Mavis Little Artist of the Year Award

The Mavis Little Artist of the Year (AOTY) Award Exhibition showcases the year’s best artistic talent in painting and sculpture.  Artists are selected based on participation in at least two of that year’s Select Exhibitions by the votes of their peers.

The Victorian Artists Society holds three Select Exhibitions throughout the year; the Autumn, Winter and Spring Exhibitions. All exhibiting artists in these three exhibitions and artist members are invited to cast votes for their four favourite artists. These votes are used to decide the list of candidates for the Mavis Little Artist of the Year Award exhibition. The VAS Mavis Little AOTY is awarded to the artist gaining the most votes for the select exhibitions including the Mavis Little AOTY exhibition at the opening night award ceremony.

This award is unique as it is not awarded by a committee or judge, but by the peers of the winning artist and demands sustained performance over the exhibiting year. Invited artists may submit up to three works into the final exhibition.

Four prizes are given for the Mavis Little AOTY Award Exhibition:

Mavis Little Artist of the Year, sponsored by the Hansen Little Foundation: $10,000 prize and a solo exhibition in the Cato gallery for 1 week.

Members’ Choice Award, sponsored by Design Framing to the value of $800 is awarded to the artist gaining the most votes from non-exhibiting members throughout the year.

Exhibitors’ Choice Award, sponsored by Noel Waite AO is a $500 prize awarded to the artist gaining the most votes from the exhibiting members who are exhibiting in the Mavis Little Artist of the Year exhibition.

VAS Sculpture of the Year Award is awarded to the Sculpture artist gaining the most votes for the select exhibitions including the Mavis Little AOTY exhibition at the opening night award ceremony.