School of Art Graduates Dominate the Shepparton Art Gallery Indigenous Ceramic Competition

Ceramic Sculpture entitled Materially Cultured by Dr Danie Mellor Two graduates of the ANU’s School of Art were amongst the winners of the 2009 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award celebrated at the Shepparton Art Gallery on Friday 20 February.

Dr Danie Mellor (BA Visual Art Hons 95, Phd Art 05) won first prize for his piece entitled Materially Cultured (an allegorical scene of a bastard history).

Dr Janet Fieldhouse (BA Visual Art Hons 04, M Phil Art 07), a former winner of the competition in 2007, won third prize for her piece Armband.

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