Annual & Awards Exhibition

The Annual Exhibition 2009 opened on Wednesday 15th July at the Manningham Gallery 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.

The Exhibition is the highlight of our exhibiting year and a culmination of a year’s work when members are acknowledged and encouraged by the presentation of awards. There was a wonderful number of entries this year showing diversity in style, form, ideas, technique and medium.

Sculpture is displayed in three sections: the annual exhibition - works 1 to 30 - where any member may show one work, and the two prize sections:

The late Margaret Gunnersen will be remembered with her late husband William Hoggan Thomas by The Margaret Gunnersen & William Hoggan Thomas Award. The decision for this Award is made by members voting for their preference. This section - works 31 to 48 - is open to member sculptors with greater than ten years' exhibition experience.

The Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize is open to sculptors with up to 10 years exhibiting experience - works 49 to 79. Three judges made up the judging panel: Savaad Felich, Michael Meszaros and Elaine Pullum. This prize is given on alternate years with the Andor Meszaros Prize.

These awards were presented at the official opening on Wednesday 15th July. The Exhibition was opened by Savaad Felich.

Unfortunately fire in the Council Building shortened our exhibition by a week. Fortunately we had photographed the work in the exhibition before disaster struck. The images are available on this link. At this stage the work is still in the gallery and we are unsure when it will be ready for removal. If you would like to be informed of progress or are interested in buying a work please contact Patrick Culshaw.

The people's choice vote will be awarded on the trend of votes cast while the exhibition was open. The artist's prize is product valued at $250.00 donated by Bulleen Art and Garden Centre and one lucky voter will win a box of assorted wine donated by Kooyonga Chapel Winery.

2009 Exhibition Prizes and Awards

Depicted below are the winning works from the exhibition. Click on an image to see the work in larger format, with accompanying details.

MGWHT Prize 1st Place - Betty Collier

MGWHT Prize 2nd Place - Michael Meszaros

MGWHT Prize 2nd Place - Lise Toft

Tina Wentcher 1st Prize - Marija Patterson

Tina Wentcher 2nd Prize - Vladimir Chirokov

Tina Wentcher HC - Tim Kervin

Tina Wentcher HC - Jenny Whiteside

Dalchem Prize - Ron Davis

2006 Exhibition Preview

Mary Currin - Mystic

Michael Meszaros - Survivor I

Fay Gerber - Birch Fish

Bronwyn Culshaw - Filigree

Valda Cuming - Dignitary II

Jenny Whiteside - Idina

Abson Ashaan - Parsva Sarvangasana

Jenny Rickards - Man of the Forest

2005 Exhibition Catalogue

The online version of the 2005 Annual and Awards Exhibition illustrated catalogue is now complete. Catalogues of former exhibitions, of any type, are available from the exhibition index, for all exhibitions from 2003 onwards.