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Past Exhibitions

Seven Seasons 2024

Here, There—7 Seven Seasons Art Studio

12 Dec 2024 – 16 Dec 2024

Frater, McCubbin and Hammond Galleries

The "Here, There" art exhibition is a compelling initiative aimed at showcasing the diverse artistic talents of youth from the 7 Seasons Art Studio while highlighting the cultural richness of Victoria, Australia.
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AGRA 50th Anniversary Exhibition

29 Nov 2024 – 9 Dec 2024

Frater, McCubbin and Hammond Galleries

The AGRA 50th Anniversary Exhibition offers more than $5000 worth of prizes including collectable works by historic founding artists such as Kenneth Jack and Kath Ballard and is open to full members. The guild was formed 50 years ago by founders which include eight-times Archibald winner Sir William Dargie.
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The Kenneth Jack 100 – Treasures of a Lifetime

29 Nov 2024 – 9 Dec 2024

Cato Gallery

The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award is part of the AGRA 50th Anniversary Exhibition and honours the legacy of Kenneth Jack who helped create the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.
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VAS Young Artist Showcase 2024

7 Nov 2024 – 26 Nov 2024

Mackley Gallery

The Victorian Artists Society invites emerging artists aged 16-25 years to submit their artwork for display in our galleries. Entries are open until October 31st and selected artists will be notified by November 1st.
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Barbara McManus - ‘Here and There’: The Exhibition

6 Nov 2024 – 26 Nov 2024

Cato Gallery

This exhibition features a number of pastel works by Barbara McManus inspired by her overseas travels. The showcase includes portraits, local scenes, and landscapes.
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THE HYLTON MACKLEY ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

8 Nov 2024 – 25 Nov 2024

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This impressive exhibition features artworks by select Victorian Artists Society artists, who have been invited to participate after receiving the highest number of votes from their peers. This is a prestigious award and much sort after.
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VAS Maritime Exhibition 2024

25 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024

Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This exhibition features artworks including tall ships, peaceful beach scenes and the ever changing moods of the ocean.
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It Hao Pheh Solo Exhibition

23 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024

Mackley Members’ Room

This exhibition showcases a selection of watercolour works by It Hao Pheh.
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Jane Flowers—Journeys

24 Oct 2024 – 4 Nov 2024

Cato Gallery

This exhibition presents seascapes and landscapes inspired both by daily sojourns to my favourite nearby beaches and various travels further afield within our vast continent accompanied by my keen artist’s eye.
Portrait of a tiger. Oil pastel on coloured paper.

Art Academica 2024

16 Oct 2024 – 22 Oct 2024

Hammond Gallery

An annual favourite on the VAS exhibition calendar, Art Academica showcases the exceptional work of students who have created their masterpieces in an extraordinary past year. Comprising work selected from applicants across Melbourne, the exhibition encompasses a range of media, including drawing, oil painting, acrylic painting and collage.
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Kingswood College Landscapes Exhibition

10 Oct 2024 – 22 Oct 2024

McCubbin Gallery

'Landscapes' is the theme for our 2024 partnership with VAS, as Kingswood College students had the privilege of collaborating with talented VAS tutor, illustrator, and artist Lucy Fekete.
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VAS Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition 2024

11 Oct 2024 – 21 Oct 2024

Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room

The 'Edward Heffernan Memorial Drawing Prizes' are awarded in honour of Edward Heffernan, past president of VAS from 1977 to 1980. He served on the VAS Council for 12 years and was also awarded the Distinguished VAS Service Award, Honorary life Membership, VAS Fellowship and the Order of Australia Medal for his services to Arts.
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New Star Art—The Future

10 Oct 2024 – 21 Oct 2024

Frater Gallery

This exhibition, themed "The Future", gathers the creativity and dreams of students aged 4 – 16, including adult students, showcasing their understanding and infinite imagination of the future.
Polish Art Foundation 2024

Polish Art Foundation—Freedom

10 Oct 2024 – 14 Oct 2024

Hammond Gallery

This organisation, founded in 1977, is committed to supporting artists of Polish background now living in Australia, helping to promote their work to the broader Victorian community.
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A Caricature Sketching Event with Lucy Fekete

Sunday 13 Oct 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Victorian Artists Society

We invite you to an out of the box session with award winning artist and Illustrator Lucy Fekete, on how to draw Caricatures with a twist! 
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MSWPS—Changing Perspectives 2024

27 Sep 2024 – 7 Oct 2024

Frater, McCubbin, Hammond & Cato Galleries

The 115th annual exhibition of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Over 90 artists will contribute impressive paintings and drawings, and eye catching sculptures in glass, metal, ceramic and wood.
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Studio Life - Joseph Luczynski

