Blake Prize for religious art resurrected

Richard Lewer​, Worse Luck I’m Still Here, Image via Blake Prize

At the close of the 63^rd Blake Art Prize in January this year, Chairman of The Blake Society, Rev. Dr. Rod Pattenden told ArtsHub that unless the Prize could secure a sponsor it would ‘extinguish itself’. 

It seems that miracles do happen. Casula Powerhouse Art Centre (CPAC) and Liverpool City Council have announced that the future of the prestigious Blake Prize has been secured with a move to Western Sydney and a guarantee of $25,000 annually, in perpetuity.