This year we had more entries to the Awards than we have had for many years. This is great news in one way as we are of course delighted that so many more artists, with such a wealth of talent, should want to enter our competition. On the other hand, it makes the competition for places at the exhibition all the tougher. This year with over 2150 artists competing for approximately 100 places at the Bankside, there are many, many excellent entries that just didn’t make it through. Please hold in mind that judging is a subjective art and don’t be too downhearted if you have not made it into the exhibition.
This year we have reintroduced the popular category of Highly Commended. Artists in this category will have images of their work displayed in the Bankside Gallery, but not their actual artwork. This particularly offers the judges a further opportunity to celebrate the work of artists who have just missed being accepted into the exhibition.
We wish to thank all entrants to this year’s Awards. Their talents and enthusiasm make the whole exercise worthwhile for those who organise it. All entrants should receive a personal e-mail or letter, confirming the outcome of their entry(ies). Please be patient if waiting for the post!
As soon as possible, the website will be showing the 101 finalists from this year’s competition, and anyone (not just artists or entrants) can take the opportunity to vote for their favourite entry of 2009. The winner of the most votes will receive the ‘EAC People’s Choice Award’ at the preview event on 1st December at the Bankside Gallery.
Artists Chosen for Exhibition 2009
Chris Abbott, James Aldred, Carol Allen, Edna Ansdell, Jean Arkell, Joan Aubrey, Carol Bagni, Becky Bailey,Doris Bailey, Robert Barling, David Barlow, Jack Bayliss, Mick Beale, Raymond Beardall, Angela Bedingfield,Leslie Bell, William Belshaw, Richard Benjamin, Charys Beswick, Valerie Biddulph, Lynn Bindman, Diana Birch,Terry Blaber, Ann Bott, Alan Bowering, Jacquie Boyd, Mary Brain, Robert Brain, Margaret Bresser, Inez Brinsden,Geraldine Brock, Hazel Brother, Marion Brown, Gillian Bryn-Jones, Virginia Burdon, David Burt, James Butler,Buxted Court Art & Crafts Society, Hugh Cannings, Jacqueline Chapman, Janet Chapman, Anne Chaudri,Leslie Child, Mary Coates, Belinda Colby, Brian Collins, Howard Collins, Jennifer Copley-May, Margaret Coyle, Judy Dames, Dennis Day, William Dixon, Marianne Downing, Catherine Dunne (entered by John Brady)Martin Dutton, Fred Elwell, Gillian Flack, Peter Furr, Marilyn Gardner, Mira Golya, Ishbel Gordon,Rita Greengrass, Gilbert Gregory, David Arthur Guyatt, Anne Hall, Anne Harrison, Colin Harrow, Heritage Plus Portslade, Nancy Howie, Barbara Hughes, Diana Hudson, Gerald Hudson, John Jarrett, Nicola Jones, Stanley Keen,Hannah Kent, Doreen Kern, Ann Kirk, Nan Liefer, Derek Lucas, Gordon Morley, Ron Pearce, Jeff Perks, Wilson Reddish, Sarah Maria Rhys, John Riley, Mary Roscoe, Cesarea Santana, Sandra Smith-Gordon, Joan Speare,Ann-Monique Stellinga, Tue Tan, David Tribe, Judith Truelson, Patricia Tucker, Audrey van Abbé, Peter Waller,Patria Watling, Ken White, Brian Wozencroft, Chris Wright
Artists given a Highly Commended by the Judges
Jack Acocks, Roy Allen, Jean Andrewartha, Julie Ashcroft, Alfred Ashurst, Frederick Ayre, Laurie Barnard, Kate Barrett, Joan Beal, Jim Beck, Ronald Bennett, Glenys Bisset, David Blinkhorn, Patricia Blossom, Raymond Brunning, Evelyn Buzzard, Joan Byrne, Archibald Campbell, Cara Irish Day Centre, Edward Clark, Catherine Coker,Sue Colbourne, Margaret Collins, Alfred Cooper, Eileen Cripps, Roger Crooks, Nicky Cundy, Brian Curry, Kenneth Dare, Heather Dawe, Dorothy Dawson, Colin Dent, David Dimmock, Harold Egan, Nan Edwards, Barbara Evans,Mollie Field, Andrew Forrest, Ray Foxell, Seema Gill, Christine Glanville, Hugh Goldie, Irene Goodrich, Margaret Havart, Tom Hawkes, Frank Hester, Gail Hind, John Hunt, Eileen James, Elizabeth Jones, Marjorie Jones, Alan Kent, Robert Lewis, Freda Maxfield, Brenda Mumford, June Nicholls, Greta Owen, John Owen, Ethel Payne, Winifred Pengilley, Vincent Plank, G Reed, Violet Seamen, Barbara Shaw, Rita Shine, Lilian Smith, A Sperber at Sobell Services, Darryl Taylor, J Ward, Winifred Wilmot
