Connecting through creativity
Theme: My favourite things
The Shine Arts Prize has returned and the theme for 2024 is "My favourite things".
The Shine Arts Prize showcases the artistic talent of participants and workers and recognises the role of art in maintaining wellbeing. The Shine Arts Prize is open to Lifetime Care participants and workers in the Workers Care Program.
Category 2: Music (inclusive of singing, instrumental, or audio)
Category 3: Children under 15 years of age (any art form)
Overall winner: $2000
Category winners: $1000
People's Choice award: $500
icare has partnered with Accessible Arts NSW, the peak arts and disability organisation in NSW, to provide the following videos to inspire and assist you with your art practice.
Jeremy Hawkes is a professional artist, advocate, writer and sometime performer with over 25 years' experience. His work utilises drawing, painting, sculpture, digital imaging and performance. Since 2007 he has identified as an artist with disability, when a workplace accident revealed that he lives with acute degenerative disc disease, polyarthritis and advanced osteosclerosis.
Nat Thomas is a visual artist with a degree in traditional print making and drawing. She has previously worked with disability-led organisations to improve the lives of women and children with disability. Nat has a passion for helping people and pushes for equal rights of people with disability in all spaces. In her spare time, she enjoys learning how to do tricks in her wheelchair.
Meet the Artist video: Nat Thomas
Michelle Brown is an award-winning artist based in South-West Sydney and has worked in the disability sector for the past several years. She is the owner and director of Michelle Brown Arts Studio – a progressive art studio that runs classes for people with disability.
Professional Development video: Michelle Brown
Marion Conrow is a regional award-winning interdisciplinary artist, specializing in projection, sculpture, and site-specific installation for over 20 years. In 2007, Marion sustained a mild traumatic brain injury in a car accident. She resumed her arts practice in 2016-17 and has since exhibited widely.
Meet the Artist video: Marion Conrow
How to translate ideas into art video with Marion Conrow
Contact the Shine Arts Prize team by phone on 02 7922 1115 or email shineartsprize@icare.nsw.gov.au