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Rotary Easter Art Show

TARRA FESTIVAL 2025
EASTER IN YARRAM

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Yarram's Premiere Art Event

The annual Rotary Easter Art Show is held as part of the Tarra Festival at the Regent Theatre in Yarram from 18 April to 21 April 2025

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SHOW OPENING TIMES

Good Friday 18 April - 7pm GALA OPENING NIGHT

Drinks & Nibbles - $15 Entry Fee

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Saturday 19 April - 11:30am to 5:00pm

Entry Fee: $5 per person

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Saturday Night 19 April - 6pm to 9pm

Plus The Mezz Bar Open

Entry Fee: $5 per person

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Easter Sunday 20 April - 10:00am to 5:00pm

Entry Fee: $5 per person

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Monday 21 April - 10:00am to 1:00pm

Entry Fee: $5 per person

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Unsold works can be picked up from the theatre

from 10am on Tuesday 22 April


ENTRIES  NOW CLOSED

Sorry - Entries Closed at 5pm on 31 March 2025


Deliver Your Work

​All artwork can be delivered in person or by courier directly to the Regent Theatre in Yarram on Tuesday April 15th between 10am and 12noon please

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Pickup/Drop Off Points

We have arranged local pickups at Bairnsdale, Sale, Morwell, Traralgon, Korumburra and Leongatha.  Please deliver your work to these locations on Tuesday April 15th between 10am and 2pm.

 

Artists can contact their local pickup point to arrange an alternate time provided it is prior 9am on Wednesday 16th April.  All art work will be collected from the pickup points on Wednesday 16th April between10am and 12noon

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Pickup Unsold Entries

​Unsold works can be picked up from The Regent Theatre  on Tuesday 22nd from 10am.  All other unsold works will be available from your drop of point on Wednesday 23rd from 10am

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Cost of Entry

Cost of entry is $10 per artwork

A maximum of five (5) pieces can be entered
All entries must be available for sale
Rotary Club of Yarram sales commission is 20%

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PICKUP/DROP OFF POINTS

​All artwork can be delivered in person or by courier directly to the Regent Theatre in Yarram on Tuesday April 15th between 10am and 12noon please or you can drop them off at these regional locations

BAIRNSDALE

Bairnsdale District Art Society

Crn Anderson & Hodgson St, Bairnsdale

admin@bairnsdaleartsociety.org.au

Jenni Staniforth

0435344847

MORWELL

Morwell Art & Framing 

49 Chickerell St

Morwell

Lisa 51345515

Lea- lea@morwellart.com.au

 

KORUMBURRA

Small Forest

113 Commercial Street

Korrumburra

Wendy- 0491352310 

smallforestshop@gmail.com

SALE

Gippsland Art Gallery

70 Foster St. Sale

​Louisa

0449708912

TRARALGON

Centenary House

39 Valley Drive

Traralgon

Tania- 51711600

​tania@centenaryhouse.org.au

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LEONGATHA

Rotary Op Shop

2 Anderson Street 

Leongatha

Lynn Fisher- 0409144967

lynn509@hotmail.com

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How to enter your artwork
(and what to expect next)

If you have any questions or concerns, please email artshow@yarramrotary.org.au or call Sandi-Lee on 0403 819 183

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Manual Entry Form

If you are unable to use the online entry system above, please send us an email to artshow@yarramrotary.org.au and we will send you a form

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or you can download the form here:

Categories & Prizes

Thanks to our amazing sponsors for supporting each of these categories and providing the prizes, including Best in Show $1,000

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Best Oil

$400

Prize kindly donated by

PADDY GRIBBLE

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Best Acrylic

$400

Prize kindly donated by

ERIC GREENAWAY

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Best Pastel

$400

Best Pencil/Charcoal

$200

Prize kindly donated by

GIPPSLAND BEARINGS

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Prize kindly donated by

​BLUE JAY CAFE

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Art and Fashion
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Best Watercolour

$400

Best Mixed Media

$400

Best Miniature

$300

Best Youth Entry

$200

Prize kindly donated by

TURNBULLS TOYOTA

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Prize kindly donated by

CAFE AGA

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Prize kindly donated by

​WENDY POPE

Prize kindly donated by

YARRAM SERVICES

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Image by Ethan Hoover
Printing on fabric

Best Photograph

$200

Best Textile Art

$400

Prize kindly donated by

THE PROFESSIONALS​

REAL ESTATE

Prize kindly donated by

TREVOR YONG & ASSOCIATES​

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Best in Show

$1,000

Prize kindly donated by

YARRAM MOTOR GARAGE

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People's Choice

$500

Prize kindly donated by

LOIS GRIBBLE

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Encouragement

Awards

Prizes kindly donated by

PORT ALBERT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION

It's a Great Art Show

Here's some more information - check out the video!

