2025 Award Winners
Each year we hold a delicious dinner at the Deloraine Football Club where a range of awards are announced including the $10,000 Premier’s Arts Award which includes not only the cash and kudos, but having a story produced in video that is amplified across our social media channels, some attracting well over a million views.
Premier's Art Award
Nature Matrix, Gemma Haynes
Venue 2C Quamby Pavilion - site 247
Gemma Haynes of Nature Matrix for her innovative and creative use of new technology, materials and techniques in her piece entitled Cinderis.
Premier's Art Award - Highly Commended
Helen Hay Ceramics - Venue 1A
Helen Hay for her sympathetic work with translucent porcelain and natural materials.
Best Working Exhibit
Phoenix Creations - Venue 1A
Phoenix Creations for his demonstration of spoon carving and generous advice regarding tools, materials and technique.
Stand Presentation
Naturopathic Alchemy - Venue 2B
Naturopathic Alchemy for their 'less is more' subtle perfection in presentation.
First Time Exhibitor
Blue Gum Bush Farm - Venue 2B
Blue Gum Bush Farm for their 100% accessing of the materials for their product from their own property along with 100% sustainability.
Providore’s Award
Persia's Pantry - Venue 1C - Providore Pantry
Persia's Pantry provided a delicious range of complementary products in an appealing and engaging manner
The Allan Alvadore Memorial Award
Simon Rootes, Kilburn Ink - Venue 2C
This award has been made possible with thanks to the family of Allan Alvadore who inspired a wonderful act of kindness over recent years. Kindness and collaboration is a value we nurture and want to continue and this new award makes it possible.
Here’s part of the back story on Facebook of where it all began.
Thank you to our Judges:
Keith Lane - Keith is a Tasmanian landscape and seascape painter and three time Glover finalist. Keith obtained a degree in Fine Art in London. He migrated to Sydney in 1989 and moved to Deloraine in 2014. Keith held numerous shows in London, Sydney, Canberra, Launceston and Hobart and has exhibited and travelled in China. He is represented in collections in many countries.
John Summers - President, Goldfields Art Board, Kalgoorlie. Vice Chairperson Country Arts, WA. Alternate Director for WA on Arts Council of Australia. Member Lotteries House Committee, Kalgoorlie, WA. Member Cultural Policy Committee, Margaret River, WA. President Arts Deloraine.
Nigel Clarke - Nigel brings a lifetime of experience and dedication to the art of woodworking, underpinned by a profound respect for craftsmanship and design. Raised in a family of skilled amateur woodworkers, he was immersed from an early age in an environment where high-quality furniture, architectural joinery, and even boats were crafted in household workshops. This formative exposure planted the seeds of a career defined by both creative ambition and technical excellence.
Lyn Prove - As our Providore judge, Lyn has spent a lifetime in the food and beverage industry officially converting that passion in to her career when moving to Tasmania 18 years ago for a healthier work/life balance.
