{"id":107737,"date":"2025-06-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/?p=107737"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:48:52","slug":"seven-local-artists-named-olive-cotton-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/news\/seven-local-artists-named-olive-cotton-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven local artists named Olive Cotton Award finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Tweed Regional Gallery has announced the 65 finalists for the prestigious Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, which includes seven artists from the Northern Rivers region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112570\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112570\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/Ohalloran_Tajette_Th_35550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"782\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Untitled from The Quarry 2024&#8217;. Photo: TAJETTE O&#8217;HALLORAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 20th year, the biennial award offers a major prize of $20,000, with 2025 seeing a record number of entries.<\/p>\n<p>Tweed Regional Gallery director Ingrid Hedgcock said the calibre of entries was growing each year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112571\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112571\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/MAHONEY_Paula_Seb_Po_35667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Seb, Portrait of a Young Gentleman 2025&#8217;. Photo: PAULA MAHONEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re delighted to see such powerful and diverse portraiture submitted for this milestone year of the Award and blown away by the number of entries we had this year, some 850 in total,&#8221; Hedgcock said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The finalists represent a remarkable cross-section of Australian photographic talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112572\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112572\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/SOLNESS_Peter_Portra_35678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"844\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen with his magnum opus, &#8216;Tower of Babel&#8217;, Bundeena NSW 2025&#8242;. Photo: PETER SOLNESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The local finalists were Adam Bailey, Lisa Sorgini, Craig Tuffin, Joel Benguigui, Paul Blackmore, Elise Derwin, and Tajette O&#8217;Halloran.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the family of renowned 20th-century photographer, Olive Cotton, additional awards are supported by the Friends of Tweed Regional Gallery &amp; Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112573\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112573\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/Frayne_Alex_Portrait_35685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"881\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Portrait of Joshua Campton 2024&#8217;. Photo: ALEX FRAYNE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Gallery also funds the Director&#8217;s Choice and People&#8217;s Choice Awards along with Sally McInerney and gallerist Josef Lebovic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112574\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112574\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/STARR-lauren-I-love-_35691.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;I Love My Dog As Much As I Love You 2024&#8217;. 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