5 Sep 2024 – 7 Oct 2024

Mackley Members' Room

VAS Fellow Joseph Luczynski presents a solo exhibition of mixed media works reflecting on the dynamic environment of the art studio.
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VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2024

6 Sep 2024 – 23 Sep 2024

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Spring Exhibition features the Gordon Moffatt AM Spring Prizes: Exhibition Winner $1000 and Sculpture prize $500.
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Brian Osborne—Landscape Abstracts

12 Sep 2024 – 23 Sep 2024

Cato Gallery

An imagined interpretation of the contemporary Australian landscape.
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September Soiree

Saturday 21 Sep 2024, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Hammond Gallery

Allow us to take you on a journey, from classical opera to Acapella pop classics, with a peppering of musical theatre favourites!
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Gregory R Smith—Visual Essence

22 Aug 2024 – 9 Sep 2024

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries, 22 August to 3 September. Cato Gallery, 4 to 9 September.

A solo exhibition of 'Tonal Realist' oil paintings executed during the previous 12 month period. Over 120 works featuring still life, florals and landscapes.
Amanda Hyatt

Watercolour Studio Showcase

22 Aug 2024 – 2 Sep 2024

Cato Gallery

This exhibition celebrates the skills of our teaching watercolour artists & their students from our many watercolour classes, workshops & masterclasses.
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Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Annual Exhibition

9 Aug 2024 – 20 Aug 2024

VAS Gallery

The TMPS is thrilled to announce our return to the Victorian Artists Society Galleries for our 106th annual exhibition.
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VAS 9x5 Exhibition 2024

5 Jul 2024 – 5 Aug 2024

Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room

A homage to the original 1889 9x5 Impressionism Exhibitions, of small works painted on cigar box lids.
Winner_Gwendoline Krumins VAS, The Tarkine, Tasmania, Oil

VAS Winter Select Exhibition 2024

19 Jul 2024 – 5 Aug 2024

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Winter Exhibition features a first prize of $1000, and a sculpture prize of $500.
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No Place Quite Like It: the family history of Walter Withers and Fanny Flinn

Sunday 4 Aug 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Meet author David Rathgen at this free event.
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VAS Portrait Exhibition 2024

5 Jul 2024 – 15 Jul 2024

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

This annual exhibition, featuring the Nada Hunter Portraiture Award celebrates portraiture in all genres. An inspiring array of talent by some of Victoria’s emerging and established artists skillfully capturing the human spirit.
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VAS Portrait Painters in Action 2024: Open Day

Sunday 7 Jul 2024, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Drop into our free open day of live painting by some of the top VAS portraiture artists!
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The Association of Sculptors of Victoria 2024

13 Jun 2024 – 1 Jul 2024

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

More than 100 sculptures by emerging and professional sculptors will be exhibited. They will be diverse in style, subject and in a variety of materials including wood, bronze, steel, resin and mixed media.
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The First Bloom—Hsin Lin

2 Jun 2024 – 30 Jun 2024

Mackley Members' Room

Hsin has been devoting herself for the past 10 years to working on her signature contemporary floral series that features native and common flowers we know; flowers represent life and each different type of flower has a unique symbolic meaning.
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Margaret Edwards—Disappearing Landscapes

6 Jun 2024 – 17 Jun 2024

Cato Gallery

Travelling to south eastern Greenland in the height of summer in 2019 had a profound effect on me and my painting practice.
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Pei Wang—Perception and Metamorphosis

2 May 2024 – 27 May 2024

Cato Gallery: 2-14 May, Mackley Members' Room: 2-27 May

Pei’s creation often begins with perception and emotion. When the emotions take countless turns, she feels an irresistible urge to pick up the painting brush.
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Luminous: A Festival of Watercolour

17 May 2024 – 27 May 2024
Established in 1974, the Watercolour Society of Victoria (WSV) celebrates its milestone 50-year anniversary in Melbourne with an exciting program of events entitled Luminous: A Festival of Watercolour.
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HUGUES SCHEID—Ancora Imparo

2 May 2024 – 13 May 2024
Hugues Scheid, also known by the pseudonym H, is a French sculptor hailing from Reims in Champagne. Having graduated in carpentry and fitting, Hugues continued his studies in the fine arts at the École Boulle in Paris, specializing in the wood sculpture workshop. His studies primarily focused on drawing, clay modeling, and direct wood carving under the enlightened guidance of his mentors Patrick Blanchard and Yorane Lebovici.
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VAS Autumn Select Exhibition 2024

