Annual Art Awards - Springsure 2024

Congratulations to Anna-Maree Perfect and her artwork "Help is on its way" for winning the People's Choice Award.

Central Highlands Regional Council's Annual Art Awards – Springsure is the Bauhinia Bicentennial Art Gallery at Springsure premier art event. It attracts local and national artists and is held in March each year.

Established and emerging artists of all ages can submit entries in up to seven categories. From easel, paper-based and three-dimensional works to photography and digital art, each adult category comes with a $600 prize for first and $150 prize for second place. Youth categories include Juvenile (13-18 years) and Junior (12 years and under) with a first prize of $150 and second prize of $50 awarded for both categories.

Each year, the judge awards the prestigious Central Highlands Regional Council Acquisitive Award worth $2,000 to the most outstanding artwork from categories one to five. We are excited to announce that this year's judge is Claire Sourgnes, Director of Ipswich Art Gallery.

The announcement of the category award winners will be presented at the exhibition opening night at the Springsure Art Gallery on Friday 1 March 2024. An online video announcement of the winners will also be shared to Central Highlands Regional Council's Facebook Page on Saturday 2 March 2024.

People's Choice Award

Voting is now open to nominate your favourite entry for the People's Choice Award. The award recipient will be awarded $200 in prize money.

Voting for the People's Choice Award will take place online and will be open from Friday 1 March until midnight on 17 March 2024.

How to vote:

1. View each entry on the image gallery on the right (or on the bottom of the page on a mobile device).

2. Vote for your favourite entry on the form below - you will be prompted to enter a screen name and email address
Please note you may only vote once.

The recipient of the People's Choice Award will be announced on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 5.00pm on the Central Highlands Regional Council's Facebook Page.

For enquiries about the voting process or the exhibition, please contact the Arts and Cultural team at council on 1300 242 686 or by emailing chgalleries@chrc.qld.gov.au.