The Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award 2006

A National Gallery of Victoria exhibition toured by NETS Victoria

7 June 2006 to 3 September 2006
NGV International, Myer Fashion and Textiles Gallery

23 December 2006 to 4 February 2007
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale

23 March to 22 April 2007
Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery

24 May to 1 July 2007
Craft ACT, Canberra

19 July to 9 September 2007
Shepparton Art Gallery

8 October to 25 November 2007
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery

The Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award is a generous legacy of the late Colin Rigg (1895 - 1982), a former Secretary of the Felton Bequests' Committee for the National Gallery of Victoria.

This ‘Award of Excellence’ focuses on contemporary design practice in the state of Victoria and is a reflection of the Gallery’s continuing support for and commitment to contemporary design. It is arguably the richest and most prestigious prize ever offered to a contemporary designer in Australia, with a prize of $30,000. Each exhibition is devoted to a particular design discipline. The past three exhibitions, in 1994, 1997 and 2001, represented ceramics, metalwork and textiles respectively. In 2006, the exhibition is dedicated to jewellery.

Sally Marsland is this year's recipient of the Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award.

The award and exhibition are supported by The Cicely and Colin Rigg Bequest.

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria's Major Touring Initiative.

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government
through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund, by the Australian Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy,
an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.