2025 Surf Coast Community Arts Calendar Competition

Photo: "Surf Coast Community" by Emily Wright. The 2025 People's Choice Cover Winner.

The 2025 Surf Coast Community Arts Calendar Competition gives artists from across Surf Coast Shire an opportunity to submit an artwork for exhibition and inclusion in a free publication available to the general public.

2025 winners

Winners

Point Addisby Alexia Bennett Medium: Linocut (with added watercolour) Artist Statement: I made this piece in honour of Point Addis, a very special place to all who live on the Surf Coast.
Weedy Sea Dragonby Scarlett Delmo (Youth) Medium: Painting Artist Statement: Weedy Sea Dragon at Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary.
The Bathersby Barbara Jens Medium: Textiles Artist Statement: Hand dyed fabric with recycled fabrics and hand stitch. Many people found the joy of ocean swimming during the years of COVID. This is a celebration of friendships that have continued with a focus on the sea.
Bell Street from Pride Streetby Rosie Crone Medium: Mixed Artist Statement: This is a group of coloured pots on Bells Street that people may see but not notice. My goal is to depict images of the Surf Coast beyond the beach.
Prevailby Caroline Borghetto Medium: Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas Artist Statement: A metaphor. A thought. A musing. An exploration of colour, form and the tension between organisation and spontaneity.
Anglesea Boat Shedsby Chloe Muscroft (Youth) Medium: Acrylic on paper Artist Statement: An iconic view of the boat sheds on a spring morning, on the Anglesea River which conjures up many treasured memories of me and my family.
Buff Banded Railby Caroline Hawkins Medium: Fibre art Artist Statement: A waterbird that can be spotted if you are patient at the Allen Noble Sanctuary, Aireys Inlet.
Pastels on the Great Ocean Road by Andrew Middlehurst Medium: Oil on board Artist Statement: It’s a special treat if you can find this beachside cottage, especially in winter. This cute, little Jan Juc weatherboard shines with as much character as this neighbourhood here on the Surf Coast.
Gone Fishingby Jen Benyan Medium: Gouache with print transfer on ply Artist Statement: An iconic 'Couta boat' sailing through the heads. Backdropped by a news article describing the couta fleet, white sails full, sailing in with their daily catch.
Rainbowby Albee Pickering (Child) Medium: Pencil on paper Artist Statement: A surfboard stuck into the sand, a rainbow and a couple of birds, a little pinchy crab, and a blue/purple horizon.
Beach Bottleby Bronwyn Tasker Medium: Ceramic Artist Statement: Rustic, white raku, ceramic vessel, inspired by the sand and sea of the Fairhaven beach.
Ocean Coloursby Emma Wilson Medium: Paint/Collage Artist Statement: Expressions of the ocean, what nature brings us in colours, textures, and feelings. The calm of catching a peaceful wave alone with nature all around brought together through collage.