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Acquisitive Art 2008
Acquisitive
Art turns 30!
The
30th Annual Hinchinbrook Acquisitive Art Competition and
Exhibition presented by the Hinchinbrook Shire Council and the Rotary
Club of Ingham Inc. was held this year at Gallery
Hinchinbrook in the TAFE Complex on
74 Townsville Road
, from Thursday 14th August to Friday 29th August
2008.
The
competition was first held in 1977 when the State Government asked all
local authorities in
Queensland
to donate a work of art to the new Parliament House in
Brisbane
. Hinchinbrook Shire Council decided to hold a competition to acquire a
painting for Parliament House and hence the annual art competition was
born.
Pictured
is the winning entry from the very first competition. By Townsville
Artist Anna Bock, Titled “Coming Home”. The painting is situated
in
Brisbane
’s Parliament House.
Since then there has
been 30 competitions (it was not held in 1978 or 1986 due to remodelling
of the Shire Hall) with the Rotary Club of Ingham Inc. becoming a
co-sponsor in 1979.
The Acquisitive Art competition is proudly sponsored
by: Hinchinbrook
Shire Council, Rotary Club of Ingham, Casras, Avar Photographics, Duffy
Bros Menswear, Palms Aged Care Residence, Barrier Reef Institute of
TAFE, Friends of Gallery Hinchinbrook, Cavallaro Leonardi &
Associates, Debbie and Peter Gillett, Ingham Art Framing Studio, Lucinda
Point Hotel., with this years special 30th anniversary
sponsorship from Hinchinbrook Shire Council, Ingham Theatre Group and
Hinchinbrook Central.
Council would also like to thank
Ingham
State
High School
hospitality students for doing a wonderful job on the night.
For further
information please contact
Joanne Cassady
, Cultural Administration Officer or
Sandra Gherardi
, Cultural Administration Assistant on 4776 4683 between 9am and 1pm
weekdays.
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