15. Yarn with Jervis Bay Portrait Prize artists

I was fortunate to visit the first JBPP held at the Jervis Bay Breweng & co and interview Randall Sinnamon and participating artists with their muses! The co-organisers of this new art prize, Randall Sinnamon and Vanessa Harries, were inspired by a now defunct exhibition that had been a favourite component of the region’s former SeeChange Festival, The Little Archies (named of course in honour of the much loved Archibald Prize for Australian portraiture). Randall is himself a past Archibald Prize finalist – his portrait of Egyptian-Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros was selected in 2023, at the Art Gallery of NSW. You can hear Vanessa on 927FM each Wednesday from 4.30pm-5.30pm. Her program the SLAM profiles local artists, musicians, bands, exhibitions and festivals. The works had to portray a Shoalhaven resident, but the artist could be from anywhere. This yarn has 8 various interviews and was recorded with background music, so the sound quality is slightly compromised. * Randall Sinnamon 0:00 - 0:48* Clayton Campion 6:59 - 12:14* Allana Valentine 1st Prize 12:31 - 24:15* Sarah Yee 2nd Prize 24:26 - 28:38* Alfie Campion (12 years) Brewers Choice 28:48 - 31:38* Glenn and Giuseppina (Pina) Miller 32:02 - 38:39* Catherine Woods 3rd Prize 38:50 - 47:09* Vanessa Barbey 47:21 - 53:47