Winners 2024

2024 Winners

Congratulations to all the winners in this year’s show.

Oils/Acrylic Peter Smales Colour at Fishermans Bend	Watercolour Clive Sinclair Road to Cat Bay, Phillip Island	Pastel Peter Schmutter Colours of Autumn
Drawing Dennis Murnane Redgums, Kings Billabong	Photography Brian Randall Blue Haven (Seaford Pier)	People’s Choice Grant Gittus Maybe this Time...
School Years 4-6 Aura Parrant Untitled	School Years 7-9 Psyche-Dave Smithall Anatomy Study	School Years 10-12 Lily Scoble Natural Wonders
Commended Gigi Williams Dune	Highly Commended Lyn Mellady Late Sunlight on Rainboy Bay Beach	Commended Rosemary Toddman-Parrant Nude
Highly Commended Fiona Basile Swimmer in Inky Purple Waters	Highly Commended Mitchell Tsui Scuba Diving Hippopotamus	Commended Yarrabah School What a Circus
Commended Tatum Akhil-Rowley Untitled	Highly Commended Jack Kennedy Sunrise House, Seaford Beach	Commended Ashley Hunneybell Coincidence

2025 Art Show Changes

After every show and leading up to the next year's show, the Art Show Committee meets to discuss ways to improve the show for artists and visitors.

The Show receives money from a number of sources: Artist Entry fees, Visitor Entry fees, Sponsorship, Canteen sales and Commission on sale of artwork. It has a number of expenses: Venue hire, Advertising & signage, Equipment hire, Artist prize money, Catalogue printing, to name a few. All the workers at the show are volunteers, and many business donate goods or services to keep the costs to a minimum. ALL proceeds from the Show go to local charities.

The result of this is a continual balancing act. We want to make as much money from the Show as possible, so we can give it straight to the supported Charities. To do that, we need as many artists to enter the show as possible and as many visitors as we can get.

Changes for this year

• The commission is reduced to 25%.
• The 'Drawings' category has been changed to 'Drawings or Other Media'. This is to reflect the reality that a number of entries don't fit the strict definition of drawings, but don't belong in the other categories either.
• We are expanding the Junior section and introducing some new prize categories. Hopefully this will create greater engagement with the local community and encourage parents and family of junior entrants to come to the show.
• At the time of writing (4/2/25), we are still finalising the prize money for all categories. This is dependent on locking in sponsorship, so we will confirm as soon as possible.
• We are trying to make out Facebook account more active, to promote both the Art Show and the Club's other activities. We would recommend you follow us on Facebook to get regular updates.
• We have phased out cheques for both entry payments and the payment of sales and prize receipts. So it's important to put your account & BSB details on the entry form.
• We are trialling using electronic entry form submission.  You can fill in the  form with Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free) and hit the Submit button to email back. Or, you can still print the form, fill it out and mail it back. You will need to pay by direct transfer.
• Please note that Do Noble has closed his Art Courier business. We are not aware of any specialist art couriers in our area but are continuing to look for alternatives.

Art Show donates $10,000 to Pantry 5000

After a successful Chelsea Art Show in 2024, the Club was happy to donate $10,000 to Pantry 5000.

Pantry 5000 provides emergency and ongoing food relief for people in the Southern Kingston and Northern Frankston municipalities. People need to be able to demonstrate financial difficulty to qualify to receive food assistance. Usually people are required to provide a Centrelink Health Care or Pension Card.

For more information about Pantry 5000, see their website.