And the winners are.............

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And the winners are.............

A lively crowd attended the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum for the official opening and awards presentation of the 2008 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.

And the winners are:

Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award
It's All Happening!, BERYL WOOD

Wide Bay Australia Ltd. Local Artist Award
The Journey, CAROLYNE THORNTON

South Gladstone Rotary/Multitrade Youth Artist Award
The Extent of Decay is in the Mind of the Beholder, TEGAN KRAHENBRING

Murri Artist Award
Clay Through Me, SHANNON MacCARTHY

Just Frame It Local Photography Award
Rhythm & Blues, TRACEY SMITH

SECTION ONE: EASEL PAINTINGS

Queensland Energy Resources Ltd Award
Kamikaze, JOSH CLEARY

Christian Thomsen Award
Explaining Eremophila, MARGARET WORTHINGTON


Gladstone Picture Framing Award

Earth Works Outlined, JULIE POULSEN


SECTION TWO: WORKS ON PAPER


Queensland Alumina Ltd. Award
Warm & Fibrous, LESA HEPBURN

The LauraLou Jay Memorial Award
Interconnection, DAVID NIXON

Gladstone Arts Council & Gladstone Bunbury Players Award
Shadow & Reflection 1, IAN SMITH

SECTION THREE: THREE DIMENSIONAL & FIBRE WORKS


Gladstone Ports Corporation Award
Two Wits, MEREDITH COX

Trevor McMaster Refrigeration Award
Road Less Travelled, KIM-ANH NGUYEN

Gladstone Printing Services Award
Mondrian's Journey, CAROL FORSTER

Inset: 2008 judge Nick Mitzevich with Lesa Hepburn, recipient of the Queensland Alumina Ltd Award for her work Warm & Fibrous.