“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” (Henry David Thoreau)Hello Sculptors!
This month you have two tasks:
- Get your entry in to the Annual & Awards Exhibition and
- Activate and update your presence on the ASV website
Editor's Quote and President's letter for April 2026
This month you have two tasks:
Dates for Your Diary
TREAD SCULPTURES
treadsculptures.com.au
Visit Tim Read at his bush gallery and sculpture trail.
225 Catani Boulevard .
Bend of Islands.3097
Bring a packed lunch and a fold up chair.
Enjoy meeting Tim and glass artist Rob Hayley. There is so much to see and learn. Tim has a passion for steel and a talent for repurposing. This should be an inspiring and creative adventure to their studios.
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| Rain Song Bush Chorus by Tim Read & Rob Hayley |
Annual & Awards Exhibition
Association of Sculptors of Victoria
A few changes for this year as we are not sharing with painters and the exhibition will run for two weeks rather than three. This means we will have unlimited wall space for those of you who like to make pieces that can be hung but please think about how much pieces weigh and have more than one hanging line if necessary.
MIFGS 2026
Here are the results from the People’s Choice Award from MIFGS
Congratulations to :#39 Jake Mikoda “Into the wind – Red Fox”
#142 Grant Flather “Giant Banksia Tree”
#101 Marilyn and James Larkin “Little Rusty”
#95 Helen Jeffs “Kai”
#105 Mike Maka “Metal Monstera”
View the winners from this year’s exhibition
Other Opportunities
Sculptures Out Back
Entries will open on 6 April 2026 and close on 6 May 2026 also via the websitehttps://sculpturesoutback.com.au/
2026 Deakin Uni Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
2026 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture AwardEltham Rotary Art Show
Eltham Art ShowMelbourne Prize 2026
Melbourne Prize for Music
Toorak Sculpture Exhibition
Call for Entries – Toorak VillageRed Gallery/ SMALL
Open Call submissions for SMALL
Uranga Small Sculpture Prize
2026 entry form and informationSculpture in the Vineyards
https://sculptureinthevineyards.com.au/ Closing 3rd May
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
See https://sculpturebythesea.com/City of Boroondara
Apply for a community exhibition | Boroondara ArtsInformation session for 2027: 13th May at Town Hall Gallery 5:30-6:30
Do You Want To Travel To Poland for Art?
Interesting Art
Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art and Garden new exhibition:
“Natural Connections”Here is some information about Lachlan’s new exhibition in the Ivanhoe Hub 9th April to 10th May. Loft 275 Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, 275 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe Hope you manage to see it. It covers sculpture, painting & animation & is unique, original work. CHRYSALIS: exhibition opening https://events.humanitix.com/chrysalis-animation-screening
"Mary Moore, the only child of the sculptor, Henry Moore talks about growing up in an artistic family ahead of the reopening of his studios and a major new show at Kew Gardens" (Try this link or you might have to subscribe to read more. )
The link to the full interview: My dad Henry Moore: ‘He wasn’t nice. He was interested in people’
Sculpture Co
Open Foundry Day 23rd and 24th MayBook: https://www.sculptureco.net/
Members' News and Social Media
Rudi Vass has two plinths for someone to use.
460x460x800 and 460x460x1100
They need a coat of paint but are very sturdy.
Please ring Rudi to arrange pick up in Tyabb.
contact via info@
sculptorsvictoria.asn.au
Anne Anderson and Chris Anderson were both lucky to receive awards at the Kilmore Art Exhibition recently.
Anne Anderson and Chris Anderson were both lucky to receive awards at the Kilmore Art Exhibition recently.
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| ‘I’m Changing Direction’ by Maria Patterson |
Two ASV members pick up two awards in the Blairgowrie Art Show 2026
Highly Commended Indoor Sculpture: (247)‘I’m Changing Direction’ by Maria Patterson
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| (51) Mindless by Paul Cacioli |
Best Indoor Sculpture:
(51) Mindless by Paul Cacioli
Social Media- Don’t forget to @ !!
