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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230930
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-museum-th
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SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: T
 he New Light Prize
DESCRIPTION:The New Light Prize\nSeptember 30th – December 23rd 2023\nW
 illiamson Art Gallery &amp\; Museum\, Birkenhead\nBirkenhead’s Williamso
 n Art Gallery &amp\; Museum is proud to host the launch of the New Light P
 rize exhibition 23/24.\nEstablished in 2010\, the New Light charity celebr
 ates and promotes Northern art\, supporting both well-known and emerging a
 rtists by offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities wi
 th the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition. It provides Northern artists w
 ith an unparalleled platform to showcase their work and reach new audience
 s.\nThe 2023 New Light Prize Exhibition Tour which covers five galleries\,
  visiting four counties and London\, begins at the Williamson\, with judgi
 ng taking place just prior to the exhibition’s opening. A panel of indu
 stry experts comprising of Olivia Heron\, Curator at the Whitworth Gallery
 \, Manchester\, Nan Perell\, New York Collector and supporter of emerging 
 British artists\, Matthew Hall\, Director of London gallery Panter &amp\; 
 Hall\, renowned figurative artist Mark Demsteader\, and Director of New Li
 ght\, Rebekah Tadd\, will shortlist artworks for the £10\,000 Valeria Syk
 es Award\, judging Royal Academicians alongside emerging artists.\nWilliam
 son Curator Niall Hodson says that “we are delighted to host and launch 
 the New Light Prize Exhibition 2023/24. We want to be able to support the 
 creative economy and the viability of artistic careers in the North West a
 nd beyond. It will provide economic benefit for the artists and opportunit
 ies to embrace new talent”.\nTwo free public events will take place duri
 ng the exhibition’s run as part of Art For All\, New Light’s education
  and outreach programme. On Saturday 14th October 2-3pm Art Historian Sar
 a Riccardi will lead a free tour &amp\; talk of the exhibition. Then on th
 e evening of Friday 3rd November join former New Light prize winning arti
 st Josie Jenkins to use paint and print to create your own beautiful inter
 iors inspired artwork.\nFollowing the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum th
 e New Light Prize Exhibition will then tour to London’s Bankside Gallery
 \, The Gallery at Rheged in Penrith\, The Biscuit Factory\, Newcastle and 
 finish at The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate on 31st December 2024.
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