2019 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramics Award

The 2019 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) celebrates and promotes contemporary Australian artists working in the ceramic medium. With $50,000 in prize money, the SMFACA cements its place as the premier Australian acquisitive ceramic award.

The prestigious $50,000 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Lynda Draper for her work 'Somnambulism', 2019.

The 2019 shortlisted artists are:

• Julie Bartholomew
• Stephen Bird
• Greg Daly
• Lynda Draper
• Juz Kitson
• Isadora Vaughan

Julie Bartholomew

 

Lynda Draper

 

 

Greg Daly

 

 

Juz Kitson 

 

Isadora Vaughan 

 

 

A finer grain: selected works from the SAM collection

Shepparton Art Museum
An exhibition drawn from the collection and the works that have caught my eye.

Sanné Mestrom
Dear Lizzy, 2015

 Bern Emmerichs
Mater Famillias, 2009

 Kirsten Coelho & Khai LIew
Toward the end of the day, 2012

Kris Coad
Introversive, 2001

Angela Valamanesh
Animal, Vegetable, MIneral, 2007-2008

Heather Walker
Watching, 1992

Jane Sawyer
Fluid Series - Bowl, 2003

Kate Tucker
Cutting 2

 Nancy Selvin
How to make a Ceramic Bowl, 2003

Alison Milyka Carroll - Ernabella Arts
Nagyuku Walka. 2014

 Barbara Tipton
Square Red & Rising, 1996

Janet Fieldhouse
Light Turtle Shells, 2007

Jenny Orchard
Vase, c. 1982

Penny Bryne
Not another landmine lamented Sallyanne, 2009

Gladys Rendell
Teapot, 1917

Marea Gazzard
Torso, 1970

Thanakupi GLoria Fletcher James 
Ceramic Sphere "Corrup the kangaroo and man and woman yam", 1989

Bronwyn Kemp
Black white, not dated

Margaret Dodd
Eat Me, 1972

Joan Dickson Grounds
Untitled Teapot, 1972

Penny Smith
Nine Piece Tea Set, 1985

Pamela Irving

Groom waiting for his bride to show up, c. 1991

Joan Campbell
Raku Form, not dated

Sandra Taylor
Tallowood AFter Burnoff, 1987

Toni Warburton
Oracle, c. 1984