholarship funds can be used for fees and course costs or as a stipend to support living expenses for the two-year duration of the course.

Clitheroe Foundation Master of Fine Art Scholarship and John Olsen Prize for Drawing recipient Babette Robertson with Arts Minister the Hon. Don Harwin MLC and NAS CEO and Director Steven Alderton with her work in the NAS Gallery.
Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Art Scholarship ($20,000)
Recipient: Adi O’Hara
The Bird Holcomb Foundation generously provides a $20,000 Scholarship to support a student studying in the Master of Fine Art program at the National Art School. The Scholarship is awarded annually and is open to National Art School Bachelor of Fine Art graduates who are applying to continue study at the School in the Master of Fine Art program. The Scholarship funds can be used for fees and course costs or as a stipend to support living expenses for the two-year duration of the course.

Bird Holcomb Foundation Master of Fine Art Scholarship recipient Adi O’Hara with donor Alexandra Holcomb.
Look Print Scholarship ($15,000)
Recipient: Curtis Ceapa
The Look Print Scholarship, a newly established opportunity generously funded by Look Print, provides $10,000 to a student continuing from the Bachelor of Fine Art Program into the Master of Fine Art program and majoring in Photomedia. The recipient is intended to use the as a stipend to support living and study expenses. The Scholarship also provides $5,000 of in-kind printing at Look Print over the two years of the MFA degree.

Look Print Scholarship recipient Curtis Ceapa with donors Tony Kenny and David Leach of Look Print.
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship ($5,000)
Recipient: CHRIS CONNELL
A new prize this year comes from National Art School neighbours, the East Sydney Doctors, who are supporting an MFA1 student in the final year of their Masters degree.

East Sydney Doctors Scholarship recipient Chris Connell.
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship ($4,000)
RECIPIENTS: CLAIRE BROWN and TESS VINCENT
The Aboriginal Art Centre Internship program, now in its ninth year, is made possible through the generous support of Sharon Toffler and Mark Tedeschi AM QC. These internships provide graduating students with an opportunity to acquire practical arts management experience and training in an active Aboriginal community art centre environment. In 2019 Internships will be offered with Ernabella Arts Incorporated in far north-west South Australia and Tapatjatjaka Arts located at Titjikala, Northern Territory. Recipients will be provided with transport to and from the art centre, accommodation and stipend for the ten-week period of the internship.

National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship recipients Claire Brown and Tess Vincent with donors Mark Tedeschi QC and Sharon Tofler.
MAJOR AWARDS
Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award (Exhibition)
- LEWIS IHNATKO
Derivan Award for Excellence ($2,000 Voucher)
- ARASH CHEHELNABI
Richard Luccese Abstract Painting Prize ($2,000)
- TANYA LINNEY
John Olsen Prize for Drawing ($2,000)
- BABETTE ROBERTSON
Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award ($2,000)
- ELYSE HOWE
Brandon Trakman Prize ($2,500)
- CLAIRE GIBBON
Anne Pata Memorial Award for Drawing ($5,000)
- GINA FENTON
ART HISTORY AND THEORY PRIZES
Mansfield Writing Award 3rd year student ($500)
- SYLVIA BOZYM
CERAMICS PRIZES
Mansfield Ceramics Art & Perception Magazine Award (Subscription)
- SHEENA STUDENOVIC REDMOND
- JANE McKENZIE
Mansfield Ceramics Art and Perception Publication Award (Publication)
- SASSY PARK
Mansfield Ceramics and Clay Gulgong International Festival Award (Ticket and Exhibition)
- MATILDA KUBANY-DEANE
- LAUREN CALVI
Australian Ceramics Association Prize (Membership)
- JIMIN HONG
- MARICELLE OLIVIER
Blackwattle Pottery Supplies Award 3rd year student ($100 Voucher)
- MAYA BARTLETT
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award 3rd year student ($250 Voucher)
- HAMISH WALLACE
Mansfield Ceramics Prize 3rd year student ($500)
- MIA KIDIS
- SYBILLA ROBERTSON
Kil.n.it Award ($500 Voucher)
- BENJAMIN KING
- AMANDA BROMFIELD
N.E. Pethebridge Award ($800)
- AMELIA LYNCH
- SASSY PARK
Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize (Exhibition)
- AMELIA LYNCH
DRAWING PRIZES
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 1st year student ($750)
- ASHTON BIDDULPH
- CLAIRE WELCH
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award 3rd year student ($500 Voucher)
- ADI O’HARA
John Olsen Prize for Drawing (Highly Commended) 3rd year student ($500)
- CLAUDIA BRAND
PAINTING PRIZES
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Framing Award ($500 Voucher)
- LEWIS IHNATKO
John McCaughey Prize (The Trust Company) 3rd year student ($670)
- ROSE ESPINOSA
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award 3rd year student ($1,000 Voucher)
- LUCAS HOWARD
Derivan Award for Mixed Media ($1,000 Voucher)
- BRIDGET STEHLI CURNOW
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year student (Residency)
- TANYA BEHR
PHOTOMEDIA PRIZES
Kayell Australia Photography Award 3rd year student ($250 Voucher)
- ALEX MOULIS
PRINTMAKING PRIZES
Ellen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award 2nd year student ($500)
- MADELEINE CASTELLO-COLOZZI
Artscene Printmaking Prize 3rd year student ($500 Voucher)
- GINA FENTON
- HENRY HOLDER
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award 3rd year student ($500 Voucher)
- HELEN MORGAN
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year student (Residency)
- ELIZABETH CREIXELL
Megalo Studio and Gallery Residency Award MFA student (Residency)
ROSEMARY LEE
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award $500 Voucher
PHOEBE CUTLER
SCULPTURE PRIZES
Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture 2nd year student ($250)
- THOMAS SANDBERG
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award 3rd year student ($250 Voucher)
- ARCHIBALD TAIT
Sculpture by the Sea Prize 3rd year student ($1,000)
- WENDY MILLER
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year student (Residency)
- JOHANN POTGIETER
OPEN AWARDS
NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice (Membership)
- OLIVER LARDNER
William Fletcher Foundation Grant ($1,500)
- ARASH CHEHELNABI (Highly Commended, $1,000)
- ELIZA GOSSE
- OLIVER LARDNER
- ROSEMARY LEE
- BELINDA WINCOTE
Studio W doubleyou Exhibition Prize (Exhibition)
- ALESSIA BRITT
- YOU DAKOTA WESTHEAFER
RESIDENCIES ALREADY AWARDED
British School at Rome Residency
- KIRTIKA KAIN
Onslow Storrier La Cite des Arts Residency, Paris
- RACHEL ANNE BUCH
- ANGUS FISHER
- CAITLIN HESPE
- ANNELIES JAHN