The Victorian Artists Society is excited to invite applications for our 2025 Norma Bull Portraiture Scholarship Award.
This biennial award aims to encourage students of all ages to advance in the naturalistic style of portraiture. The 2025 scholarship is for $5000, which will enable the winning artist to further progress their painting practice.
The award is open to tertiary and adult students who are studying art. Studies may occur in art schools, informal institutions, societies or studios under qualified teachers recognised by the Trustee.
Identify yourself as an entrant by COB Monday 31 March 2025 by submitting your entry form here. A selection of artists will be invited to proceed to the next stage, submitting a framed life-size 3/4 portrait painted from life in the naturalist style, in either oil or acrylic.
This is a biennial award, which aims to encourage students of all ages to advance in the Naturalist style. In 2025 the scholarship is for $5000. The winner will receive $2500 at the award’s announcement. Within 12 months the winner will report on the progress in their studies to receive the final $2500.
This award is named for Norma Bull, who was born in Melbourne in 1906. As an artist she was most active in England during World War II and famous for her wartime depictions. After a long and distinguished career, she passed away in 1980 after a trust was set up to celebrate the study of art in the form of naturalist portraiture.
Applications close COB Monday 31 March 2025. Finalists will need to deliver their work by Monday 12 May. Read the full details and apply online here.
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