Prizes were awarded in the Annual & Awards Exhibition in the Hammond Gallery of the Victorian Artists Society on Sunday 22 June. Congratulations to all the prize winners and indeed to all exhibitors on the work in the exhibition.

Awards for the Andor Meszaros Sculpture Prize for sculptors with fewer than 10 years sculpting experience

First Prize: Misaligned by Peta Tranquille

Second Prize: Swingers by Paul Elsasser

Highly Commended: Rising Tides by Olivia O'Connor

Margaret Gunnersen William Hoggan Thomas Award for sculptors with greater than 10 years sculpting experience

First Prize Waiting together for the Homecoming by Marija Patterson

Second Prize There once were... by Paul Jesse

Highly Commended See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil by Yinghong Li

Valda Cuming Memorial Prize Let there be Light by Chris MacDonald

Mal Wood Foundry Prize There once were... by Paul Jesse

Art Almanac Prize Little Frog, Big Climb by Olivia O'Connor

Dalchem Prize The journey gone and the journey to come by Aaron Jones 

The Peoples Choice Award will be announced at the end of the exhibition.