Chinchilla Melon Festival 2027 Art Exhibition
It is time to start thinking about your Chinchilla Melon Festival Art Exhibition artwork! This exhibition is an art competition with seven categories: Open 3D, Open 2D, Open Textile, Open Photo/Video, Youth 13 to 18, Youth 6 to 12 (Chinchilla landscape theme), and Youth Under 6 (watermelon character theme). Open categories have a $10 entry fee, and youth categories are free to enter. Limit of four entries per artist for Open categories and two entries per artist for Youth Categories.
Chinchilla Melon Festival 2027 Art Exhibition Judge
Meet Australian ceramic artist, writer and curator Shannon Garson!
Garson has a studio practice spanning 20 years that includes commissions for festivals, exhibitions at public and private galleries, and arts advocacy. Garson’s practice encompasses thrown porcelain vessels, drawings, painting, public art and performance, she works primarily with Australian porcelain and drawings.
Garson holds a master’s degree in Ceramics and is a Churchill Fellow, and previous winner of the Gold Coast International Ceramic Award, and has work in national collections.
Garson has a history of community involvement in the Arts and was President of the Australian Ceramics Association from 2013-2017. She is regularly invited to hold workshops and exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her writing on contemporary ceramics is regularly published in Australian and international journals.
Garson will be judging the Chinchilla Melon Festival 2027 Art Exhibition and be providing one-on-one artists development in the lead up to the Chinchilla Melon Festival. More information regarding one-on-one artist sessions will be released in the new year.
(Opposite: Shannon Garson, image by Greg Piper)
Shannon Garson (image by Greg Piper)