17/4/06

Talented Point Pearce Artists win 1st and 2nd in the Indigenous category of the prestigious Cheetham Salt Yorke Peninsula 2006 Art Exhibition Awards.

At the exhibition - left to right: Chris Andgrave, Joseph Cattermole, Farrin Miller, missing Haydn Sansbury
 
                1st prize Indigenous Category                                       2nd Prize Indigenous Category
 
Talented Point Pearce artists Haydn Sansbury and Joseph Cattermole, members of the Adjahdura Aboriginal Coastal Arts group have won 1st and 2nd in the Indigenous Category of this years prestigious Cheetham Salt Yorke Peninsula Art Exhibition Awards - held over Easter in the Ardrossan Town hall.

Joseph Cattermole said, “ We only started painting seriously as a group a few months ago - and this win by Haydn (Sansbury) and myself is a win for the whole group - and a win for Point Pearce. As a group we have painted over 25 paintings, mostly depicting life on our country (Adjahdura Land - Yorke Peninsula) and it’s solid that we have won these awards and I’m wrapped over it”.

The outright winner of the Indigenous category, Haydn Sansbury, was not at the presentation night to receive his award - he was flying to Melbourne for Easter to watch his brother Eddy Sansbury play football for the Kangaroos. Haydn was stunned by his win – he said, “I wish I was there, I can’t believe I won - it’s the first Art Exhibition I have entered and to win is deadly. We (the group) have supported each other and this win is a win for all of us”.

Together with the other artists in the group, Chris Angrave and Farrin Miller, the Adjahdura Aboriginal Coastal Arts group has a body of work that they would like to exhibit more. They are growing as artists every day. Most of their paintings can be found on their web pages at: http://www.adjahdura.com.au/arts - and all their work is available for sale from these web pages. This was the first Art Exhibition the artists have entered and it’s a stunning win for a group of talented Point Pearce artists who are expressing themselves through their unique artwork.

It was the best art exhibition ever seen on the Yorke Peninsula – and the largest Indigenous section in the history of the Art Exhibition. Congratulations must go to the organisers and all the artists who exhibited their work.


Kim Mavromatis
Marketing Manager
Adjahdura Aboriginal Coastal Arts
0417 838 785
arts@adjahdura.com.au
mav@mavmedia.com.au
http://www.adjahdura.com.au/arts