i am so excited to have been selected to the maquette: sculpture aw…

i am so excited to have been selected to the maquette: sculpture award at mcclelland gallery and cannot wait to see all of the artworks!

exhibition: saturday 22 november 2025 – sunday 22 march 2026
mcclelland sculpture park + gallery
390 mcclelland drive langwarrin
mcclelland.org.au

congratulations to an amazing group of finalists listed in the following image

from mcclelland…
mcclelland is proud to announce the 62 finalists for the inaugural maquette: sculpture award, selected from an impressive pool of 252 entries. this new $20,000 acquisitive award, generously supported by celebrated australian artist rick amor, honours sculptural skill and expression and will see the winning work enter the mcclelland collection

the title of this new sculpture prize refers to the scale of the entries—no more than 50 centimetres in any dimension. finalists were selected by artist lisa roet and mcclelland’s artistic and executive director lisa byrne, with the winning work to be chosen by acclaimed sculptor john meade

lisa byrne shared: ‘the maquette: sculpture award is a celebration of the sculptor’s imagination at its most distilled. we’re proud to support artists working in this vital medium and to welcome a new generation of sculptural ideas into the mcclelland collection’

curator suzette wearne adding, ‘it's exciting to have the chance to bring together such a wide range of artistic voices and styles. the finalists’ sculptures run the gamut of materials: bronze, timber, ceramic, textile, glass, plaster, paper, resin and found and natural materials. together, they address a range of concepts and ideas as broad as one can imagine: from traditional to experimental, formal to political, the whimsical to the profound. there will be something for every gallery visitor to enjoy‘

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