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Summer Exhibition Entries: Jan 27 Number of works: 1 Collection: Feb 9
Upcoming... Contemporary Entries: Feb 10 Number of works: 2 Paintings 2 Sculptures
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Neil Whalebone Ethereal Shadows
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Lana Daubermann, Waterhole #5
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Contemporary Entries: Feb 10 Number of works: 2 Paintings 2 Sculptures Collection: Feb 23
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Autumn Select Entries: Mar 24 Number of works: 1 Painting 3 Sculptures
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Maria Radun, Portrait of Ziggy
This Month Autumn Select Entries: Mar 24 Collection: Apr 13 Number of works: 1 Painting 3 Sculptures
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Exhibition dates: April 15th - May 10th 30 Autumn Select
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Jennifer Huang, The Name of the Rose
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This Month Autumn Select Collection: Apr 13
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This Month VAS imprint Exhibition dates: April 15th - May 10th
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Upcoming... VAS 9 x 5 Exhibition Entries: June 22 - 26 Number of works: up to 4 on VAS purchased boards VAS Portrait Exhibition Entries: June 30 Number of works: 3
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Jill Shalless, Umbra
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Ben Winspear VAS, Frosty Morning, Yarra Valley
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This Month VAS 9 x 5 Exhibition Entries: June 22 - 26 Number of works: up to 4 on VAS purchased boards VAS Portrait Exhibition Entries: June 30 Number of works: 3
Upcoming... Winter Select Entries: Jul 14 Number of works: 1 Painting 3 Sculptures
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T.J. Murphy VAS, Still Life with Bosc Pears
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Winter Select Entries: Jul 14 Number of works: 1 Painting 3 Sculptures Collection: Aug 3
Upcoming... Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition Entries: Aug 18 Number of works: 1
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VAS Portrait Exhibition Collection: Jul 13 VAS 9 x 5 Exhibition Collection: Aug 3
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This Month VAS 9 x 5 Exhibition Collection: Aug 3
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Winter Select Collection: Aug 3 Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition Entries: Aug 18 Number of works: 1 Collection: Aug 31
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Upcoming... Spring Select Entries: Sep 1 Number of works:
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Winter Select
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Nina Volk, Emily St Seymour Victoria
This Month Spring Select Entries: Sep 1 Number of works: 1 Painting 3 Sculptures Collection: Sep 21
Maritime Entries: Sep 22 Number of works: 2 Collection: Oct 5
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Swathi Madike, Avva’s Idli Steamer
This Month VAS Maritime Exhibition Collection: Oct 5
Upcoming... The Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Artists for this exhibition are invited based on Select votes Entries: Nov 3 Number of works: 3
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SEND IN Vivi Palegeorge, Diamond Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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Christmas Salon Entries: Dec 1 Number of works: 3 Studio & Coterie & Life Group Entries: Dec 15 Number of works: 2
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The Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Artists for this exhibition are invited based on Select votes Entries: Nov 3 Number of works: 3 Collection: Nov 30
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Jenny Jackson, Two Crows and Marshlands
This Month Christmas Salon Entries: Dec 1 Collection: Jan 4 Number of works: 3
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VAS Christmas Party December 17th
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Artists at Work, Gwendoline Krumins VAS FVAS
VAS Studio 2026
The Victorian Artists Society offers art classes catering to students of all experience levels, from beginners to professional artists, across a wide range of mediums; oil, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, gouache, drawing and sculpture. Classes cover a range of techniques such as, drawing portraiture from a life model, landscape and still life. Daytime, afternoon, evening and weekend classes are conducted in the historic VAS Studio and are taught by highly regarded artists in their specific mediums. In addition to our weekly classes, we also regularly offer workshops and a number of casual sessions including life and portrait. Please review the terms and conditions on our website before booking.
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Exhibition Terms & Conditions CONDITIONS OF ENTRY AND SALES Only one ‘not for sale’ work per member can be exhibited each year in any of the VAS exhibitions including the Select and AOTY exhibitions. Entry is $10 per small artwork for non-Select Exhibitions. Entry is $20 per small artwork for Select Exhibitions. All works must be signed by the artist. A certificate of authenticity attached to the back is recommended. A commission (28%) will be charged for each sale and the balance paid to the artist on the first payment cycle of the following month. ARTWORK SIZE LIMITS & ENTRY FEES Small works have a combined height and width of under 180cm. Paintings with a combined height and width greater than 180cm are considered large works and are charged an additional entry fee for the handling and extra space required for hanging. The entry fee for large works is $25 for the three Select Exhibitions and $15 for other exhibitions. Due to gallery curating requirements, the maximum size of all artwork entered into any VAS Exhibition must not exceed 600cm, measured around the perimeter. MEDIUMS Digital works are currently accepted in all exhibitions except the 3 Select Exhibitions and the Artist of the Year Award Exhibition. We currently do not accept works of photography in VAS exhibitions except for Digital Exhibitions. SELECT EXHIBITIONS Select exhibitions—Autumn, Winter, Spring. The minimum sale price for select exhibition works is $400. The selection for these exhibitions is undertaken by an experienced panel of selectors convened by the President of the VAS, based on quality, execution and presentation. Works entered into the three Select Exhibitions must not have been previously shown in a VAS Exhibition. ARTIST OF THE YEAR To be eligible for the Artist of the Year Award, artists must enter and be selected for at least two of the three ‘Select’ exhibitions during the year: Autumn, Winter and Spring. Entry into the Artist of the Year is by invitation only based on votes received during the Select Exhibitions. At least one work entered into the AOTY must not have been shown before in a VAS Exhibition.
VOTING All financial members are encouraged to vote in Select Exhibitions, i.e. Autumn, Winter and Spring. Only invited exhibiting artists are eligible to vote in the Artist of the Year Exhibition. INFORMATION TAGS When submitting artworks to an exhibition, artists must include an Art Tag. The cardboard tag must be attached via a length of string to an upper back corner, so that the tag hangs down below the frame. Information on the tag must include the name of the exhibition, artwork title, medium, price, the artist’s name and award status (Signatory or Fellowship). The artist’s name must be on the back of the work. FRAMES & MOUNTS The presentation of artworks is important—works may be rejected because of unsuitable or amateurish mounting and framing. Metal & Plastic frames are unsuitable for hanging as are thin wooden frames. All works must be signed with the name of the artist added to the back. Unframed stretched canvas artworks must have clean or painted edges. COLLECTION Due to lack of available space and storage, artworks must be collected after the exhibition at the advised date between 11am–3pm weekdays only. No responsibility can be accepted for works not collected within 14 days of the closing date of an exhibition. Other pickup times can be arranged with the office. INDEMNITY The Victorian Artists Society staff, agents, members or volunteers will exercise all reasonable and due care in handling the works submitted but will not be responsible for and you shall indemnify the society for any loss or any damage to any works while in the custody of the society, its staff, its members or volunteers or for the time being agents of the society. Artists are responsible for insuring their Artwork against loss or damage whether in custody of the Victorian Artists Society or in transit. The Society has limited insurance cover for works included in an exhibition or left in its care.
Cover artwork: Adrian Johnson VAS, Coastal Flora