RDNS Nurse of the Year
Client's Choice Award 2010
The RDNS Nurse of the Year - Client's Choice Award 2010 is a chance for clients and carers to nominate that special nurse who has made a positive difference to the community.
Entrants must explain in 1,000 words or less why their nominated RDNS nurse deserves the RDNS Nurse of the Year - Client's Choice Award.
Click here for the Terms & Conditions and to download a nomination form.
Nomination entries must be submitted by close 5:00pm E.S.T Friday, 2 July 2010.
For further information, call RDNS Marketing and Planning Department on 9536 5222.
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Show me the Monet!
RDNS Community Art Competition
Winners announced!
The winners of the RDNS Art Competition have been announced. Thirty-five entries were received for our first ever art competition, with each work providing moving and engaging insights into RDNS, its work and its people.
On Wednesday evening, artists and representatives from RDNS gathered at Brightspace in St Kilda to see the full collection of works for the first time. What they saw was a diverse series of artworks, utilising many mediums and giving an array of fascinating insights into district nursing.
CEO Dan Romanis commended all artists on their work before announcing the winners.
In 3rd place is a work that, according to the judges, is symbolically powerful. They were impressed by the detail of the paintwork and the use of space and perspective in the work. Although small, they felt that the piece carries a complexity of emotion and depth and were impressed by the depiction of a nurse as a proactive doer of good deeds, about to metaphorically reanimate her client back to life.
Congratulations to Chris Dyson for “Arrival”. Chris received a $1,000 cheque for his entry.
In 2nd place, which carried a $2,000 cash prize, is a work that had a great impact on the judges for its raw qualities and use of big empty space. They were moved by the notion of an RDNS client working towards recovery and regaining their sense of control. They felt that there was a strong presence of a nurse in the piece, even though that nurse is not depicted. The judges felt that there was a lot being conveyed in this picture despite not a lot on the canvas itself. Overall, they felt an uplifting sense of hope in this piece.
Congratulations to Jillian Fryer for her work “A Patient’s Progress”.
And in 1st place, which delivered $3,000 in prize money, was a piece which is confronting in its stillness. It carries an evocative and powerful, yet ambiguous, sense of anticipation. There is a timeless quality to it, and an extremely strong narrative that is open to interpretation. The use of metaphor, which is again open to the interpretation of the individual, is commanding and the judges felt that the central figure in the picture, which is small and unassuming, is the most powerful aspect of the piece, providing a beguiling focal point.
It is a pleasure to announce the winning work in the RDNS Art Competition is “Watching and Waiting” by Malcolm Gartside.
All works were judged by members of the professional art industry. Louisa Scott, who is Curator at the City of Port Phillip, was instrumental in helping to get the competition up and running and has seen it all the way to its conclusion by serving as a judge.
The other judge was Julie Shiels, herself a visual artist as well as being a lecturer within the Faculty of Art at RMIT University.
The art competition represented something entirely new for RDNS but it was worthwhile and fulfilling project. Art is of course subjective, but what is not in dispute as one views the artworks is the deep and significant impact that RDNS makes in the lives of those we care for.