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LIFESTYLE • ART

Art lovers rejoice

The annual Cairns Art Society
awards and exhibition is back
with a sensational array of local
art pieces.

Tropical North Queensland is home Society, the Cairns Regional Council as well as sculpture, and contemporary
to a thriving creative community, and the Cairns Art Gallery. pieces, along with the Marion Ireland Best
stretching from musicians and Lesley Parker from the Cairns Art Realist Native Flora or Fauna Award, the
fashionistas to theatre-makers Society said this year’s awards will be Cairns Regional Council Mayoral award,
and writers. The visual arts sector bigger and better than ever. Warren Entsch Landscape Award plus
incorporating painting, sculpture, “This year the awards will be other awards provided by local businesses
drawing and photography is among the adjudicated by Melbourne judges for portraiture, sculpture, contemporary,
most prominent and long-standing in brought to Cairns especially for this and People’s Choice awards.
our region, as the Cairns Art Society event,” she said. “The awards always
Annual Awards Art Exhibition always attract a mix of prominent artists and
demonstrates. hobby artists wanting recognition for The annual awards exhibition will be
Now in its 71st year, it is the premier their creative works. It’s a feather in held at Cairns Art Gallery from January
art awards event in Cairns attracting a the cap for an artist to be selected to 11 to February 3, 2019, with the opening
huge volume of entries and impressive participate, and of course to win an night and presentation of awards to be
prizes. award brings recognition in the art held on January 11.
The Cairns city art collections, at the field.” You can also view the Cairns Art
Cairns City Council, the Court House Key prizes include the $3500 Paronella Society December Exhibition at the CAS
all exhibit winning art from this Park “Best In Show” Award, drawn Art Gallery inside DFO at Westcourt
prestigious event from over the years. from all art pieces including land and from December 12 to January 4.
It’s a collaboration between the Art seascapes and portraits in all mediums,

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