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Major Sponsors

YARRAM MOTOR GARAGE
PADDY& LOIS GRIBBLE
 
Event Sponsors

BLUE JAY CAFÉ
BROWN WIGG
CAFÉ AGA
DEB ROBERTS
ERIC GREENAWAY
EVANS PETROLEUM/ BP YARRAM
GIPPSLAND BEARINGS
JOHN O'CALLAGHAN
NUTRIENS/HARCOURTS REAL ESTATE
PORT ALBERT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION
RADIAL TIMBER
REGENT THEATRE
SOUTHERLY 10/STAR OF THE SOUTH
TARRA MOTEL
THE BRIDGE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
THE PROFESSIONALS REAL ESTATE
THE YARRAM COUNTRY CLUB
TREVOR YONG & ASSOCIATES
TURNBULLS TOYOTA
WENDY POPE
WULGUNGGO NGALU LEARNING PLACE
YARRAM COURT HOUSE GALLERY
YARRAM SERVICES
 
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Framing Requirements

  • The Maximum size for any entry is 2 square metres.  Oversize works will not be accepted for judging

  • Miniature sizing is A5 maximum (this includes the frame)

  • All entries must be suitably framed or on stretch canvas and fitted with wire and D hooks ready for hanging

  • No projecting fittings of any kind permitted. Clip frames not accepted

  • All entries must be clearly marked on the back with the
        a) name of the artist
        b) title of the work
        c) the category
        d) the price


     

Conditions of Entry (for artists)

1. All completed Entry Forms and Entry Fees must be received no later than 5pm March 31, 2025.
2.    No late entries will be accepted.
3.    Hanging space for works is strictly limited. Entries will be accepted in the order they are received.
4.    Each artist may submit a maximum of 5 works.
5.    They must be the artist’s original work and not previously shown at Yarram Rotary Art Show.
6.    The Committee reserves the right to refuse to display any work for any reason whatsoever.
7.    All entries must be for genuine sale.
8.    The Rotary Club of Yarram Inc. and the Committee will exercise all reasonable care with the works entered but will not be responsible for the loss of or damage to any work while in its custody, or for insurance cover on work either during transport or whilst on display.
9.    All works must be securely wrapped in padding.  You will receive an email after payment with a packing label to be printed and placed on the outside wrapping.  A smaller identifier needs to be affixed to the back of the artwork.
10.    Any work entered may be reproduced in low resolution for promotional purposes.
11.    The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
12.    Commission will be charged at 20% of the Sale Price.
13.    Tax Invoices will not be issued to purchasers. Should a purchaser require a Tax Invoice, and the Artist is GST registered, the Artist’s contact details will be given to the purchaser.
14.    Payments for sold works and prize monies will be credited to your bank account.
15.    With the exception of the People’s Choice prize, any work may win only one prize.
16.    The Artist is entitled to one complimentary ticket for the Official Opening. on Friday evening.  Additional tickets may be purchased at the door - $15 per person on Opening Night and $5 each day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.


 

Our Judge

Steven Rosten
ACC, L.L.B(Hons) Melb, Dip. Arch (Lond)


 

Growing up and educated in South Africa and Australia, Steven is a man of eclectic interests and practices in the visual arts.  From his Fine Art studies at the Sorbonne in France and later, at RMIT, his interests and skills in photography and film resulted in producing five films during 1971 to 1975 and also working as a production assistant to Director, Paul Cox, in “The Sirens”.  Steven has had two solo photography exhibitions for the Aboriginal Scholarship Foundation as well as creating and commissioning tapestries in Swaziland which won the first prize in the Pan African Art and Handicrafts competition in Melbourne in 1983.  Steven has had a successful solo exhibition in gouache and ink exhibited in Perth for the America’s Cup Challenge and a solo exhibition of watercolours of Ligurian seascape in Alassio, Italy.

Steven was a consultant for the National Gallery of Victoria in the placement of works by Arthur Streeton in a major retrospective exhibition touring Australia (“Arthur Streeton 1867-1943, A New Travelling Exhibition”) from November 1995 to December 1996.

In 2022, Steven toured Europe extensively and judged competitions by Ukrainian artists.

Steven has been a regular visitor to South Gippsland and, in particular, the Tarra Valley, for almost thirty years and although he has dedicated his life work to his chosen profession in law, he is devoted to the arts which he feels are imbued in his soul.


 

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