A crowd of hundreds arrived to the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum for the official launch and Awards presentation of ‘The 41st Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards’ on Saturday evening, 15 October.
Guest speakers included Aunty Juliri Ingra, Gooreng Gooreng Elder, Cr Matt Burnett, Mayor of Gladstone Region, Jo Duke, Curator, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, and Peter Harrington, Acting General Manager, Rio Tinto Yarwun, who officially opened the exhibition.
$38,000 of prizes was awarded on the night as the winners were announced by this year’s judge, Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Gallery.
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