12 Apr 2024 – 29 Apr 2024

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The winner will be awarded $1000. There is a sculpture prize of $500.
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Duo Windborne—Album Launch

Friday 19 Apr 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Duo Windborne launch their debut album, Venus Bay Fireside Sessions, at the Victorian Artists Society Gallery!
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That's Not My Child: Book Launch

Tuesday 16 Apr 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
There is more to Frances Sinnett’s secret pain than the loss of her children — including the author — to an orphanage. Battalions of sorrows begin when her grandfather at 11 years old is imprisoned on a hulk in 1865. Then comes Gallipoli and the Somme. Her father’s war does not stop when the guns fall silent. The family is ripped apart by trauma, alcoholism, violence and betrayal at home. State intervention makes matters worse. Meticulous research by historian Golding finds more than 30 Sinnett children in institutions over five generations. Has the cycle been broken at last?
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Luo Min: The Surviving Poetry

3 Apr 2024 – 9 Apr 2024

Hammond Gallery

The latest works of Luo Min, chronicling & reflecting on her recent travels.
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It Hao Pheh—A Gift to Remember

27 Mar 2024 – 7 Apr 2024

Cato Gallery

It Hao Pheh’s enduring fascination in depicting classical architectural form and historical subjects has provided the inspiration for his latest series of sublime watercolour paintings featured in his 20th Solo Exhibition.
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VAS Flower & Garden Exhibition 2024

28 Mar 2024 – 2 Apr 2024

Hammond Gallery

This exhibition features floral still-life, colourful landscapes and lush gardens painted by VAS Members.
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The World Around Me—Aimee Li Watercolour Landscape

1 Mar 2024 – 28 Mar 2024

Mackley Members' Room

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VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition 2024

8 Mar 2024 – 25 Mar 2024

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

In this exhibition VAS artists are asked to explore subjects from a 21st century perspective, challenging themselves creatively. This Exhibition is sponsored by the George Hicks Foundation.
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From Above: A Contemporary Abstract Painting Exhibition

8 Mar 2024 – 25 Mar 2024

Cato Gallery

French contemporary abstract painter Loïs Lanoix's solo show "From Above: A Contemporary Abstract Painting Exhibition" invites viewers to transcend traditional perspectives and immerse themselves in a visual symphony of avant-garde expressions. This collection redefines conventional boundaries, offering a kaleidoscopic journey through the realms of form, colour, and emotion.
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Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2024

20 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2024

Royal Exhibition Building, Gallery Precinct

The Victorian Artists Society will once again be represented at the Flower & Garden Show amidst some of the best landscape and floral talent from Australia and around the world. 
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Revelations in Art: Celebrating 15 Years of Jimmy He's Creative Vision

22 Feb 2024 – 4 Mar 2024

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

Jimmy He is one of Australia's renowned abstract expressionist painters, currently residing in Melbourne. Painting is an art form brimming with creativity and expressiveness. Over his fifteen-year artistic journey, people are able to witness the continuous evolution of his artistic perspective and aesthetics, with a greater emphasis on the language of painting and the use of colour.
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Angus Wishart—Catching the Light

1 Feb 2024 – 29 Feb 2024

Mackley Members' Room

A journey through plein air painting
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Ray Hewitt—You Yangs

29 Jan 2025 – 23 Feb 2024

Mackley Members' Room

Ray Hewitt presents a selection of paintings from visits to the You Yangs.
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Jane Walker: A Retrospective 

8 Feb 2024 – 19 Feb 2024
The family of the late Jane Walker invite you to attend a celebration of her remarkable career.
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VAS Summer Exhibition 2024

26 Jan 2024 – 5 Feb 2024

Cato, Frater & McCubbin Galleries

This is the first VAS members' exhibition of 2024.
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Oz Ozcicek—Before After

11 Jan 2024 – 22 Jan 2024

Hammond Gallery

This exhibition showcases a multifaceted approach to understanding someone’s past and present without dwelling on the future through a kaleidoscope of colours, textures, visual nuances and forms.
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Hsin Lin—Blossoms of Life

11 Jan 2024 – 22 Jan 2024

McCubbin Gallery

Hsin Lin’s series Bloom Like Flowers explores the process of blooming and our connection to nature.
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Frank Chi—The Perfect Intertwining of Reality & Art

1 Dec 2023 – 11 Dec 2023

Frater & McCubbin Galleries

Frank Chi, a Chinese-Australian oil painter, was born in 1954 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China. He is a successor disciple of the renowned Chinese painter Mr. Guanzhong Wu and has won multiple awards at significant art exhibitions such as the Camberwell Art Show and the Victor Harbor Art Show.
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THE HYLTON MACKLEY AM VAS ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

