A fabulous night was had by all at the 52nd Flinders Art Show Opening Night, with more people attending than last year.
The winter weather was kind to us, with the sun shining for the whole of the weekend.
Thank you to all of our sponsors, financial supporters, local businesses, volunteers and judges, without their support we could not stage this iconic community event.
of the Art Show
The Art Show was started as part of an effort to reinvigorate the ladies committee of St John’ s Church of England, Flinders, to raise funds for parish work.
From its small beginnings in 1967 the Flinders Art Show has continued to grow, dependent, as always, on the goodwill and the hard work of the local traders and community from which the Committee and volunteers are drawn.
Profits from the show are distributed to local charities and community groups on the Mornington Peninsula. In the past eleven years in excess of $335,000 has been distributed to these groups. All work done by our committee is entirely voluntary.
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2019 AWARD WINNERS
BEST WORK – Mary Hennekam – Pink Eucalypt
Kingston Park Award – $3,000
EQUINE AWARD – Kate Jenny – High Spirits
Flinders Hotel Award –$1,000
A TASTE OF WINE – Carole Rogers – Autumn
Elgee Park Award – $750
BEST OIL OR ACRYLIC – Miodrag Jankovic – Vanishing Past
Flinders General Store Award – $750
BEST WATERCOLOUR – AJ Northover – The Western Silos
The Kiefel Foundation Award – $750
BEST PASTEL – Barb Labb – Last Light – West Head
Kay & Burton Real Estate Award – $750
BEST PENINSULA SEASCAPE – Tilly Riches – The Pines, Shoreham & From West Head, Flinders
Balnarring Motors Pty Ltd Award – $300
BEST PENINSULA LANDSCAPE – John Bredl – Warm Reflections
Vescape Hair & Beauty Salon Award – $300
BEST CONTEMPORARY WORK – Vicki Jans – Carly
Blackwood Family Lawyers Award – $300
BEST FLORAL / FAUNA WORK – Tiffany Makinson – Cockatoo
Robertson Family Award – $300
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY – Michelle Bolitho – Splash
Montalto Award – $300
BEST LIFE STUDY – Leyla Bulmer – Laoch
Labb Family Award – $300
BEST PAINTING OF STILL LIFE – Ria Brenchley – Three Good Apples
Paringa Estate Award – $300
BEST SMALL WORK – Larry Gibson – Peaceful
Mornington Prime Cuts Award – $300
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD – Janet Green – The Cups, Boneo Rd
Hugh Gallery –$400
PRESIDENT’S PACKERS AWARD – Be Goslar – Looking
Prize – $100
Click here President Report 2019 for a few words from our President Christine Haydon
The annual Flinders Art Show, now celebrating 53 years, is a permanent fixture in the Peninsula’s cultural calendar. Over the past eleven years we have distributed in excess of $335,000 to local charities and community groups on the Mornington Peninsula. All of us involved with the Flinders Art Show are volunteers and we welcome your interest.
However, it could not be possible without the ongoing support of people like you.
Funds are raised via individual donations, major sponsors, commission on the sale of paintings, entry fees and advertising which all go towards staging the annual Flinders Art Show. All profits raised are distributed to local charities and community groups on the Mornington Peninsula.
How can you help?
In 2019 the Flinders Art Show distributed $35,000 to the following local charities and community groups on the Mornington Peninsula, bringing the total distributed over the past eleven years to in excess of $335,000.
DreamHouse Theatre Company
Flinders Cricket Club
Flinders Fire Brigade
Flinders District Historical Society
Flinders Pre School
Frankston Peninsula Carers Inc
Hastings Police Senior Citizens Register
Main Ridge Fire Brigade
Red Hill Fire Brigade
Riding for the Disabled Peninsula
Shoreham Fire Brigade
SisterWorks
Southern Peninsula Community Support & Information Centre Inc
Southern Peninsula Food for All Inc
St John’s Anglican Church Children’s Group
Western Port Community Support
The Flinders Art Show is held on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend in June.
Friday 5th June, Saturday 6th June, Sunday 7th June, Monday 8th June
Artist Entry Details coming soon….
If you are an Artist and would like to be added to the database for the 2020 Flinders Art Show, please email:
Artists enquiries:
Contact: Rhonda Whitehead
Email: rhonda.whitehead63@bigpond.com
Exhibits received from a Gallery to be entered in the Flinders Art Show will be restricted to 3 Artists only. Those 3 Artists entered via the Gallery can enter 2 exhibits and a small works as per the Artist Entry Guidelines on the Entry Form.