UPDATE 21 March 2023: People’s choice award winner announced
With 223 eligible votes on the Have your Say Central Highlands page for the People’s choice award, the winner is Nifty Davis for his piece ‘Predator’.
The annual Central Highlands Regional Council Art Awards – Springsure recipients have been announced at the official award presentation on Friday night.
Council received 123 entries across 7 categories.
Mayor Kerry Hayes presented the awards and noted the increasing number of works.
‘There are a lot more entries than in previous years,’ said the mayor.
‘It shows growth in the arts for the region. So many entrants of different ages as well. Great to see.
‘Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the wonderful artists who submitted an entry,’ he said.
One prize has yet to be determined – the People’s Choice Award.
To vote for your favourite piece of work, click here or scan one of the QR codes within the Springsure gallery.
Voting is open now and will run until 19 March 2023, and is limited to one vote per person. The winner will be announced on 21 March via the galleries Facebook page.
All entries will be on display at the Springsure Art Gallery Monday to Friday between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm until 13 April 2023.
| First | Second | Highly commended | |
| Category 1: Easel Based Works | Helen Chivers – Coral Dreaming | Nifty Davis – Untitled | Kiara Follent – Monarch |
| Category 2: Works on Paper | Carmen Beazley-Drake – Transportation of people, Grain & Coal | Helen Chivers – Rains are coming | Tara Lewis – Bridge over Nogoa |
| Category 3: Three-Dimensional Works | Carol Forster – Garden Sketch | Raelene Bock – Mottlecah | Sharon Kirk – My House has many rooms |
| Category 4: Photography & Digital Art | James Laws – On the move | Lou Petho – Good Tucker Mate | Stacey Parsons – Sky Above, Sand Below, Peace Within |
| Category 5: Black & White | Stacey Parsons – She is Her | Heidi Chivers – Following the Line | James Laws – Clothes Line out the back |
| Category 6: Juvenile 13 – 18 years | India Iwers – Patchwork | Heidi Chivers – Kailei | Jacob Samuels – Without Hands |
| Category 7: Junior 12years and under | Jackson Kirby – Deadly Texas | Kelsey Allen – Meowshrooms | Sarah Simpson – Rain Like Gold |
| CHRC Acquisitive Prize | Ainslie McMahon: Life in the Mangroves |
Award recipients: