Meroogal
Denim ball gown by Ingrid Steinmetz
Meroogal is a Victorian home in the south coast town of Nowra, NSW, Australia (south of Sydney). It’s now a museum – particularly interesting because it was inhabited over many decades by women of one family, and so you can see a fascinating variety of domestic detail and learn about the minutiae of their lives.
The Meroogal women’s arts prize is a regional non-acquisitive competition and exhibition across the fields of visual arts, crafts and design. Diverse and original use of media is a signature of the exhibition, which encourages the practise of traditional women’s arts and crafts in a contemporary context. The theme of the prize, which varies each year, establishes a direct connection to Meroogal and the women who lived there, as well as acting as a springboard for artistic imagination. The theme for 2006 is Reduce, recycle & renew at Meroogal (Quote from here).
Entry is limited to surrounding districts, but the galleries of entries from several years provide plenty of inspiration and imagination, whether Meroogal is hours or half a world away from where you live. If you click on a particular entry you will find information from the artist about the work.
Red Blankets are Warmer by Lisa Johnson
March 20th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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March 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Imagine my suprise coming across this post – i won this prize in 2005! The theme that year was patterns stitches and threads. It’s a great prize, i love that there is little distinction between ‘art’ and ‘craft,’ and makes history into something very contemporary, something living.