2012 Festival Dates

Mark your calendars art lovers! Escape ARTfest 2012 - Friday 28th Spetember to Sunday 7th October.

Escape ARTfest 2012 - 'Branching Out'

Each year a theme is chosen by the committee. This theme flows through many of the events and arts prizes that are associated with the festival. Participants are encouraged to use the theme as inspiration, although the interpretation does not have to be literal. The 2012 theme 'Branching Out' should see many great ideas come forth!

Most of the information on this website at present relates to the 2011 festival. As we move closer to Escape ARTfest 2012 this will be updated.

Please contact the committee if you have any questions.

Raffle Winners 2011

Congratulations to the following lucky winners in the 2011 Escape ARTfest Raffle.

And thankyou also to the wonderful raffle sponsors!

1st - Weekend Package from University House in Canberra including accommodation, full breakfast and dinner for two. Sponsored by the Australian National University.
Won by W Spithill (D05 - Red Stars)

2nd - Original Painting donated by Maz.
Won by D Thomson (C9 Black)

3rd - $200 Voucher donated by Holiday Haven Tourist Parks.
Won by N Purvis (C11 Yellow Hearts)

4th - Family Portrait Session donated by Ollie 7 Photography.
Won by E Rout (A1 Black)

5th - Two hour photography workshop donated by Ollie 7 Photography.
Won by B Pearce (F10 Black)

6th - $150 Book Voucher donated by Harbour Bookshop Ulladulla.
Won by D L'Estrange (C14 Black)

7th - Dinner Voucher donated by Elizans Restaurant at Ulladulla Guest House.
Won by J McWilliam (D62 Yellow Diamonds)

8th - $50 Gift Voucher donated by Reflections of Spirit Milton.
Won by Bruce (F78 Black)

9th - $50 Gift Voucher donated by Sachi on Green Ulladulla.
Won by J Moran (F12 Green Dots)

10th - $50 Gift Voucher donated by Home at Last Milton.
Won by C Timmins (D19 Red Stars)

11th - $30 Gift Voucher donated by Panache Milton.
Won by P Smith (E60 Yellow Dots)

12th - $30 Gift Voucher donated by Panache Milton.
Won by V van Gogh (B8 Black)

13th - $30 Gift Voucher donated by Saunders Ulladulla.
Won by Wallace (D01 Red Stars)

14th - $25 Gift Voucher donated by The Kitchen Milton.
Won by S Harrison (C01 Yellow Hearts)

15th - $25 Meat Voucher donated by Ulladulla Butchery.
Won by R Guest (F33 Green Dots)

16th - $25 Gift donated by Saunders Ulladulla.
Won by G Boorman (F06 Green Dots)

17th - $25 Gift donated by Saunders Ulladulla.
Won by Maggie D (D52 Yellow Diamonds)

Prize Winners 2011

Escape ARTfest offered over $15000 in prizes to entrants in 14 different creative competitions - art, music, literature, photography... and more! More images to be added below so please come back again for a full list of winning works.

People's Choice Winners will also be announced soon!

RIPE: Sculpture at Cupitt's Winery

Simon Barton with Weedy Sea Dragon $3000 sponsored by ANU

ANU SOAP (Shoalhaven Open Art Prize)

First Prize - ANU $2000 - HELEN HEWITT - NATURE IGNITES

Best Drawing ANU $500 - VIVIEN TANNER - Ignite, Burn, Regenerate

Riversdale 7 Best Photograph $500 - OLLIE - Unknown, Untold, Unforgiveable

Hozack Clisdell Best Landscape $500 - SUSAN PALMIERI - STORM IGNITES

Meadowlake Lodge Highly Commended $250 - JULIA COLLINSON - POVERTY + BOREDOM = VIOLENCE

House of Jules Art Studio Best Figurative Work $250 - CHRIS ALLEN - PRELUDE TO POWER

Commended Photographic Entry - LEONIE SIMMONS - Strike

Commended Photographic Entry - DOMINIC BARRINGTON - Starship Jelly

People's Choice Prize - TBA

ANU Postcard Art Prize

Open Winner $200 David Wallace

Open 2nd Place $100 Helen Hewitt

Open 3rd Place $50 Annette Potter

Best Photographic Entry $100 - Bev Nevin

Junior Winner $50 Katherine Kelly

Highly Commended Photographic Entry - Darcy Tay

Bendigo Bank Youth Art

5-9yrs

1st Marcus Singapu

2nd Chillee Rowland

Commended: Lara Cairns

10-14yrs

1st Rowan Schultz

2nd Evelyn Burns

Commended: Victoria Singapu

Commended: Ava Del Tufo

15-18yrs

1st Riley McDonald

2nd Sophie Collins

Commended: Sarah Tucker

Commended: Georgia Ewin

People's Choice Prize - TBA

8x8 Canvas Prize

First $500 (sponsored by Ulladulla Picture Framing) - A7 Karen Alibone - We have Ignition

