NATIONAL RELIGIOUS ART AWARDS

The Columban Religious Art Award finalists were exhibited at the Australian Catholic University Melbourne campus in August 2003. The awards, held in celebration of the 80th year of the Columban Calendar, attracted over 12,300 entries from approximately 280 different schools across Australia.

The winning pieces were selected by a panel of three judges, including Sr Rosemary Crumlin RSM.

'The best of the entries bring freshness and insight to a story which sometimes brings you to the edge of tears and sometimes makes you laugh, but is always strongly and deeply felt—in one sense, this exhibition is the Columban’s gift to the whole adult community’, Sr Rosemary said.

All entrants received a certificate of participation and some of the works exhibited have also been included in the 2004 Columban Calendar. Click here to visit the gallery containing the exhibits of the 75 finalists.

‘All of these works preach and rejoice in the word of God’, said Columban Provincial, Fr Trevor Trotter, when launching the exhitibition. He was struck by the presence of God in the art work and through the art work, God’s presence in the world.

Right, details of:
Untitled, Conor O'Brien, NSW, exhibit, section one;
The Last Supper, Rachel Whitlock, QLD, exhibit, section two;
Noah's Ark, Jisoo Yoon, NSW state winner, section two;
Ascension of the Lord 2003, Nancy Gill, WA, exhibit, section five;
The locusts of Moses, Ashley Thomas, SA, national winner, section three;
Ascension, Edwina O'Connell, WA, exhibit, section five;
Star-Struck Kings, Jamie Taylor, TAS state winner, section four;
Four Faces of Christ, various artists, VIC, exhibit, section five.
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