Designed to assist young artists
The Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship, administered by the Gallery, is a scholarship to assist young artists. Designed to promote, encourage and advance the development of visual arts in Queensland, the scholarship is offered to artists aged 25 years or under. The scholarship offers $5000 towards materials and expenses for the preparation of work for a specific project.
The Scholarship, conducted under the Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship Trust, has been funded by a grant to the Queensland Art Gallery by Mrs Yvonne Haysom in memory of her husband, Melville Haysom, who died on 25 December 1967.
Melville Haysom was born in Melbourne on 17 August 1900 and studied art at the National Gallery School. In 1929 he came to Queensland, and in 1935 received the Godfrey Rivers Bequest Award. He was a member of the Victorian Art Society (President 1923–24), the Fellowship of Australian Artists, and a Life Member of the Royal Queensland Art Society (President 1952–55). His work is represented in the Queensland Art Gallery, the Darnell Collection of the University of Queensland and many private collections.Applications now open – 2015!
Applications for the 2015 Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship close on 31 March 2015.
Image: Peter Mackay, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art, in conversation with 2011 Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship recipient Tim Woodward
