November 12th, 2022Daylesford Art Show: Couldn’t do it without you!

THE 2022 Daylesford Rotary Art Show closed last Tuesday, with 182
artworks on show by 78 artists, after what was months of planning
and hard work.

The show, run by a sub-committee of the Daylesford
Rotary Club, is one of the club’s significant fundraising events for the year.
The funds raised go directly back to the community in the form of donations and
community events and projects.
This is the first year Rotary have engaged someone outside the club to coordinate
the event, as it has become nearly a ‘fulltime job’. I could not have managed without
the help of the committee which itself is made up of a number of generous minded
community members. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank just a few. Having
spent many months preparing for the show and working tirelessly in the search for
sponsorship from the business community. Jenny Hopkins has proven herself to be a
force to be reckoned with. She did everything including planning the event, sourcing
the goods for the auctions and raffle and organising the opening night speeches.
Many sleepless nights were had, trying hard to cover all the bases, all done with a
broken leg the whole time.
If you came to see the show on any day over the long weekend you would have
met Alan Harrison, who spent the entire duration of install, through to pack-down,
working tirelessly. Carting screens, installing artworks and lights, selling paintings
and generally being an awesome fellow. Alongside Alan were Koos Hulst, and Terri
Oprean, who together ran the Bendigo Bank Bar on the opening night. They also
contributed to the many other tasks of running the art show including hours of
painting, moving, and planning.
We’d also like to thank Brian Nash and Roberta Donnelly, who, over many years,
have contributed to the art show, this year is no exception. They created a beautiful
entry to the art show, decorating it with their plants and paintings. Brian also
generously donated the first prize in the art show raffle, a local landscape.
The winners were: first prize, donated by Blooms Pharmacy: Gwenda McDougall

Forget Me Not; second prize, donated by Rotary trio (Daylesford Rotary,
Greenwood Strategy & Birches Daylesford): Yvonne de Valle – Gatehouse Humffray
Street; and third prize, donated by Daylesford Meat Co: Paul Ainsworth – Tonka
Barbie.
The youth prize, in its inaugural year, supported by Biggin Scott Real Estate,
was won by Gem Williamson from Woodend for her piece, Douglas, a beautifully
executed drawing of a pigeon.
The People’s Choice award went to Denis Sonogan with his painstakingly
executed Old Barwon Heads Bridge, now on display at Bendigo Bank.
Head over to the Daylesford Art Show website to see the 2022 winners along with
all other entries.
Words: Fiona Morgan, Daylesford Art Show administrator