From over 360 entries a list of 54 finalists has been announced for the country’s most distinguished portrait prize for female artists, the Portia Geach Memorial Award. The $30,000 annual prize is administered by the Award Trustee Perpetual. The 2017 finalists are; Jessica Alexander, Esmeralda Raven Aponte, JA Arnott, Danelle Bergstrom, Jo Bertini, Kate Beynon, Kate Birrell, Cynthia Breusch, Claire Bridge, Filippa Buttitta, Ann Cape, Louisa Chircop, Yvette Coppersmith, Amanda Davies, Sinead Davies, Nicolette Eisdell, Esther Erlich, Rosa Fedele, Marina Finlay, Leah Fraser, Jaq Grantford, Kyra Henley, Sophia Hewson, Michelle Hiscock, Pollyxenia Joannou, Kate Kurucz, Kim Leutwyler, Kathrin Longhurst, Susan…
2017 Portia Geach Memorial Award finalists revealed
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