VAS Portrait Exhibition 2025
2 Jul 2025 – 13 Jul 2025
Sunday 6 July: VAS Portrait Painters in Action 2025 Open Day
Location: Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries
This annual exhibition, featuring the $1,000 Nada Hunter Portraiture Award, celebrates portraiture in all genres. An inspiring array of talent by some of Victoria’s emerging and established artists skilfully capturing the human spirit.
On Sunday July 6, drop in between 11am and 4pm to see our free Portrait Painters in Action open day of live painting by some of the top VAS portraiture artists. This event offers visitors insight into the diverse ways artists capture their sitters, showcasing their individual styles with mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolour. The Nada Hunter Portrait Prize for this exhibition will be presented during the Portrait Painters in Action event prior to the lunch break (approximately 12.50pm). The judge for this exhibition is award winning portrait artist Andrea Huelin.
Image: Marketa Kemp, Mzee, Charcoal on Paper
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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.