Women’s Art Prize Tasmania’s Fellowship Recipients Announced

Media release – Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, 4 July 2023

WOMEN’S ART PRIZE TASMANIA – 2023 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED!

RANT Arts and Bell Bay Aluminium are delighted to announce and congratulate its recipients of the inaugural Women’s Art Prize Tasmania’s Fellowship Program. Congratulations to:

• Emma Bugg – Creative Development Fellowship

• Luana Towney – lutruwita Fellowship

• Indea Quinn – Emerging Practice Fellowship

The three recipients will receive $5,000 each and were selected from a highly competitive field of women artists, cultural practitioners and art workers from across Tasmania.

The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania Fellowship program aims to provide self-directed development opportunities for Tasmanian women artists of all art forms and career stages. These fellowships build upon the Prize’s mission to empower and build the capacity of women artists across the state. This new and exciting pilot program draws upon recent sector consultation highlighting the importance and need of targeted development support.

Principal Sponsor, Bell Bay Aluminium General Manager Richard Curtis commented:

“Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Fellowship Program who embody the spirit and purpose of this important future direction of the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania. Bell Bay Aluminium is proud to support women artists, cultural practitioners and arts workers to enrich and build their creative and cultural practice in a tangible and meaningful way.”

Featured image above: Emma Bugg, Luana Towney, Indea Quinn. Images supplied.