Blacktown City Council - Media Release - Blacktown Arts Announces People’s Choice Prize Winner

6 February 2020

Sydney artist Sara Sohrabian has taken out the Blacktown

City Art Prize People’s Choice Prize and the $1,000 prize 

money for her mixed media work.

More than 530 works were submitted for the Blacktown City 

Art Prize, and Sara’s work, I am in a relationship with the 

sun was one of the 114 works exhibited in the Leo Kelly 

Blacktown Arts Centre between 30 November 2019 - 25 

January 2020.

Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM said the 

community has chosen an exceptional artwork. 

“We had a record number of entries for the 2019 Blacktown 

City Art Prize,” Mayor Bleasdale said.

“It was a tough choice for the community to make with 114 

works on display but they have chosen an exceptional piece.”

The People’s Choice Prize gave the local community the 

opportunity to participate in the judging of a category (the 

People’s Choice prize) in one of the most prestigious art 

competitions held in Western Sydney.

The Blacktown City Art Prize attracts the best artistic talent 

from across the country, with a significant number of entries 

submitted by local artists and 19 per cent of finalists being 

from the Blacktown area.

Blacktown resident, Jamie Eastwood, was awarded the 2019 

Blacktown City Art Prize in December for his mixed media 

artwork titled made ‘Blacktown Native Institution 1823-2018 

Then and Now’.

Sara Sohrabian with curator Paul Howard

Sara Sohrabian’s I am in a relationship with the sun

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