The Portia Geach Memorial Award is a celebration of female Australian artists. It’s Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for female artists and has greatly contributed to the development of female artists in this country.
It was established by Florence Kate Geach in 1961 in memory of her sister, Portia Geach and is awarded each year to the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters or the Sciences.
2014 Award
The Trust Company, part of Perpetual, is now calling for applications for the 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award. All applications must be submitted online and include a digital image of the submitted portrait. Artists may submit more than one application and self portraits are accepted for this Award.
Image: Highly Commended 2013 – Celeste Chandler, Lovesick 3
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