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Annual Awards
Exhibition
August
2026

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Bribie Island Community Arts Centre

Welcome to the Pastel Society of Australia's Annual Awards

The Pastel Society of Australia's Annual Awards is a prestigious event that celebrates outstanding achievements in pastel art. Every year we  bring together the very best of contemporary pastel artworks from talented artists across Australia and beyond.

Entries are accepted across five categories for both exhibition and online display, highlighting the diversity and creativity of contemporary pastel practice in Australia.

 

Categories include People, Animals, Scapes, Still Life and Abstract.

Artworks are exhibited for a two week period in June.

All artworks are for sale.

Entries open 1 March 2026.

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Dates

TBA June 2026
(Closed on Mondays)

Location

Matthew Flinders Gallery 
191 Sunderland Drive,
Banksia Beach, Bribie Island, QLD

Awards Ceremony

TBA

Entry

Free and open to the public during exhibition hours.

Exhibition Hours

Open Hours​

  • Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 4 pm

  • Sunday 9 am - 1 pm

  • Closed Mondays

Sunday 17 August

12:00: Announcement of People's Choice Award 

12: 15: Announcement of Raffle Prize winner 

1:00:  Exhibition closed to the public

1.00 - 2.30 pm 

Volunteers to unhang artworks, remove wall labels

Buyers to pick-up sold artwork  

Entrants to pick-up unsold artwork

2025 Demonstrations

Aug

05

Tue

10 - 11:30 AM

Tricia Reust – Landscape over Collage

Aug

05

Tue

1 - 2:30PM

Tricia Reust – Landscape over Collage

Aug

06

Wed

1 - 2:30PM

Louise Corke – Pastel Pencils

Aug

08

Fri

10 - 11:30 AM

Christine Leaming – Playing with Powder

Aug

09

Sat

10 - 11:30 AM

BCC Portrait Group: Dee Roy, Vanessa
Thomas, Dianne Downs, Kay Weber

Aug

10

Sun

10 - 11:30 AM

Tricia Reust – Using pastel wet

Aug

12

Tue

10 - 11:30 AM

Karen King – Underpainting in Black & Blue Ink

Aug

12

Tue

1 - 2:30PM

Karen King – Underpainting in Black & Blue Ink

Aug

13

Wed

10 - 11:30 AM

Karen Christiansen – Pastel painting project

Aug

14

Thu

10 - 11:30 AM

Tricia Taylor – Underpainting Oceans

Aug

15

Fri

10 - 11:30 AM

Volunteer demonstrator needed

Aug

16

Sat

10 - 11:30 AM

Tricia Reust – Landscape over Collage

Aug

16

Sat

1 - 2:30PM

Penelope Gilbert-Ng - Portrait

Aug

17

Sun

10 - 11:30 AM

Petronella van L - Working with Ink under Pastel

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