
Prizes & Awards
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Best in Show
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Best in Show Runner Up
There will be a ‘Best of’ awarded for the following categories. In addition, paintings in these categories will be eligible to be selected for 10 Highly Commended Awards
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Category A : Landscape (includes Cityscapes)
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Category B: Waterscape (paintings dominated by water in any setting eg. sea, river, lake, pool)
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Category C: Portrait / Figurative
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Category D: Still Life / Floral / Interior
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Category E: Animal/Wildlife
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PSVA Award – open to artists who have not previously won a major award at a PSVA exhibition
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Margaret Lourey Award – open to artists who have not won an award at any exhibition
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John Withers Emerging Pastellist Scholarship – open to artists who are current participants in this program
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Ming Mackay Award- people’s choice (voted for during the Exhibition), awarded at the December 2023 PSVA Monthly Meeting
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President’s Award – open to all artists
No painting shall win more than one award, excluding the Ming Mackay Award
The winner of the Ming Mackay Award is asked to donate a small unframed painting which will be raffled at the following year’s exhibition. The funds from the raffle are donated to the PSVA Committee charity of choice