The 2022 Brigalow Arts Festival winners were announced at the official opening night at the Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery last month in Biloela.
Banana Shire Art Gallery Association Inc. proudly presents the Brigalow Arts Festival, Banana Shire’s local visual art awards.
Brigalow Arts Festival is hosted annually in October at Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery.
It is a free event open to the public and is held from 14 October to 25 November.
The Official Opening and Awards Night on Friday, October 14 opened its doors at 5.30pm for guests who enjoyed a creative selection of fine art, photography, textiles, sculpture and decorative art on display.
Winners from this year’s festival include:
BANANA SHIRE COUNCIL ACQUISITION: Roz Glazbrook, Inviting
MOORE ACQUISITION: Gail Thomas, The Inquisitive Pair
QUEENSLAND NITRATE PLANT ACQUISITION: Carmen Beezley Drake, View to Mt Larcom Mud Flat
LOCAL ARTIST AWARD: Roz Glazbrook, Inviting and Picnic at Junction Park 1920
YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Miaoer Guo, Noodles
SECTION 1 – BURNIE SMITH MEMORIAL:
FIRST PLACE: Gail Thomas, The Inquisitive Pair
SECOND PLACE: Sarah Larsen, Nature’s Amphitheatre
SECTION 2 – Themed section: Nature
FIRST PLACE: Auda McLean, The Natural Beauty of a Tidal Creek
SECOND PLACE: Sandra Harold, Marsh Wader
SECTION 3 – PHOTOGRAPHY COLOUR (THEME: Nature)
FIRST PLACE: Elizabeth Camplin, Glowing in the Dark
SECOND PLACE: Norman Crouch, Harmony
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Catrina Stevens, Time is Precious
SECTION 4 – PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK & WHITE
FIRST PLACE: Norman Crouch, Trevor
SECOND PLACE: Alana Read, Still Standing
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Catrina Stevens, Wheat
SECTION 5 – Emerging Artist
FIRST PLACE: Kim Rose, Don’t Follow the Crowd, Step out of the Shadows
SECOND PLACE: Alana Read, Emu Park
SECTION 6 – THREE DIMENSIONAL WORKS
FIRST PLACE: To Rust, we will Return, Andrea Farrow
SECOND PLACE: The Buddy Bud Family, Gail Myer
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Hangbin Lu, Riverbank at Dawn
SECTION 7 – YOUTH (U-18) PHOTOGRAPHY COLOUR
FIRST PLACE: Sarah Grange, Peace and Quiet
SECOND PLACE: Jane McNamara, Wild, Wild, West
THIRD PLACE: Sophie Lipsys, Hummingbird Hawkmoth
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Georgia McNamara, Cobblestones
SECTION 8 –YOUTH (U-18) PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK & WHITE
FIRST PLACE: Georgia McNamara, Shade
SECOND PLACE: Kate Grange, Barry from the Barrier Reef
THIRD PLACE: Mia Clapham, Black and White Brush
SECTION 9 – YOUTH (Yrs 7-9) ARTWORK
FIRST PLACE: Josh Dales, The Waterfall
SECOND PLACE: Chloe Gomersall, Injured Dancer
THIRD PLACE: Mia Clapham, Paper Frida
SECTION 10 – YOUTH (Yrs 10-12) ARTWORK
FIRST PLACE: Lauren Howard, Girl in a Mood
SECOND PLACE: Nicholas Rissman, Curiosity of Invasion
THIRD PLACE: Maddison Tranther, Mission Discovery
