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Results of our 2018 Research & Writing Awards

January 6, 2019 by Marie-Louise McDermott

After considering our judges’ reports on the range of entries
submitted for our 2018 Pat Skinner Award for writing about ocean
pools, our Committee agreed to immediately institute a separate
Research Award.

2018 Research Award

Prize-money for our 2018 Research Award was
provided by our major sponsor, Diverse Productions
(https://diverseproductions.biz/).

Prize-money of $500 (equal to the maximum prize-money
ever awarded to one individual for any of our
awards) for our new 2018 Research Award was
awarded to Valentin Rey for Piscines de marée six
essais
, his six ground-breaking essays on the
aesthetics and architecture of the ocean pools of the
Azores and Madeira Islands. Valentin’s research on
Portugal’s Atlantic islands was undertaken as part of
his postgraduate architectural studies at a Swiss
University, the EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale
de Lausanne – see https://www.ep:.ch/en/home/)
and written in French.

Valentin described his 160-page document as ‘a
theoretical approach on architecture. It seeks to reveal
the qualities of ocean pools in terms of materiality,
resistance, time and as a constructed object strongly
related to the site where it is built.’

Kim Mettam was awarded an Honourable
Mention in our inaugural Research Award for
Explosive History behind Mettam’s Pool, his entry for
the 2018 Pat Skinner Award for writing about ocean
pools.

His account of the development of Perth’s Mettams
Pool written ‘with support from all of Frank Mettam’s
grandchildren’ had been published as a one-page
article in the Weekend West Australian of October
29-30, 2016. Kim’s entry stated ‘This beach was
largely wall to wall reef until the early 1930’s. Out of
this Grandfather created a natural swimming and
snorkelling pool and a sandy shoreline. It took over
35 years of hard work but to the family it was a
labour of love for their community’.

2018 Pat Skinner Award for writing about ocean pools

2018 Pat Skinner Award logo

Our writing judges decided not to award any prize-money
for the 2018 Pat Skinner Award for writing
about ocean pools. They did however award two
Honourable Mentions.
– our member, Caroline Josephs (yes, the same
Caroline Josephs awarded prize- money for our
2018 members-only Shirley Ellis Art Award) for
Memory — Palm Beach Ocean Pool, her memoir
of the time ‘in 1947 at four and three quarter years
of age I learned to float in Palm Beach Ocean
Pool. This bodily experience began a lifetime of
love of ocean pools. I am now 75 years’, and
– Jane Downing for her story Hurly-Burly,
‘a piece of short fiction remembering the
Burleigh Heads ocean pool’ that once existed on
Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Filed Under: Awards, Portugal's ocean pools, Western Australia, Writing award Tagged With: 2018, awards, mettams pool

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

Results of our 2017 ocean pool art award

July 27, 2017 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

Festive fireworks

Feels like time for fireworks to celebrate the results of our 2017 Sheridan Evans Award for artworks relating to ocean pools. Our judges and Committee were delighted with the number of entrants and the quality of the entries for our 2017 Sheridan Evans Award. We will soon be showcasing the award-winning images that we have obtained the creator’s permission to display on our website and Facebook pages and in our newsletter.

The Results

Here is the list of 2017 entrants awarded prize money, Honourable Mentions, Special Commendations or Commendations.

Prize money

This year, our judges decided to divide the AU$1000 prize money among 4 entrants:

  • $300 to Olga Baldock from Australia for Morning Dip Coogee,
  • $300 to Oliver Scarlin Chennells from South Africa for Tidescapes,
  • $200 to Graham Gall from Australia for Kiama Ocean Pool at Sunrise #5, and
  • $200 to Brydie Piaf from Australia for Mackerels.

Honorable Mentions

Our judges awarded Honorable Mentions to:

  • Stephen Dwyer for Black Head Beach Dawn,
  • Annie Bierzynski for Bronte Pool Sunrise,
  • Darren Schiller for Before the dawn Coogee,
  • Nisha Irwin for We are reborn mermaids,
  • Peter Andrews for The Blue Pool,
  • Meng Woo for Summer escape, and
  • Melissah Douglas for Cabbage Tree Bay reflection.

Special Commendations

Our judges also awarded Special Commendations to:

  • Kerry Wilson, who submitted 18 wonderful images of storms at Australia’s Bronte Baths,
  • Clive Symm for his 22 fascinating images documenting the Changing Moods of Bude Sea Pool in the UK.

Commendations

Our judges also awarded Commendations for submitting so many entries demonstrating enthusiasm for art and ocean pools to:

  • Graham Gall, and
  • Thomas Dwyer.

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Australia's ocean pools, South Africa's ocean pools, United Kingdom's ocean pools Tagged With: art prize, awards

Thanks to entrants for our 2017 art award!

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

Thanks to entrants

All into Ocean Pools Inc thanks every entrant who submitted artwork for our 2017 Sheridan Evans Art Award, which closed on 31 May at midnight West Australian time. We send special thanks to all those who submitted multiple entries showing their deep and extensive engagement with ocean pools.

A grand total of 142 valid entries will now be forwarded to our award judges for their consideration.

The judging process

The number of entries and the high quality of those entries means that judging this award is no easy matter.

Thanks to our committed and hardworking volunteer  judges, All into Ocean Pools Inc hopes to be ready to announce the winner(s) of our 2017 Sheridan Evans Art Award in early July 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Announcing the joint winners for our 2016 art award!

July 1, 2016 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

The AU$1000 prizemoney for the All into Ocean Pools Inc  2015/2016 Sheridan Evans Award was shared equally by two artists:

  • $500 goes to Jennifer Baird for ‘Pools of Sydney’, an original hand-coloured  linocut print, that captures the joy of being in and around Sydney’s ocean pools on a hot, sunny summer day, and
  • $500 goes to Lizzie Buckmaster Dove for her images of sculptures from her  ‘Alchemy of Blue‘ project. Using concrete pieces of the Coledale ocean pool that she had found on her daily beach walks or extracted during the pool’s 2011 renovation, this artist created works that spoke of rock, tide, time, gravity and the lightness of being in water.

All into Ocean Pools Inc congratulates our winning artists and thanks:

  • our panel of volunteer judges (George Karpathakis, Julianne Collingridge and Barbara Smith) for donating their time and skills,
  • everyone who entered for our inaugural Sheridan Evans Award, and
  • Diverse Productions Pty Ltd, the Perth-based firm sponsoring the 2015/2016 Sheridan Evans Award.

Entrants for this inaugural Sheridan Evans Award had to submit original work produced in a digital format prior to 15 June 2016 and relating to one or more of the Australian ocean pools listed on the All into Ocean Pools Inc website. There were no entry charges and no limits on the number of entries that a person or group could submit.

All into Ocean Pools Inc hopes future Sheridan Evans Awards will attract an even wider range of entries including some that feature music and dance, some entries depicting ocean pools in wild and stormy moods as well as others depicting ocean pools as happy, sunny, romantic or mysterious places.

Entries for the 2017 Sheridan Evans Award can relate to any of the ocean pools listed on the All into Ocean Pools Inc website (Australasian ocean pools, South African ocean pools, American ocean pools, European ocean pools). Keep checking this website for further details.

Filed Under: 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, 5. Sydney-Eastern Beaches, 6. Sydney-Cronulla Beaches, 7. Illawarra, Australia's ocean pools, Awards, New South Wales Tagged With: artworks, awards, Jennifer Baird, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove

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