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City of Newcastle Three local artists have made the cut from a record number of entries vying for honours in this year’s prestigious KILGOUR PRIZE. Newcastle Art Gallery received 476 works from artists across every state and territory in Australia, an increase of more than 100 entries from 2020 and the highest number overall in the 16-year history of one of Australia’s major art prizes. Almost 2900 works have been entered into the KILGOUR PRIZE since it was established in 2006. The field has been narrowed to just 30 finalists, whose works will be judged by a panel of experts including Newcastle Art Gallery Director Lauretta Morton, Campbelltown Arts Centre Head of Curatorial Adam Porter and the Head Teacher of Fine Art at Newcastle Art School, David Trout.
Heroes of 1821: An Exhibition by Angela Kiki Konstantinopoulou Search for: The heroes of Greece’s War of Independence was the theme of the latest exhibition by artist Angela Kiki Konstantinopoulou, which opened on Saturday 27 February at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. An initiative of the 1821 Organising Committee of Macarthur Greeks, the “Heroes of 1821″ art exhibition by Konstantinopoulou was attended by Camden Council Mayor Tereza Fedeli, Woolloodele Council Mayor Robert Khan and Campbelltown Council Mayor George Brticevic, among others. Inspired by the Greek War of independence, the exhibition is one of many cultural initiatives taking place around the world, culminating in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution which brought freedom to the people of Greece from the 400-year Ottoman occupation, and was the beginning of the modern Greek State.