Morawa Art Awards & Exhibition
The Morawa Art Show and Exhibition is a biennial event that brings together a large section of our regional community in support of local arts and culture. It encourages and fosters artistic merit amongst rural communities and supports talents amongst the Indigenous and youth of our region.
8th Biennial Art Awards & Exhibition
The Shire of Morawa has accepted entries from 130 artists from across Western Australia to make the one of the 8th Biennial Art Awards & Exhibition Mid West region’s largest and most vibrant visual arts displays.
Exhibition Opening and Award Presentation Evening: Friday 5th August 2022.
Exhibition showing to Sunday 14th August 2022 at the Morawa Town Hall.
2022 Morawa Art Exhibition Award Winners
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Shire of Morawa Acquisitive Award
ELMARI STEYN
Lakeside Arboretum I |
Works on Canvas
JOANNE DUFFY
Dust Storm (Perenjori 1977) |
Works on Paper
ELMARI STEYN
Lakeside Arboretum I |
Indigenous Art
LORETTA EGAN
Protector |
Mid West Indigenous Art
NICOLE DICKERSON
Spirits of our Homelands |
3-Dimensional Art
STEVE DAVIDSON
Blue Monk 1 |
Photography
NELE SCHMIDT
The Flower of Joy |
Young Artist (5-12 yrs)
GABE MCKENNA
“The Hummingbird” |
Youth Art (13-18yrs old)
PETA HUMPHRIES
“Through the Years”
&
AIMEE MCGLEW
“Untitled”
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Highly Commended Works
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Leon Holmes
Feeding the Chooks |
Lesley Meaney
Land of the Rainbow Gold #2 |
Betty McLean
Transformed by Spring |
Kelli Dawson
Tins of Fish and Campfires II |
Veronica McGrath
Pete the Sheep |
Ellie Morris
Rainbow Burst |
Milly Collins
Frog and the Lily Pad |
Emily Traylen-Witt
Natures’ Palette |
Art & Photography Workshops
The Shire of Morawa welcomed support from Tourism WA through the Regional Events Scheme who provided funding towards the Art Exhibition and enabled the Shire to host two free Art workshops that will be held in conjunction with the event.
A photography workshop and tour with well known photographer Tony Tropiano took participants on an adventure across some of the regions most picturesque and Instagram-worthy local wildflower hotspots and landscapes while an evening workshop with Award Winning artist Loretta Egan will taught artists dot painting techniques and an opportunity to learn the stories behind Loretta’s art.
The 2022 Morawa Art Awards and Exhibition is supported by the State Government through Tourism Western Australia and Royalties for Regions.
The Shire of Morawa would like to sincerely thank our event sponsors:
The Government of Western Austratila, QUBE Logisitics, Karara Mining, The Hon. Steve Martin MLC, Member for the Agricultural Region and the Hon Melissa Price MP, Federal Member for Durack.
Further enquiries, contact Emily Sutherland Left of Centre Concepts and Events, M: 0427 426 596 or email emily.loc@bigpond.com
The Awards will feature a $20,000 prize pool which will include the following prizes.
| Awards |
Prize |
| Shire of Morawa Acquisitive Award |
$7,500 |
| Mid West Indigenous Award |
$3,500 |
| Indigenous Award |
$1,750 |
| Best Work on Canvas |
$1,750 |
| Best work on Paper |
$1,750 |
| Best Three-Dimensional Piece |
$1,750 |
| Photography Award |
$900 |
| Young Artist |
$100 |
| Youth Artist |
$500 |
| People's Choice |
$500 |
The Morawa Art Exhibition and awards were last held in 2018, which saw local artist Loretta Egan win the coveted Acquisitive Award for her piece titled “Everlastings”.
2018 Shire of Morawa
Acquisitive Award Winner
“Everlastings" by Loretta Egan.
2016 Shire of Morawa
Acquisitive Award Winner
“Australian Song 2” by Leesa Padget.