Emerald Art Awards 2022 recipients announced

Recipients of the annual Central Highlands Regional Council Art Awards – Emerald have been announced at the official award presentation on Friday night.

Council received 132 entries across seven categories.

Mayor Kerry Hayes presented the awards and said he is pleased to see the calibre of art increasing every year.

‘The Central Highlands is quickly becoming a hub for art and creativity,’ says Mayor Kerry Hayes.

‘It’s especially great to see entrants come in from beyond the Central Highlands.

‘Congratulations to the deserving recipients and thank you to all the wonderful artists who submitted an entry,’ he said.

Voting for the People’s Choice Award will continue until midnight on 21 August 2022 (midnight) via Have Your Say Highlands Council. The winner will be announced via social media on 23 August 2022.

All entries will be on display at the Emerald Art Gallery Monday to Friday between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm until 17 September 2022.

Award recipients:

Category 1 : Easel Based Works

First: Lyn Laver-Ahmat, Minerva Hills

Second: Joanne Kerr, Coal Train

Highly Commended: Sharon Kirk, Finding Myself in the Landscape

Highly Commended: Ainslie McMahon, Delight of the Gum Forest

Category 2: Works on Paper

First: Helen Chivers, Cloud Dreaming

Second: Rolf Bottenbruch, On the Hunt

Highly Commended: Tara Lewis, Mr Cheeky

Highly Commended: Ainslie McMahon, Horses for India

Highly Commended: Michelle Bradshaw, Shadowing Ancestors

Category 3: Three Dimensional Works

First: Michelle Gray & Raelene Bock, Rich Harvest

Second: Hugo Spooner, Together as One

Highly Commended: Gai Sypher, Home Among the Gum Trees

Highly Commended: Carol Forster, Udu Drum

Category 4: Photography

First: Sandra Ryan, Tegan

Second: Tricia Godwin, Following the Road

Highly Commended: Karen Galea, In the Shed

Category 5: Digital Art

First: Natasha Jurd, Trapped

Second: Jemma Isherwood, Self Reformation

Highly Commended: Natasha Jurd, Innocent

Category 6: Juvenile 13 – 18 years

First: Meisha Greentree, Postcards from the Past

Second: Stella Nyman, Love is In the Air

Highly Commended: Will Strong, The Strange Lands

Highly Commended: Hannah Atkinson, Am I an Animal?

Category 7: Junior 12 years and under

First: Annabelle Dunne (10yrs), Newt & Tina

Second: Tavenor Stewart (9yrs), Blackdown Tablelands

Highly Commended: Bridgette Dunne, Hank Loses

CHRC Local Artist award:

Loretta Horn, Muse

CHRC Acquisitive Prize:

Jet James, Tipping Point