THE Montague Arts and Craft Society annual Easter Art Show was deemed a great success at its new venue of the Narooma Sports and Leisure Centre.
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The MACS highest award, the Narooma Art Prize, was presented to Jane Nielsen of Narooma, for her multi-media work “Picnic at Glasshouse Rocks”.
“The new venue has been a great success, with visitors being very complimentary about the set-up and the high standard of the exhibition,” said MACS president Anne-Marie Kape.
The “Packers’ Prize” and The People’s Choice Award was announced at the conclusion of the exhibition on Monday, April 6.
The raffle prizes will be drawn at 1pm on Monday and also announced separately.
MACS thanks to members Judy Gordon and Rona Walker for their generous donations of artworks for the raffle prizes.
MACS also thanks the many sponsors who have generously contributed towards prizes:
Amanda’s of Mogo, Betta Electrical Narooma, Blue House Surgery, BP Narooma, Dalmeny Electrical, Dalmeny IGA, Eurobodalla Shire Council, Eurobodalla Tiles and Bathrooms, Paul and Marion Goard, HomeFlair Carpets and Blinds, Kennedy & Cooke Lawyers, Lynch’s Hotel, Margaret Mashford, Montague Vets, Narooma Kinema, Narooma Men’s Shed, Narooma News, Narooma Pharmacy, Narooma Picture Framing, Narooma Veterinary Hospital, Narooma Woodies, Narprint, Raine & Horne Narooma, South Coast Lighting, SVC Kitchens, Ian Thompson Chartered Accountant, Truss Plus, Wagonga Street Medical Clinic, Whacker’s Photo & Picture Framing, Whale Motor Inn.
The People’s Choice Award Winner at the 34th MACS Easter Exhibition was Sheryl Miller’s “Heron’s Rest” from the Mixed Media Section.
Over 600 votes were counted over the three-day period of the art and craft display at the Narooma Sport & Leisure Centre which featured over 200 works. Visitors approved the new venue as very central to travellers.
MACS 2015 Easter Exhibition prize winners:
Narooma Art Prize 2015
Jane Nielsen - “Picnic at Glasshouse Rocks”
Youth Art Award First Prize: Wynona Wyder - “Girl down the Street”
Second Prize: Wynona Wyder - “Fractures Beneath”
Category 1 – Oil
Winner: Ritchey Sealy “Sunlit Dune”
Highly Commended: Janet Jones “A Journey”
Commended: Alan Peters “Yabbara Drive Dalmeny”
Category 2 – Photography
Winner: Chris Putnam “Fields of Gundagai”
Highly Commended: Rosy Williams “Under Zee”
Category 3 – Acrylic
Winner: Phillip Martin “Midday Chat”
Commended: Jane Ihara “Jean’s view, Tuross Head”
Category 4 - Heritage (MACS Members only)
Winner: Gary Caldow “A Day at the Beach 1915”
Category 5 – Watercolour
Winner: Gordon Dickson “From the Ferry Fowey, Cornwall”
Commended: Ian (Bill) McKenzie “Leaves”
Category 6 - 3D including recycled and found items
Winner: Greg Watts “The General”
Highly Commended: Don Shortridge “Who Me?”
Category 7 – Pastel
Winner: Nicki Hall “Whittakers Creek”
Commended: Rona Walker “Nasturtiums”
Category 8 - Fibre/Needlework
Joint Winners:
Elizabeth Andalis “Potato Point #3”
Sue Barford “The lost people of Maryville”
Category 9 – Works on Paper, including drawing, printmaking, digital art
Winner: Geri Taylor “After Matisse Red”
Highly Commended: Phillip Martin “Distant View Lanyon Farm”
Commended: Ann Guy “Memories”
Category 10 – Mosaic
Winner: Judy Gordon “My Tree of Life”
Commended: Julie Creagh “Mrs Fish”
Category 11 – Mixed Media
Winner: Tanya Nelipa “Sapphire Lagoon”
Commended: Joy Macfarlane “On the Edge”
Encouragement Awards
124 Felicity Townend “Zed is for ----“
129 Marg Hansen “Mushroom Philosophy”
133 Natasha Kalenjuk “Egret”
159 Dianne Webster “Still life with oranges”
194 Judy Glover “Cacophony in the Canopy”
