VAS Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition 2024
11 Oct 2024 – 21 Oct 2024
Location: 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.
This exhibition is made possible through a bequest from the estate of his wife Maree Elizabeth Heffernan, who was the proprietor of the Gordon Edgerton Gallery and assisted Edward with editing the Victorian Artists Society’s Journal.
The Edward Heffernan Memorial Drawing Exhibition features Prizes for:
- 1st prize, $900
- 2nd prize, $400
- 3rd prize $200
Image: Mare Nubium by Jennifer Huang, Second Prize Winner 2023
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.