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Results of the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award

October 4, 2018 by Marie-Louise McDermott

2018 Sheridan Evans Art Award logo

Today All into Ocean Pools Inc emailed the winners of our 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools. The AU$800 prize-money was divided evenly between 4 prize-money winners – 3 from Australia and one from Portugal. Our judges awarded AU$200 to:
– Newcastle Bogey Hole by Paul Hollins (we are waiting for permission to display this image of the Bogey Hole at Newcastle, Australia),
– Before the Sun by Brydie Piaf (an image of the Merewether Ocean Baths) in Newcastle, Australia,

Before the sun by Brydie Piaf
Before the sun by Brydie Piaf

– High tide by Rosie Steggles (an image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Rockpool), and

High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles
High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles

– Golden Edge by Carlos Resende (an image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Golden Edge by Carlos Resende
Golden Edge by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Honourable Mentions to:
– Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles (another image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Pool), and

Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles
Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles

– Pool by Carlos Resende (another image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Pool by Carlos Resende
Pool by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Special Commendations to Rosie Steggles and Graham Gall, who each submitted 5 fine images of ocean pools.

All into Ocean Pools Inc congratulates all our award winners and thanks all of the award entrants and our judges (Julianne Collingridge and Barbara Smith) for their participation in the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools.

Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, Art award, Photographers, Portugal's ocean pools Tagged With: art prize, awards, judging

Brydie Piaf’s The Sunrise Swimmers of Merewether Ocean Baths

March 3, 2018 by Marie-Louise McDermott

Promotion for exhibition and book

The Sunrise Swimmers of Merewether Ocean Baths – A book and exhibition by photographer and storyteller, Brydie Piaf.

The Sunrise Swimmers of Merewether Ocean Baths is a collection of portraits, seascapes and stories documenting the regular early morning swimmers of Newcastle’s iconic Merewether Ocean Baths. The Sunrise Swimmers is Brydie Piaf’s celebration of the saltwater life and the people who greet the sea before the sun each day. The exhibition (proudly supported by Olympus) is open from 24 February to 17 April 2018 in the Local History Lounge at City Library, Laman Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Back in 2017, Brydie Piaf was awarded:
– $200 in prize-money for the All into Ocean Pools Inc Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools, and
– an Honourable Mention for the All into Ocean Pools Inc Pat Skinner Award for writing relating to ocean pools.

2017 Sheridan Evans Award logo

2017 Pat Skinner Award

 

Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, Art award, Authors, Photographers Tagged With: Merewether Ocean Baths

Awarded image – Brydie Piaf’s Mackerels

August 2, 2017 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

Mackerels by B Piaf

Brydie Piaf  was awarded AU$200 in prize money for entering this work Mackerels in our 2017 Sheridan Evans Award for artworks relating to ocean pools. The Australian ocean pool depicted in this image is the Merewether Ocean Baths on the New South Wales coast. As Brydie Piaf’s entry note ‘ Since 1972 the Merewether Mackerels winter swimming club have been swimming at Merewether Baths’.

You can find more fine photographs by Brydie Piaf on the Facebook Page for the Merewether Mackerels.

Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, Art award, Australia's ocean pools, Clubs, New South Wales, Useable ocean pools

Brydie Piaf’s Mackerels

August 2, 2017 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

Mackerels by B Piaf

Brydie Piaf’s image Mackerels awarded AU$200 prize money in our 2017 Sheridan Evans Art Award.

Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, Art award, Australia's ocean pools, New South Wales, XsliderPix

Merewether Ocean Baths
 (Merewether Baths), Merewether, NSW

December 4, 2015 by

84 Merewether Ocean Baths

(Image taken in June 2007. Author’s own collection)

A huge pool complex lying a little to the south of the old Merewether baths on the same rock platform. A 50-metre racing area with diving blocks occupies the extreme southern end of the main pool separated by a wide promenade from the children’s pool, located near the mouth of the tunnel that ran from the beach to the Burwood Colliery. The northern seaward corner of the main pool has a distinctive pumphouse. This pool is a popular subject for photographers and other artists.

Acclaimed since the 1930s as the ‘largest of their kind in the State’, these ‘110 yards by 90 yards’ baths were ‘big enough to hold the larger swimming events’ and once hosted a range of novelties such as a water wheel.

Location

Merewether, NSW, 2291, Australia
(Latitude South 32 degrees 57 minutes 07 seconds, Longitude East 151 degrees 45 minutes 23 seconds)

See also

Merewether Mackerels

Historical notes

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Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, Australia's ocean pools, New South Wales, Useable ocean pools

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