10 Nov 2023 – 27 Nov 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This impressive exhibition features artworks by select Victorian Artists Society artists, who have been invited to participate after receiving the highest number of votes from their peers. This is a prestigious award and much sort after.
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VAS Maritime Exhibition 2023

27 Oct 2023 – 6 Nov 2023

Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This exhibition features artworks including tall ships, peaceful beach scenes and the ever changing moods of the ocean.
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VAS Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition 2023

27 Oct 2023 – 6 Nov 2023

Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room

The 'Edward Heffernan Memorial Drawing Prizes' are awarded in honour of Edward Heffernan, past president of VAS from 1977 to 1980. He served on the VAS Council for 12 years and was also awarded the Distinguished VAS Service Award, Honorary life Membership, VAS Fellowship and the Order of Australia Medal for his services to Arts.
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Australian Society of Marine Artists National Exhibition 2023

27 Oct 2023 – 6 Nov 2023

Frater Gallery

The second year of the Australian Society of Marine Artists collaborating with the Victorian Artists Society in an exhibition of Marine and Maritime works of art.
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Picturesque Pieces: A Violin and Piano recital by Ian Pheh

Saturday 4 Nov 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Picturesque Pieces, a violin and piano recital by Ian Pheh, showcasing 4 of his young students with their own compositions.
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VAS Art School Exhibition 2023

14 Oct 2023 – 23 Oct 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

This exhibition showcases the range of artistic practices and mediums that are taught at the VAS Art School. Encompassing oil, watercolour, pastel, drawing, acrylic, gouache and sculpture, both students and teachers works on show will reveal the diversity and creativity within the school.
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Gwendoline Krumins—Naturescapes

12 Oct 2023 – 23 Oct 2023

Cato Gallery

NATUREscapes is the culmination of two years work, beginning from the time of COVID19 lockdowns in 2020.
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Maxine Wade—FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING

1 Oct 2023 – 23 Oct 2023

Mackley Members' Room

Maxine’s exhibition represents the figure is its many guises—portraits, genre scenes and life studies.
Lion Dance- Lunar New Year by Sue Jarvis.

MSWPS—Changing Perspectives 2023

29 Sep 2023 – 9 Oct 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

The 114th annual exhibition of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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A Demonstration of Watercolour Painting with Maxine Wade

Saturday 7 Oct 2023, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Hammond Gallery

Famous watercolourist and member of MSWPS Maxine Wade will give visitors insight into her particular approach to portraiture and figurative work.
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A Demonstration of Watercolour Painting with Louise Foletta 

Thursday 5 Oct 2023, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Hammond Gallery

Distinguished artist and committee member Louise Foletta will demonstrate her unconventional approach to watercolour painting
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Norma Bull Etchings & Paintings

1 Aug 2023 – 3 Oct 2023

VAS Foyer

A display of historic copper plates, etchings and paintings by Norma Bull.
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Ray Hewitt—Close to Home

2 Sep 2023 – 29 Sep 2023

Mackley Members' Room

This exhibition is to show that painting subjects can come about from what people might think is quite ordinary, everything has its own special something. We all see the world in our own way. Each artist has their own way of interpreting the subject and expresses them their way.
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The Brandon Circle—In the Interests of Representational Art

14 Sep 2023 – 26 Sep 2023

Cato Gallery

This exhibition features paintings by artists looking to demonstrate and uphold the standards of representational art.
1st Prize_Joe Whyte, Through the Clouds, oil on linen.

VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2023

8 Sep 2023 – 25 Sep 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Spring Exhibition features the Gordon Moffatt AM Spring Prizes for: 1st prize, $500. 2nd prize, $250. 3rd prize $100. Sculpture prize $150.
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Lily Jones and Friends—Muse

Saturday 23 Sep 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
VAS Gallery presents an evening of musical entertainment with Lily Jones & Friends.
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Gregory R Smith—Bring to Light

24 Aug 2023 – 11 Sep 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries, 24 August to 5 September. Cato Gallery, 7 to 11 September.

