EARTH : SKY : SEA : ME
Art Prize
The Graceville Art Prize: is awarded to an artist whose artwork resounds powerfully with the theme Earth, Sky, Sea, Me and communicates a lived experience of mental health and/or disability. Selected by the judging panel, the Graceville Art Prize winner is awarded $2,000 in prize money.
The Heart Prize: is awarded to the artist whose artwork is selected by the packing room crew as their favourite piece of the festival. The Heart Prize winner is awarded a non-financial 1-month residency at Graceville Centre to create a commissioned piece inspired by the Graceville Centre, an artist supply voucher, and a feature interview at the Graceville Art Festival.
The Inclusive Photography Prize: is open to all photographic submissions. The photograph can be digitally altered however must not utilise Artificial Intelligence apps/programs. The Inclusive Photography prize winner is awarded $700 in prize money sponsored by My Supports. The winning artwork in this category is selected by a judging panel member with Photography expertise.
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Dr Sally Molloy
Academic, Griffith University: Painting & Observation, Artist.
Sally is a Meanjin/Brisbane based artist. Her paintings and other creative outputs utilise visual cues and clues from her white surburban everyday life to explore ongoing contexts of colonisation. Often awkwardly humorous and infused with uneasy reverence, her work attempts to deliver what she currently conceptualises as a "backyard critique" that uses humour, crummy techniques, and the detritus of everyday life to undermine postures and processes of distanced critically.
Sally is a recent PhD graduate from the Queensland College of Art where she currently teaches in the painting department. Her work has been exhibited widely in South East Queensland, as well as in Melbourne and Tokyo.
Education
PhD candidate, Queensland College of Art (current)
Bachelor of Fine Art with Class 1 Honours, Queensland College of Art (2015)
Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art (2014)
Awards
Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship Recipient (2016 onwards)
Oxlades Graduate Sculpture Prize (2015)
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence (2013-15)
Select Exhibitions
Donnas On The Run: Exhuming The Australian Badlands, Metro Arts, October 2017
Empathy Toward Plants, Griffith University Project Gallery, February 2017
Drawing Water, Brisbane City Council Laneways, December 2016
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Dr Tricia King
Academic, University of Sunshine Coast: Visual Arts: Photography, Photographer.
Dr Tricia King is a researcher in creative arts health projects for wellbeing focusing on creative engagement with older adults through photographic and creative practices.
Utilising lens-based techniques such as photo voice, photo-elicitation, documentary and collaborative photography, Tricia develops collaborative participant driven projects anchored in ethically focused research methods and underpinned by friendship and reciprocity. Her work predominantly focuses on older people living in aged care and people living with dementia to explore their lived experience, enhance well-being and help develop programs to assist with greater socialisation and communication. Her current work involves interdisciplinary collaborations with health professionals to develop methods of creative projects to increase creativity, movement, socialisation and wellbeing and explorations of photographic practices with people living with dementia.
Professional memberships
Queensland Arts Health Network
Australian Association of Gerontology
Australian Association of Gerontology Student and Early Career Research Group – Communications Intern
International Society for Visual Sociology
Awards and Fellowships
2019 – State Library of Queensland Placemaking Fellowship
2016-2018 - Australian Postgraduate Award
