The 56th Blake Prize for Religious Art

The Blake Society

The Blake Society, named after the visionary artist and poet, William Blake, is an independent organisation that administers an annual Exhibition and Prize for contemporary religious and spiritual art. The aim of the Blake Society is to encourage contemporary artists to explore the spiritual in art. The Blake Society was formed at the instigation of a Jesuit priest, Michael Scott, a Jewish businessman, Richard Morley and a Catholic lawyer, Mary Temison Woods. They hoped that the establishment of a prize would encourage artists of disparate styles and religious allegiances to create significant works of art with religious content. Todays its members hope to stimulate the interaction of ideas and spiritual thought in contemporary Australian art.

Chairperson: R Pattenden

Directors: M Borgelt, L Christie, E Henchman-Storey, B O'Keefe, D Perkins, D Purnell, N Vickers, S-A Wallace.