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 It was fantastic to see MSWPS so well represented with five finalists in the 2021 VAS Mavis Little Artist of the Year Exhibition at the Victorian Artists Society. Open till November 29, the exhibition is diverse and striking and rewards close inspection. Each artist has chosen three works to represent their year’s work, and the…

  Your Subscription Renewal is due on 31 December 2021. Payment Options are detailed on the Renewal Form: EFT Payment Payment by Cheque If you are attending the Christmas Lunch you can pay by Cash OR Cheque. The Society does not have facilities for payment by Credit/Debit Card. MSWPS renewal form-2022  

The Alphington Open Studio Weekend is held once each year to showcase the work of local artists.  Held over two consecutive weekends in November and December, a group of local Alphington Artists will open their doors to provide a special opportunity for the public to talk with the artists and see their work. Works by…

Wild One – Vicki Sullivan is the featured artwork on the Website Homepage and Facebook. Selected for The Annie Davison Oliver Award  at the 112th MSWPS Annual Exhibition. Sophie Gerhard Comment: This painting is technically brilliant, and completely engaging – it completely stopped me in my tracks! The direct gaze of the sitter, staring slightly…

  Marian Rennie is a practising artist with a diverse background in the visual arts, theatre, puppetry, set design and costume design. She has returned to her family roots in Acheron, Central Victoria on the banks of the Goulburn River. Marian established her own gallery and exhibition centre there which is situated in a two…

Congratulations to all participants in the online Annual Exhibition. A total of eighty-eight artworks are featured in the exhibition. Judge Sophie Gerhard commented on the difficulty of judging a show of this calibre making copious notes and reviewing the artworks many times. Her notes on the artworks can be viewed on the individual artwork pages…

Enter the Athletes – Olympic Games Opening Ceremony 2021 Oil on canvas 91 x 122 cm    Sue Jarvis 2021 Has been selected as a finalist at the Bendigo Gallery’s Arthur Guy Biennial for contemporary art. The exhibition dates: 13th November 2021 – 20th Februrary 2022 Artist statement: We, globally, were spectators of theatre devoid of…

The Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors (MSWPS) raises the profile of women artists by exhibiting their works in the Annual Exhibition Changing Perspectives, now in its 112th year. During the Covid pandemic, the exhibition was replaced by MSWPS Annual Exhibition Online for the first time. Owing to its success and the possibility of…