Blake Prize

Not to be confused with Blake Poetry Prize.

Blake Prize
Date1951; 73 years ago (1951)
CountryAustralia
Hosted by
Reward(s)A$35,000
Highlights
Most awardsEric Smith (six times)
Inaugural winnerJustin O'Brien (1951)
WebsiteBlake Prize

The Blake Prize, formerly the Blake Prize for Religious Art,[1] is an Australian art prize awarded for art that explores spirituality. Since the inaugural prize in 1951, the prize was awarded annually from 1951 to 2015, and since 2016 has been awarded biennially.[2][3]

As of 2021, the non-acquisitive prize, awarded since 2016 by the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC), is worth A$35,000. In addition, CPAC awards the Blake Emerging Artist Prize, an acquisitive prize of A$6,000 (formerly the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award[4]), and the Blake Established Artist Residency, which includes a residency and solo exhibition hosted by CPAC.[2]

  1. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "Call for Entries: The 67th Blake Prize". Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ Rebecca Somerville (November 2005). "Feature: Blake Prize". Contemporary. Australian Art Review. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Awards". William Blake. Retrieved 16 September 2021.