Editor's Quote and President's Letter for March 2026
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” (Henry David Thoreau)Hello Sculptors Victoria - and Hello Sculptors Victorious!
Sculpture in the Carlton Gardens launched with sales starting before the opening - patience my children there are 155 sculptures - there's plenty to go around. And we launched the new website in time for MIFGS! A few glitches have been ironed out over the days that we have been active and the congratulations have been rolling in - your work is looking great online. Recently we sent out an activation email to members - believe it or not your old password did not translate to the new site so we are asking you to use the accreditation link to set up a password all over again. If you’ve lost that email your option is to use the lost password system. But you’ll need to use whatever email address we have on record… otherwise things get messy and the site can’t recognise you.
Once into the site you will find it easy to see whether your membership is up to date… which means we will be a bit stricter about making you an ex-member if you don’t maintain financial status… obviously let us know if you are having difficulties so we can work something out and remember if you turn 80 you can apply for life membership for the price of one year’s membership… we want you to keep sculpting 🙂
There are other details of your profile page you can attend to - linking a website and social media, whether you work to commission and so on - it is intended as a portal to your information in the rest of the world as well as a record of your activities with the ASV.
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| Photographing MIFGS 2026 |
Congratulations to everyone who worked for our exhibition at MIFGS - all you exhibitors, volunteers, partners, our professional supporters - Rob and Alberto, our sponsors and donors and most all our amazing coordinator Yvonne Monik.
Then roll on to the Annual & Awards exhibition <3
Happy Sculpting Jenny Rickards
Dates for your diary
Saturday 2 May 11am start
Visit Tim Read at his bush gallery and sculpture trail.
225 Catani Boulevard Bend of Islands 3097
Bring packed lunch and a fold up chair.
Enjoy meeting Tim and glass artist Rob Hayley. There is so much to see and learn. Tim has a passion for steel and a talent for repurposing.
treadsculptures.com.au
Thursday 14 May 7:30pm
ASV Committee meeting
Monday 18 May
entries close Annual & Awards Exhibition https://sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/exhibitions/call-for-entries/2026-annual-awards-exhibition
Sculptors Victoria - Annual & Awards Exhibition
Hi everyone, our Annual and Awards exhibition is once again at the Victorian Artists Society at the end of June and entry forms will go online at the beginning of April.
A few changes for this year as we are not sharing with painters and the exhibition will run for two weeks rather than three. This means we will have unlimited wall space for those of you who like to make pieces that can be hung but please think about how much pieces weigh and have more than one hanging line if necessary.
I would also like to ask people to please give the person doing the roster for minding the exhibition more than one option as it makes their job much easier. For MIFGS we had 80 sculptors but 19 of them wanted the same time slot and only gave one option which was just not workable.
A few changes for this year as we are not sharing with painters and the exhibition will run for two weeks rather than three. This means we will have unlimited wall space for those of you who like to make pieces that can be hung but please think about how much pieces weigh and have more than one hanging line if necessary.
I would also like to ask people to please give the person doing the roster for minding the exhibition more than one option as it makes their job much easier. For MIFGS we had 80 sculptors but 19 of them wanted the same time slot and only gave one option which was just not workable.
Other Opportunities
Eltham Rotary Art Show
Eltham Art ShowMelbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2026
Melbourne Prize for MusicKerang Rotary Art Show
There is an art show on 3,4,&5th April in Kerang Basketball StadiumEntries close 20th March
Kerang Annual Easter Art Show 2026 - 1332 3SH
Toorak Sculpture Exhibition
Call for Entries – Toorak Village
Interesting Art
“NEXUS” EXHIBITION - GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY
For anyone interested in seeing a really inspiring feast for the eyes, I strongly suggest you visit this wonderful exhibition created by our very talented fellow member, Gavin Roberts, along with glass artist, Crystal Stubbs and ceramic artist, Cindy Tong.New Members and Members' News
A very warm welcome to :
Rick Robertson & Aytac Ishik Mit
Wishing you all the best and happy creating
Members' News
Neerim Artsfest Awards
Congratulations to the winners of this Artfest who are ASV members. Well done.
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