Sculptures at Scratchley
Sculptures at Scratchley is a planned annual sculpture exhibition held for the first time this year in the grounds of Fort Scratchley, a historic fort at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour in New South Wales, Australia. Held for the first time in 2023 the exhibition showcases a selected number of international, national and local artists’ works, with a variety of styles and materials.
The exhibition is open to the public with free entry and the chance to nominate a sculpture for the main prize of People’s Choice Award, which is a non-acquisitive award of $25,000. The exhibition also has a peer-judged award, also non-acquisitive, of $15,000. For anyone interested, non-acquisitive means that the operator of the exhibition does not purchase the winning piece. Instead, the winner is able to sell it on the open market. The exhibition ran from May 13 to May 28, 2023.
The variety of sculptures was great and the backdrop of the fort and surrounding beaches was a great setting. Hopefully this will be an on-going annual event, like the Sculptures at the Sea at Bondi.
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Exceptional artwork! The contest/sale is a novel idea that I had not heard of before. Your photos are wonderful!
We loved the sculptures, but had to look up what the non-acquisitive bit meant. Seems the local council wants to choose what it displays and not necessarily the winner.
Absolutely brilliant.
The sculptures were great. Amazing setting too.
Amazing!!!
YEs they were and in such a great setting
I totally agree with you!
Wow, how talented these people are! I like that “Stretching the Imagination” sculpture – she should win a first prize just because of a very fitting title!
We voted for that one in the peoples choice. There were certainly a lot of talented people represented there
I love sculptures!
These ones were really great. There are some very talented artist around.