Here’s more news from the Kilmore Art Expo and the Regional Busking Championships.
In the 6-9 year age Art Show category, Sarah the guinea pig by Charlotte Rhode captured its nature in a heartfelt way, and Rocky Rocks by Indiana Bast in the 10-13 exhibit was very suggestive of the landscape and had beautiful colour mixes throughout. The winner of the 14-18 age group was Maddie Ziegler by Blake Studd’s drawing of an eccentric character with clever use of detail and bold but contrasting red and green colours.
In the photography section, primary age gallery, Pink by Sienna Sefky captured the judges attention. Next, in the 10-13 section, Mature by Jack D’Elia had great exposure, and finally in the 14-18 group, Lundenburg by Isobel Cotter was a very well exposed photograph with nice detail in the buildings.
Across the weekend patrons had an opportunity to place a free vote for their favourite artwork, with the popular People’s Choice Award going to Alice by Robyn Riley, a painting of a kangaroo with adorable eyes.
People are still talking about the Kilmore Regional Busking Championships, an event which complements the art mecca.
This year the Guitar Room sponsored the Best Band award and a generous cash prize of $500 went to Angus Kitt and the Concrete Cowboys for their unique blend of city and country twang. North-Vic Constructions donated a $200 award to Duo Gambin Brothers and the Review sponsored best cover artist – Kissed by Song.
The Assumption College Energy award winner was John Curran who always manages to get the audience bopping along to his high octane performance and Sky Accounting’s prize for the poetry and storytelling section went to Redgum Soul.
The Emerging Artist award went to Immy Canning, and the Encouragement award to Charem, Freddie Gibson captured the judges attention for The Voice award – a $200 Mac’s voucher would certainly cool his vocal cords down.
Encouragement and non-music awards were donated by Pat Croke Furniture to Ashleigh Davon, Kilmore Bakery to Corey Craze, Southern Cross Gold to Emmy L, Kilmore Property Transfers to Claire Chatfield, Ah Raffaele to Bob Cunningham, SASS Hair to Tyler Herdman-Keys, Harvest Door Café to Ella Thompson, and finally Nuzza to Tilly Peterson.