Join us to mark the closing of the Waverley Art Prize and for the announcement of the 2024 People's Choice Prize recipient.

The Waverley Art Prize celebrates excellence across the local arts community and greater Australian contemporary Visual Arts sector. Commencing in 1986, the Waverley Art Prize has a long-dedicated history as a painting and drawing prize, cultivating and supporting local artists with an illustrious alumnus of previous winners.  

Our 2024 Open Prize winner is Bronte Leighton-Dore for her painting Silent meeting, a blue sky, South Coast based on studies done in the Bermagui State Forrest. 

Highly Commended went to Christoper Zanko for the work Midday Brick House.

The Mayor’s Prize was awarded to Sophie Bray for Alone with a thousand eyes and Highly Commended went to Jasmine Mowbray for Arcadia.

The Local Prize was awarded to Lisa Patroni for Geometry of Echoes.

The judges for 2024 were Joan Ross (Artist) and Julia Gutman (Artist).

Finalists for 2024:

Joel Arthur, Peter Berner, Amber Boardman, Sophie Bray, Will Cooke, Brenton Drechsler, Ella Dunn, Steven Durbach, Jaye Early, Sarah Edmondson, Nic Fern, Tim Gregory, Simon Grennan, Blake Griffiths, Graziela Guardino, Taylah Hasaballah, Lleigh Hellier, Dylan Jones, Tracey Jones, Xavier Lane, Bronte Leighton-Dore, Belem Lett, Eric Lobbecke, Gigi Malherbe, Wendy Miller, Jasmine Mowbray, Lisa Patroni, Joel Picklum, James Rhodes, An Sheng, Elliot Sofaea, Dave Sparkes, Julie Vinci, Myles Young, Christopher Zanko, Adam Hisham Ismail, Angus Gardner.