Runner Up $300 Sponsored by ANU - S100 Christa Drysdale - When all else fails

Best Landscape  (sponsored by Millhouse Art Society) $100 - S68 Lyn Unwin - Fire Revenge

Best Photograph (sponsored by Riversdale 7 Photography) $100 - S133 Bev Nevin - Ignite: Dear John

Splatters Choice Prize - S23 Rebecca Boyd Defina Psychedelic Ignition

House of Jules Choice - J8 Elaine Brooks - Ignite Your Passions

Artyfacts Choice - A39 Chere Le Page - Renewing the Land

Weird & Wacky - J46 Greg Sydenham - Ignited

 
Best Use of Text - S65 Nancy Scott-Wilkes - Fire Day

 
Best Mixed Media - S43 Dee Carington  - Strike to Ignite

$100 Youth First Prize - S11 Beth Legg - The spark in my mind

$50 Youth Runner Up - S109 Jasmine Kierzkowski - Fire Bug

$25 Youth Commended - J17 Holly Begg -  Oops

$25 Youth Commended - S32 Samuel Penny - Ignite your Fear

Youth Commended S104 Coco Reents - Untitled

Youth Commended S54 Darcy Tay - Ignite your passion

Youth Commended J34 Autumn Beach - Forest fire 

Youth Commended J45 Georgia Evans - TV on Fire 

Youth Commended A2 Teagan Fanning - Dragons Fury

Youth Commended J24 Sophie Armstrong - Too close too hot

Boots Great Outdoors People's Choice Prize - TBA

Bendigo Bank Open Poetry Prize

1ST JOHN DAVIS - REMEMBERING MARYSVILLE
2ND MRS MEG THOMAS - IGNITED LOVE OF COUNTRY
3RD HELEN GAFFEY - IGNITE

Harbour Bookshop Open Short Story Prize

1ST JANET MUNYARD - FALLOUT
2ND CHERE LE PAGE - BECOMING A GODDESS
3RD KATE CONYNGHAM - DECEMBER STORY

Bendigo Bank Youth Poetry Prize

1ST BEN FLYNN - IGNITE MY LIFE
2ND EMILY STEIN  - THE VOLCANO
3RD TARYN LOVE - DUMP CHILDREN IGNITED

Harbour Bookshop Youth Short Story Prize

1ST MATTHEW ROBERTSON IGNITE
2ND NATASHA HARVEY - IGNITE   
3RD KATE LAHIFF - PASSION IGNITED THROUGH GUILT

Read Select Literature Prize Winners here.

Shutterspeed

Overall photographer of the day: Lynn Ellis

2nd Place Portfolio: Carly Hearn

3rd Place Portfolio: Jan Bryant

Young Photographer of the Day: Maddison Hare

Edges: Lynn Ellis

Serenity: Kaye Grant

Curves: Lynn Ellis

Metal: Kane Morgan

Noise: Susan O Brien

Best Of Friends: Carolyn Whan

ANU Young Musicians Award

First Place: Lilly Boland

Commended: The Lok, Rocco Forrester-Sach, Rodney Clarke, Coco Vandervelt, Jett Carey

ANU Songwriting Award

First Place: Jake Dylan with Lovely Lady

The 6 finalists were:

Jake Dylan - Lovely Lady

Jeff Rogers - Mary

Brad Colley - I Wish I Had A Mountain

Jeff Rogers - Salt In My Veins

Abby Baker - Go Home

Liam Whittaker - So

Ignite the Plaza Art Competition

$500.00 prize sponsored by Bannisters

Greg Liersch - Harbour Morning

PFUCAs (Pictures Framed Under Constraint Awards)

Sponsored by Ulladulla Picture Framing

1st - Julie McKenzie

2nd - Rory Williams

HC - Ollie

MUD Camera Club Exhibition

1st - Ollie

Runner Up - Peter Gerholt

IGNITE, EXCITE & WRITE

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL ENTRANTS IN THE INAUGRAL OPENING PARAGRAPH FOR A NOVEL - COMPETITION. THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING --- IT WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR!

OPEN

1ST Marie-Louise Taylor

2ND Ollie

3RD Dominic Barrington

HIGHLY COMMENDED Annette Potter

HIGHLY COMMENDED Alison Pakes

YOUTH

1ST Jonah McGovern

2ND Emma Harding

3RD Ben Munyard

HIGHLY COMMENDED Jack Rutland

HIGHLY COMMENDED Hayley West- Watson