Gregory R Smith VAS FVAS presents his 46th solo exhibition, featuring more than 100 works of still life, portraiture, florals and landscapes completed in the last 12 months.
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VAS Portrait Exhibition 2023

11 Aug 2023 – 21 Aug 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

This annual exhibition, featuring the Nada Hunter Portraiture Award celebrates portraiture in all genres. An inspiring array of talent by some of Victoria’s emerging and established artists skillfully capturing the human spirit.
Gamer Girl by Phill Roberts-Norma Bull Winner 2023

VAS Norma Bull Scholarship Award Exhibition 2023

10 Aug 2023 – 21 Aug 2023

Cato Gallery

This is a biennial award which aims to encourage students of all ages to advance in the naturalistic style of portraiture. The 2023 scholarship is for $5000, which will enable the winning artist to further progress their painting practice.
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VAS Portrait Painters in Action 2023: Open Day

Saturday 12 Aug 2023, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Drop into our free open day of live painting by some of the top VAS portraiture artists!
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Genesis Baroque presents Kammermusik

Thursday 10 Aug 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Hammond Gallery

Genesis Baroque is a Melbourne/Naarm-based period chamber orchestra founded in 2017 by Artistic Director and violinist, Jennifer Kirsner, and directed by baroque violinist Lucinda Moon.
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Zulu—Visual Tenacity

27 Jul 2023 – 7 Aug 2023

Cato Gallery

Tenacity can be viewed both positive and negatively, yet however you perceive or interpret tenacity, Zulu has it in spades, and she’s proud of it.
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Nitel—An Exhibition of First Nations Artists

27 May 2023 – 30 Jul 2023

VAS Foyer

‘Nitel’ is an exhibition of First Nations Women’s art work. The collective of 5 creative women artists from the Bendigo region on Dja Dja Wurrung country who share social, cultural and/or family connections and have lived in the region for many years.
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Open House Melbourne Weekend 2023

29 Jul 2023 – 30 Jul 2023
An annual event which opens hundreds of buildings across Melbourne and Victoria to the public. This event is run to foster community appreciation for architecture and encourage engagement in conversations about the future of our city.
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VAS Winter Select Exhibition 2023

7 Jul 2023 – 24 Jul 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Winter Exhibition features prizes of Senior Art Supplies vouchers to the value of: 1st prize, $600. 2nd prize, $150. 3rd prize $100. Sculpture prize, $150.
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The Association of Sculptors of Victoria 2023

15 Jun 2023 – 3 Jul 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

More than 100 sculptures by emerging and professional sculptors will be exhibited. They will be diverse in style, subject and in a variety of materials including wood, bronze, steel, resin and mixed media.
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VAS 9x5 Exhibition 2023

27 May 2023 – 12 Jun 2023

Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room

A homage to the original 1889 9x5 Impressionism Exhibitions, of small works painted on cigar box lids.
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VAS Autumn Select Exhibition 2023

11 Apr 2023 – 8 May 2023

Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries

One of three Select Exhibitions held each year by VAS. Votes cast by exhibiting artists are used to decide the list of candidates for the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. The Autumn exhibition is sponsored by Eileen and Hylton Mackley.
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60 Years of Art Life—A Retrospective Exhibition of Hong Fu

23 Mar 2023 – 2 Apr 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

Join curatorial assistant Xinyu Song for bilingual tours on Saturday April 1st, and discover the story behind the exhibition showcasing Hong Fu's 60 years of art. English Tour 11:30AM. Mandarin Tour 12:30PM

VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition 2023

3 Mar 2023 – 20 Mar 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

In this exhibition VAS artists are asked to explore subjects from a 21st century perspective, challenging themselves creatively. This Exhibition is sponsored by the George Hicks Foundation.
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VAS Summer Exhibition 2023

10 Feb 2023 – 27 Feb 2023

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This is the first VAS exhibition of 2023. We look forward to welcoming members and visitors back to our galleries with a celebration of summer. This exhibition features prizes for painting of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; and sculpture of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300 and 3rd, $100
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Erica Wagner—Hope is the Thing

9 Feb 2023 – 20 Feb 2023

Cato Gallery

Hope is the Thing features the original artwork from the book Hope is the Thing, written by Johanna Bell, illustrated by Erica Wagner and published in February 2023 by Allen & Unwin. Related paintings, collages, drawings and limited-edition prints and panels from the book will also be on display.
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VAS Mavis Little Artist of the Year 2022

11 Nov 2022 – 28 Nov 2022

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This impressive exhibition features artworks by select Victorian Artists Society artists, who have been invited to participate after receiving the highest number of votes from their peers. This is a prestigious award and much sort after.
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Pauline Mathrick—Unearthed

8 Jun 2022 – 27 Jun 2022

Frater & McCubbin Galleries

Slow Paintings of Central Victoria by Pauline Mathrick.
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VAS Mavis Little Artist of the Year 2021

12 Nov 2021 – 29 Nov 2021

Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

This impressive exhibition features artworks by select Victorian Artists Society artists, who have been invited to participate after receiving the highest number of votes from their peers.  This is a prestigious award and much sort after.
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