Watch this space for details of the Santos award 2012.

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Santos Acquisitive Sculpture Award 2011

The Concept
Santos, a major Australian Oil and Gas Company, has committed $6,000 for a sculpture suited to placement outside the Roma Community Arts Centre which houses the Roma on Bungil Gallery.

The Community
Roma is the major town in the Maranoa District of the dry inland of Queensland, 500kms west of Brisbane. A large proportion of the population of the Maranoa has, either by birth or occupation, an involvement with the land and agricultural and rural pursuits. Roma is the largest Livestock Selling Centre in the Southern Hemisphere. The town and outlying areas have a large population of school children. A coal and gas industry, in which Santos is a major participant, is emerging in the district.

The Site
The Roma Community Arts Centre which houses the Gallery, Library and Studio spaces is situated between the main street and the Warrego Highway, which is the main east-west thoroughfare through the town. The sculpture will be visible from both thoroughfares and draw attention to the Artistic space.

The Brief
The completed work shall meet all the following criteria

• Be suited to long term exterior placement outside the Roma Community Arts Centre.
• Reflect the rural nature of the area with an innovative and symbolic interpretation rather than in a literal and figurative manner. (Note: Although bottle trees are very much a part of the local identity concepts involving them will not be considered.)
• Engage the public and draw attention to the Arts Centre and promote the Artistic space.
• Be durable and require little or no maintenance and not be vulnerable to vandalism.
• Not present any public safety concerns.
• Be of a medium/media of the artist’s choice provided they meet the criteria outlined.

Specifications

• Sculpture to be self supporting.
• The structural stability of the designs will be subjected to evaluation by an REPQ Structural Engineer on the Gallery’s behalf.

The Budget
The artist whose concept and design are chosen will be awarded $6,000.00 to cover all costs for the design, delivery and installation of the completed work on the footing provided. No further payment will be forthcoming. The artist will supply materials and install the work and /or contract a qualified tradesperson/artisan if required.

MOU
A MOU will be entered into with the successful artist detailing payment schedule and other relevant matters such as insurance, copyright, time frames etc and the responsibilities of both parties.

Expressions of Interest
In the Expression of Interest the Artist will provide the following

1. CV of no more than two pages.
2. All relevant contact details.
3. Images of previous and/or current work. (Preferably on CD and max. of 10 low resolution images).
4. A succinct written outline of their intended approach to the Commission.
5. Drawing and details of the proposed sculpture indicating dimensions, estimated weight and medium/media (including finishes, colour/s and textures).
6. Details of the footings needed for the work to be installed.

Expressions of Interest must be received via mail no later than 5pm on the 30th June 2011 by

The Secretary
The Management Committee
Roma on Bungil Gallery Inc.
P.O. Box 922
Roma Q 4455

Enquiries:
Tel 07 4622 3942 Secretary Sally Bennett
Tel 07 4622 2408 President Ian Galloway

Downloads

Expression of Interest
The expression of interest download also includes the site plan and the photographs. These can also be downloaded separately below.
Download Santos Acquisitive EOI PDF (995Kb)

Site plan
Download site plan PDF (1.2Mb)

Photographs of site

To download images to your computer right click on the image and choose either Save Picture As... or Save Image As... and save to you computer.

Maranoa Snapshots... click here to get a feel for our dry inland area.

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 The Roma on Bungil Gallery Inc.

2011 SANTOS ACQUISITIVE SCULPTURE AWARD

$6,000 won by Victorian Sculptor Lucy McEachern for her bronze

"AUSTRALIAN PELICAN".

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The Roma on Bungil Gallery Inc

2010 SANTOS ACQUISITIVE SCULPTURE AWARD

$10,000 won by DANIEL CLIFFORD

for 

"FIELD HARVEST" 

The Roma on Bungil Gallery Inc.

2009 SANTOS ACQUISITIVE SCULPTURE AWARD

$10,000 won by GARY CHRISTIAN

of Jamberoo in NSW for 

"THE TRAVELLERS"  a work in laser cut steel.

The Roma on Bungil Gallery Committee thank all the artists who submitted Expressions of Interest. The Sculpture is now proudly in position outside The Gallery. 

Detail of the work .