Congratulations to everyone who had work in the Out of Hand 2025 exhibition. It was a huge success and, we received so many positive comments about the standard of the exhibition and the quality and diversity of the work. So well done everyone.
We had close to 1900 people come and view the exhibition. Many coming several times. Many thanks to our curators who did such an amazing job installing over 250 pieces into the Long Gallery.
Congratulations to the following people who received awards.
The Curator’s Prize –Regina Piroska “Conversations by the Creek (Winter)”.
Curator’s Highly Commended Awards–
Lynne Hargreaves “Borro(wed) Series Triptych”
Alwyne Smith “By-Catch of the Lesser-Known Shirt Sleeve Fish”
Irene Koroluk “Soft Coral Reef #2”
Student Textile Art Category–
Major Prize Winner- Audrey Vance “Tiny Play Room”
2nd Prize Winner Nola Compton “Old, Wise Turtle”
3rd Prize Winner Finlay Harkness “Hiding in the Shell”
Gone Rustic Award– Most votes People’s Choice
Nicola Oliver “Valko”
People’s Choice Awards
Ljiljana Armstrong “A Wall of Bugs”
June Hope “Held”
Shirley Johnson “To “The Tip” and Back
Irene Koroluk “Soft Coral Reef #2”
Annie Wilson “Fool”
Images of the winning works can be accessed here
Thank you to all the people who contributed to the success of the exhibition: all the volunteers who helped set up, the sitters, those that helped with packup, Nicole O’Loughlin for opening the exhibition, Amber Koroluk-Stephenson and Lucy Edgington our wonderful curators, Adrian Byran for his guitar playing at the Opening, Bronilyn Smith for photography, all the raffle prize donors and everyone who bought a raffle ticket, Rita Summers for sponsoring one of the People’s Choice awards and everyone who attended and bought friends and family along to the exhibition, as well as the hardworking OoH committee. A very special thank you to Wild Stitch Studios and HEGYS (Hobart Embroiderers Guild Young Stitchers) who also participated in the exhibition.
To view the photo gallery for Out of Hand, click here.
To see how wonderful the Flora and Fauna display looked at the Lightbox click here
We look forward to any feedback people have that might help in future planning of the next exhibition. Just send an email to [email protected] with any comments and feedback.
From Out of Hand Exhibition Committee
Textile Arts Raffle – Winners Announcement
Thank you to everyone who participated in our raffle.
We’re delighted to announce the winners:
1st Prize: Winner: [Identity Withheld] – Ticket #283
2nd Prize: Winner: [Identity Withheld] – Ticket #1
3rd Prize: Winner: Jen Calder – Ticket #252
4th Prize: Winner: [Identity Withheld] – Ticket #332
5th Prize: Winner: Mark Johnson – Ticket #375
6th Prize: Winner: [Identity Withheld] – Ticket #69
7th Prize: Winner: Heather Jagger – Ticket #123
8th Prize: Winner: Sassy Betts – Ticket #342
9th Prize: Winner: Mark Johnson – Ticket #361
10th Prize: Winner: Jane Roberts – Ticket #438
11th Prize: Winner: Eileen Jannine Brown – Ticket #178
12th Prize: Winner: Clare Raffety – Ticket #357
Congratulations to all the winners of the raffle and a big thank you to all those who donated prizes.