Woollahra Municipal Council
Environmental schools sculpture prize
2012 Competition Now Open
Students enrolled at a Woollahra primary or high school are invited to get creative for the 2012 Woollahra Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize!
Simply make a sculpture out of reused materials addressing the 2012 theme of Plants and Animals and be in the running to win great prizes and have your sculpture on display for two weeks at Woollahra Council.
Entries must be hand delivered to Woollahra Council by 4:30pm Friday 19 October 2012.
For all the details, download the 2012 Prize Entry Kit (PDF)
Thanks to our prize donors
Free Student Sculpture Skill Workshops
Enroll your child in a free sculpture skill workshop during the July holidays.
Find out more about the workshops.
Tour the Exhibition
Schools and local community groups are invited to tour both the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize during the two week exhibition from 29 October - 9 November 2012.
To secure your place, complete and return the 2012 Tour and Activity Booking Form (PDF)
More Information
This project has been made possible with thanks to funding from the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust
2011 Winners and Viewer's Choice Award
Congratulations to our 2011 exhibition winners! Indigo Penn (Year 6, Reddam House) and Philippa Harrison (Year 10, Kincoppal Rose Bay) were announced as the winners of the Junior and Senior categories respectively for their winning sculpture entries Plastic Sushi and On my Mind.
Man by Ramiro Fernandez (Year 7, Cranbrook School) was awarded the Viewer's Choice Award for receiving the most votes from those who toured the two week exhibition.
(L-R) Philippa Harrison and Indigo Penn
2010 Winner and Viewer's Choice Award
Congratulations to our 2010 Woollahra Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize winner, year 5 student Bryana Bailey from Reddam House for her sculpture Frogy the Water Catcher.
The Unreal Wave by Vasco Santos-Dwyer (Year 3, Woollahra Public School) was awarded the Viewer's Choice Award for receiving the most votes from those who toured the two week exhibition.
Three Highly Commended awards were also given to the following finalists:
- Tanked Up by Jasper Penfold-Low, Year 7, Cranbrook School
- S.O.S (Save Our Seas) by Indigo Penn, Year 5, Reddam House
- The Unreal Wave by Vasco Santos-Dwyer, Year 3, Woollahra Public School
2009 Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize Winner
The theme for the 2009 Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize was Climate Change.
Ruby Biancardi and Elizabeth Kovacs from Year 5 McAuley Primary School were crowned the winners, submitting a paper mache world globe covered with blue and green recycled bottle tops. Their sculpture represented the effects and impacts of sea level rising due to global warming.
Independent judges Neil and Diane Balnaves of the Balnaves Foundation, and Geoffrey Cassidy, Director of Artbank were impressed by the simplicity and originally of the work.
History of the Prize
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is the only national prize for sculptures of smaller dimensions. The Prize was established by Woollahra Council in 2001 to support, promote and celebrate artistic excellence as well as to promote local community engagement.
Due to the increasing demand for a local schools category in The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Council established the Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize in 2007. This Prize is open to all primary and secondary schools within the Woollahra Council area and operates in partnership with The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.
Applicants are required to create a 3D sculpture, no larger than 80cm in size in any dimension, no heavier than 3kg and made out of recycled material reflecting an environmental theme.