The KAS 50th Anniversary Awards Exhibition results were announced on 24th July at the Awards Celebration Event at St Ives Shopping Village Gallery on the Ramps.
Category and Awards and Sponsors, 50th Annual Awards Exhibition
The Spirit of Ku-ring-gai
1st $1000 ($650 Ku-ring-gai Council + $350 KAS) Sherna Kotwal
2nd $500 ($300 Ku-ring-gai Council + $200 KAS) David Hammersley
3rd $ 200 ($100 Ku-ring-gai Council + $100 KAS) Susan White
Acrylic/Gouache
1st $1000 ($300 Voucher Chroma + $700 KAS) Michelle Thompson
2nd $500 ($200 Voucher Ku-ring-gai Art Centre +$300 KAS) Kobie Bosh
3rd $200 (KAS) Connie Allman
Watercolour
1st $1000. ($500 Voucher Art Scene +$500 KAS) Tony Belobrajdic
2nd $500 ($300 Voucher S&S Wholesale + $200 KAS) Rob Candy
3rd $200 (KAS) Beryl Crofts
Printmaking
1st $1000. ($300 Voucher Living Room Café + $700 KAS) Thomasin Graham
2nd $500 ($75 Voucher The Art Shop Mona Vale +$425 KAS) Jennifer O’Young
3rd $200 (KAS) Susan Joyce
Drawing
1st$1000. ($250 Voucher Ekersley’s Art & Craft + $750 KAS) Diana Hallowes
2nd$500. ($200 Framing- Atos Framing + $300 KAS) Susie Devenport
3rd $200 (KAS) Susanna Robinson
Oil
1st $1000. ($300 Framing- JB Unique Framing + $700 KAS) Leonie Fisher
2nd $500. ($100 Paints- Art Spectrum + $400 KAS ) Sarah McConnell
3rd $200 (KAS) Susanna Chen Chow
Mixed Media
1st $1000. ($500 Framing Art Smart +$500 KAS) Angela Van Wyk
2nd $500. ($250 Photography- Vision Graphics + $250 KAS) Judi McLaren
3rd $200 (KAS) Vivien Christian
Anne Gomes Memorial Prize for Pastel
1st $1000.($650 Gomes Family + $350 KAS) Eva M Barry
2nd $500 ($300 Gomes Family + $200 KAS) Bill Filson
3rd $200 (Gomes Family + $100 KAS) Charmaine Phillips
Miniatures
1st $1000. (Joan Irwin Memorial $650 + $350 KAS) Noeline Millar
2nd $500 (KAS) Tina Spira
3rd $200 (KAS) Susan Joyce
Grand Prize , $1000
Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank Branches-Bendigo Bank. – Rebecca Gray
Silver Jubilee
Trophy + $500 Cash –Mayor Ku-ring-gai Council Stephen Williams
St Ives Village Award $400 Gillian Dodds
Member for Bradfield $200 David Hammersley
Work on Paper $400 Voucher Canson plus Gift pack, $100 Voucher Blooms Chemist, Melinda Berliner
Lou Klepac Award Books – Yvonne Langshaw
Viewers Choice Prize (Drawn 4th August 2015)
Artist..Gift Pack -St Ives Pharmacy (approx. value $200) $50 Voucher-Nextra St Ives Village Newsagency
Viewer $60 Voucher -O’Loughlin’s Pharmacy
Ku-ring-gai Council Purchase
Value of painting (less commission) chosen by Mayor – Sylvia Davies
Golden Jubilee Prize- Best in Show
Trophy + $2000 Cash – Ku-ring-gai Art society, Louise Surmon