2023 Brigalow Arts Festival Winners Announced

2023 Brigalow Arts Festival Winners Announced

Published: 16th October 2023

2023 Brigalow Arts Festival Awards

 

The 2023 Brigalow Festival Winners were announced at the official opening held at the Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery on Friday 13th October.

 

BANANA SHIRE COUNCIL ACQUISITION

Wendy McNeil, Bluewater Lagoons

MOORE AUSTRALIA ACQUISITION

Kay Wolfs, Skeleton Tree

QUEENSLAND NITRATES ACQUISITION

Simon Baxter, Watering the Valley

YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Noah Hill, RTZ 4090TI

YOUTH BRIGALOW ART AWARD

Lauren Howard, The Code of Home

LANDSCAPE THEME AWARD

Simon Locke, Monochrome Mountains

EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

Lyn Eather, Track to Myella

LOCAL ARTIST AWARD

Tracey Hewitt, What Might Grow?

BRIGALOW ART AWARD

Kath Dunne, Blue Gum Dreaming

CATEGORY 1 - BURNIE SMITH MEMORIAL

2D WORKS ON PAPER-BASED SUPPORTS

 

FIRST PLACE

Kathy Poole, Shining Light of Grace

SECOND PLACE

Kay Wolfs, Skeleton Tree

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Annalise Howard, Playing in the Sand Pit

 

CATEGORY 2 – EASEL WORKS

2D WORKS ON NON PAPER-BASED SUPPORTS

 

 

FIRST PLACE

Kath Dunne, Blue Gum Dreaming

SECOND PLACE

Kath Dunne, Stormy Sunset

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Joe Faust, Morning Mist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY 3 – PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL WORKS

 

 

 

FIRST PLACE

Elizabeth Camplin, Last Light

SECOND PLACE

Keri Lockwood, Marina Parklands at Dusk

THIRD PLACE

Amie Hosking, Cotton in the Paddock

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Elizabeth Camplin, Slow Adventure

CATEGORY 4 – 3D WORKS

 

 

FIRST PLACE

Andrea Farrow, Puff

SECOND PLACE

Simon Locke, Monochrome Mountains

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Anthony           Swift, Hands

 

CATEGORY 5 – YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY

 

FIRST PLACE

Sophie Lipsys, My Little Piece of Kosciuszko

SECOND PLACE

Oceana Kuczma, A Shoe - In

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Sophie Lipsys, Regal Reflection

 

CATEGORY 6 – YOUTH OPEN (SENIOR)

 

FIRST PLACE

Lauren Howard, Three Views

SECOND PLACE

Jacinta Bennett, Floating Islands

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Lauren Howard, The Code of Home

 

CATEGORY  7 – YOUTH OPEN (JUNIOR)

 

 

FIRST PLACE

Mia Clapham, Busy Beaches

SECOND PLACE

Isabelle Gamble, Untitled 1

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Noah Hill, RTZ 4090TI