Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show
The 50th anniversary of the Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show will now be held in September from 2nd to 5th.
Presentation of prizes will take place on Thursday evening, September 2nd, between 7pm and 9pm.
*Due to Covid considerations, this will not include the customary gala event.
To mark this extraordinary milestone,
we will be presenting an art show with a difference!
We are pleased to announce the addition of a Best in Show Prize of $3000, the Diana Gibson Award, generously sponsored by long-time supporter of our show, Diana Gibson.
Traditional prize categories will continue. These include awards for:
Best Oil Painting in Show – sponsored by Diana Gibson
Best Watercolour – sponsored by Bacchus Marsh Community Bank
Best any Other Medium – sponsored by Bacchus Marsh Community Bank
Best Photograph – prize money increased to $500 (1st prize) and $200 (second prize)
Best Artwork by a Local Artist – sponsored by Bacchus Marsh Community Bank
Best Local Content - Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh
Best 21 years or Younger – sponsored by Bacchus Marsh Community Bank
Best Small Painting - Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh
The Grow West Interpretive Award – Acquisitive.
Total prize money for 2021 will be $12,700.
OUR JUDGE FOR 2021 IS SOPHIE GERHARD.
Assistant Curator of Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts to 1980
for the National Gallery of Victoria.
Assistant Curator of Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts to 1980
for the National Gallery of Victoria.
Sophie Gerhard is Assistant Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Prior to joining the NGV, Sophie completed her Masters in Art Curatorship at the University of Melbourne. She also holds an Undergraduate degree in Art History with Museum Studies from the University of Leeds (UK), and spent a year studying Art History in Murcia, Spain. Sophie regularly contributes to the field of art history, most recently in the NGV’s exhibition catalogue She-oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism, on which she worked as Assistant Curator. Sophie is a PhD. candidate at the University of Melbourne, researching the curating of Australia’s national and cultural identity.
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Awards for the younger members of our community
For this 50th show, we are asking young people to demonstrate their creative skills and their appreciation of art in our lives.
For this 50th show, we are asking young people to demonstrate their creative skills and their appreciation of art in our lives.
Student Catalogue Cover Competition
Senior high school students can use their graphic design skills to create a 50th anniversary cover for what will surely be a collectible show catalogue.
The Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh is constantly looking for ways to encourage young talent, so for this significant occasion we are offering local school students the opportunity to enter a competition to design our Art Show Catalogue cover.
The winner will receive a prize of $150 and, as we publish more than a thousand catalogues for the show, will be in the enviable position of exhibiting their design and art talent to a large audience.
Entry Requirements:
Entrants must be current secondary school students in Bacchus Marsh or were students in 2020 who had entered or who had intended to enter.
The competition will be judged by prestigious Melbourne-based artist and advertising art director, Arthur “Ted” Powell.
Click here to read about Ted Powell.
Art Appreciation Writing Competition
Younger students from years five to eight are invited to exercise their writing skills to express their personal response to an artwork of their choice. This is a special opportunity to explore and value their emotional response to art.
Click here for entry details.
Children’s Quiz
The ever-popular children’s quiz will once again be available to the very youngest of our art lovers. Presented with a sheet of questions and a pencil, children must use their visual and detective skills to track down special animals or objects depicted in the artworks. A sweet prize will likely reward a task well done.
Anniversary Raffle
This special anniversary calls for additional raffle prizes.
Purchase of a $2.00 ticket will give you the unique opportunity to win one of 5 prizes which include 3 original artworks, one dozen bottles of “The Plough” wines and a beautiful decanter of Rotary Centenary Port.
Silent Auction
As you browse the show, you will also have the opportunity to bid in a silent auction for an original, garden statuary piece uniquely crafted by Heinz Martin.
2021 Admission and Ticket Prices
Official Presentation of Prizes, pre-selection sale of art and live entertainment at 7pm, Thursday 2nd September 2021
Weekend Opening times:
Thu 2nd Art Show opening in the evening.
Fri 3rd to Sat 4th Art Show open all day.
Sun 5th Art Show open until 3pm. Artist pickup from 4-6pm.
Ticket Categories:
Family (2 adults and school-age children) – $20
Adults – $8
Children (school-age) – $5
Pre-school children – Free
Concessions – $5
Concessions: Pension Card
DVA Card
Healthcare Card
(NOT Senior's Card)
Weekend Opening times:
Thu 2nd Art Show opening in the evening.
Fri 3rd to Sat 4th Art Show open all day.
Sun 5th Art Show open until 3pm. Artist pickup from 4-6pm.
Ticket Categories:
Family (2 adults and school-age children) – $20
Adults – $8
Children (school-age) – $5
Pre-school children – Free
Concessions – $5
Concessions: Pension Card
DVA Card
Healthcare Card
(NOT Senior's Card)