GET OUT YOUR PAINTBRUSHES, PENCILS AND PASTELS!

Are you an artist living in the MidCoast Council area? We invite you to enter our upcoming exhibition!

This exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to capture Gloucester and its people through your own artistic interpretation. We hope to see familiar faces, friends and neighbours reflected in the artworks, celebrating the people and community we call home.

HOW TO ENTER

To find out how to enter, obtain an entry form and learn about the exhibition requirements, please contact Jean Buettel at jbuettel@gmail.com.

MAJOR PRIZES will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, with additional prizes generously provided by our sponsors.

Join us for a fun evening at the exhibition opening on 21 May 5.30 PM!

Pick up your paintbrush, sharpen your pencils or get out your pastels — we look forward to seeing your work!

TERMS & CONDITIONS…FACES YOU MAY KNOW PORTRAIT COMPETITON 2027

1. Artists must be a resident of the Midcoast Council area

2. The subject must be a person living within the 2422 postcode

3. Subject is to be kept secret & will be unveiled on opening night

4. Works can be any medium, excluding photographs. Works can be on any surface that is flat – eg. On stretched canvas, paper, cloth, glass. Maximum size 18x24 inches or 45cm x 60cm. They are to be unframed. Works on paper can be matted and covered in clear plastic for protection. Stretched canvas or other works that can’t be “Bull dog clipped ” must be ready for hanging with the hooks and wires.

5. Cost per each entry $20, limit of 3 entries.

6. All entries must be paid and recorded with the Gloucester Artists by Friday May 14th 2027 Details required – Name and Address of the Artist, Title of Work, Name of Subject. Medium and Sale Price (20% commission will be retained by Gloucester Gallery). Email this information to Tracey Murrell at barta@bigpond.com for labels to be printed.

7. Entry fees to be direct deposit to Gloucester Artists Regional Australia Bank BSB 093 200 Account 500196490 Name of Artist and reference to be included in the deposit details.

8. All works to be delivered to the Gloucester Gallery Denison St. Gloucester between 9 am & 11 am May 18th 2027

9. All works unsold are to be collected from the Gloucester Gallery Sunday June 13th between 1pm & 2pm.

Unveiling Night On Friday May 21st from 5:30 pm. The works are covered and unveiled one by one followed by the presentation of the awards. $5 entry fee will be charged to attendees of this event