Drought-inspired painting wins major gong at Gladstone's Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards

in ,

Ainsley McMahon’s Drought in the Lucky Country has won the overall award at this year’s Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, run through the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.

The awards are named in honour of Gladstone political representative and arts patron Martin Hanson. The Gladstone Artists Club held the first awards in 1976, the year Martin passed away, and GRAGM became the awards custodian in 1993.

Other major prizewinners include:

  • The John Anderson Memorial Acquisitive Award: Kathryn McGovern, Billabong Sonata

  • The Pieter Groen-int-woud Memorial Young Emerging Artist Award: Emily Joliffe, Dinner

  • The Local Murri Artist Award: Allen Craigie, Community

  • Easel paintings: Wilhelmus Breikers, ism-is-easy selfie painting

  • Works on paper: Tricia Reust, BACKLIGHT

  • 3D & fibre works: Carol Forster, Beach Babe

  • Digital works: Rachel O’Reilly, Drawing Rights (2018)

See the full list of winners here.

More visual arts news:
Fig Tree Galleries sprouting on former Mill Gallery site
Fig Tree Galleries sprouting on former Mill Gallery site

Construction is underway on the new Fig Tree Galleries, on Yeppoon’s former Mill Gallery site.

Mt Archer takes an artistic seat - and a tourism gong
Mt Archer takes an artistic seat - and a tourism gong

Next time you’re up on Mount Archer, take in the latest pieces of public art - but you might have company, because the popular spot has won a gong from Trip Advisor.

Indigenous artist guiding the next generation of First Nations creatives
Indigenous artist guiding the next generation of First Nations creatives

Indigenous artist Howard Butler is now mentoring upcoming Indigenous artists and businesspeople through the Whanu Binal program.

Rocky Museum of Art: where are we up to one year in?
Rocky Museum of Art: where are we up to one year in?

Time has lost all meaning in the Coronaverse - did you realise we’re a year into the construction for the new Rockhampton Museum of Art? And that $100K has been raised to commission a landmark artwork to be revealed at the opening?

Rocky Art Gallery, Crossroad Arts & Mackay Hospital among community grant winners
Rocky Art Gallery, Crossroad Arts & Mackay Hospital among community grant winners

Projects in Rockhampton and Mackay are among 46 across the nation sharing $669,000 from the latest Regional Arts Fund Community Grants round.

Art lovers snapping up first chances to see Monique Morter's Halcyon Earth at Gala Gallery
Art lovers snapping up first chances to see Monique Morter's Halcyon Earth at Gala Gallery

Monique Morter’s Halcyon Earth, a dreamy exhibition of ethereal, effervescent landscapes, is coming to Rockhampton’s Gala Gallery - but if you’d like to be one of the first to see it, there’s no time to snooze.

Gladstone's Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards back for 2020
Gladstone's Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards back for 2020

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum has announced the Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards will go ahead this year, the competition’s 45th anniversary.

New upcycled dinosaurs stalk Yeppoon landfill
New upcycled dinosaurs stalk Yeppoon landfill

A new brood of dinosaurs are on patrol at the entrance to the Yeppoon landfill, with the art installation recently gaining four new members thans to local builder and artist Steve Ross.

Bindi Waugh solo show opens at Gala Gallery
Bindi Waugh solo show opens at Gala Gallery

Rockhampton’s Gala Gallery is back on deck, and is ready to reveal the delayed and highly anticipated solo show NUGU GUWAN from Indigenous artist Belynda (Bindi) Waugh.

Artworks getting lively through animation project
Artworks getting lively through animation project

Rockhampton Art Gallery’s collection is coming to life through a new joint project with students from CQUniversity’s Bachelor of Digital Media course.