Yarram's Premiere Art Event
The annual Rotary Easter Art Show is held as part of the Tarra Festival at the Regent Theatre in Yarram from 3 April to 6 April 2026
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SHOW OPENING TIMES
Good Friday 3 April - 7pm GALA OPENING NIGHT
Drinks & Nibbles - $15 Entry Fee
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Saturday 4 April - 11:30am to 5:00pm
Entry Fee: $5 per person
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Saturday Night 4 April - 6pm to 9pm
Plus The Mezz Bar Open
Entry Fee: $5 per person
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Easter Sunday 5 April - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Entry Fee: $5 per person
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Monday 6 April - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Entry Fee: $5 per person
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Unsold works can be picked up from the theatre
from 10am on Tuesday 6 April
Entries Close at midnight on 8 March 2026
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Cost of Entry
Cost of entry is $10 per artwork
A maximum of five (5) pieces can be entered
All entries must be available for sale
Rotary Club of Yarram sales commission is 20%
PICKUP/DROP OFF POINTS
BAIRNSDALE
Bairnsdale District Art Society
SALE
Gippsland Art Gallery
70 Foster St. Sale
​Louisa
0449708912
TRARALGON
Centenary House
How to enter your artwork
(and what to expect next)
If you have any questions or concerns, please email artshow@yarramrotary.org.au or call Sandi-Lee on 0403 819 183
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COLLECTION OF UNSOLD WORKS
Unsold works may be collected from the rear entry in Grant Street, Yarram after 2pm on Monday 6th April and Tuesday 7th April. Artists using pick up points can collect their artworks from where you delivered your artwork on Wednesday 8th April after 12 noon.
No works are to be removed prior to closure of the Show. Neither Rotary, the committee, or the collection location, will be responsible for any works not collected.
Manual Entry Form
If you are unable to use the online entry system above, please send us an email to artshow@yarramrotary.org.au and we will send you a form
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or you can download the form here:
Categories & Prizes
Thanks to our amazing sponsors for supporting each of these categories and providing the prizes, including Best in Show $1,000
Best Oil
$400
Prize kindly donated by
PADDY GRIBBLE
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Best Acrylic
$400
Prize kindly donated by
ERIC GREENAWAY
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Best Pastel
$400
Best Pencil/Charcoal
$200
Prize kindly donated by
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Prize kindly donated by
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Best Watercolour
$400
Best Mixed Media
$400
Student Encouragement Award
$250
Best Youth Entry
$200
Prize kindly donated by
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Prize kindly donated by
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Prize kindly donated by
​PORT ALBERT PROGRESS ASSOC
Prize kindly donated by
YARRAM SERVICES​
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Best Miniature
$300
Prize kindly donated by
​WENDY POPE
Best Photograph
$200
Prize kindly donated by
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Best Textile Art
$400
Prize kindly donated by
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Best in Show
$1,000
Prize kindly donated by
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People's Choice
$500
Prize kindly donated by
LOIS GRIBBLE
Encouragement
Awards
Prizes kindly donated by
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It's a Great Art Show
Here's some more information - check out the video!
Major Sponsors
PADDY& LOIS GRIBBLE
Event Sponsors
YARRAM SERVICES
PORT ALBERT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION
DEB ROBERTS
ERIC GREENAWAY
WENDY POPE
Framing Requirements
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The Maximum size for any entry is 2 square metres. Oversize works will not be accepted for judging
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Miniature sizing is A5 maximum (this includes the frame)
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All entries must be suitably framed or on stretch canvas and fitted with wire and D hooks ready for hanging
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No projecting fittings of any kind permitted. Clip frames not accepted
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All entries must be clearly marked on the back with the
a) name of the artist
b) title of the work
c) the category
d) the price
Conditions of Entry (for artists)
1. All completed Entry Forms and Entry Fees must be received no later than 12 Noon March 8 2026.
2. No late entries will be accepted.
3. Hanging space for works is strictly limited. Entries will be accepted in the order they are received.
4. Each artist may submit a maximum of 5 works.
5. They must be the artist’s original work and not previously shown at Yarram Rotary Art Show.
6. The Committee reserves the right to refuse to display any work for any reason whatsoever.
7. All entries must be for genuine sale.
8. The Rotary Club of Yarram Inc. and the Committee will exercise all reasonable care with the works entered but will not be responsible for the loss of or damage to any work while in its custody, or for insurance cover on work either during transport or whilst on display.
9. All works must be securely wrapped in padding. You will receive an email after payment with a packing label to be printed and placed on the outside wrapping. A smaller identifier needs to be affixed to the back of the artwork.
10. Any work entered may be reproduced in low resolution for promotional purposes.
11. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
12. Commission will be charged at 20% of the Sale Price.
13. Tax Invoices will not be issued to purchasers. Should a purchaser require a Tax Invoice, and the Artist is GST registered, the Artist’s contact details will be given to the purchaser.
14. Payments for sold works and prize monies will be credited to your bank account.
15. With the exception of the People’s Choice prize, any work may win only one prize.
16. The Artist is entitled to one complimentary ticket for the Official Opening. on Friday evening. Additional tickets may be purchased at the door - $15 per person on Opening Night and $5 each day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Our Judge
Steven Rosten
ACC, L.L.B(Hons) Melb, Dip. Arch (Lond)
Growing up and educated in South Africa and Australia, Steven is a man of eclectic interests and practices in the visual arts. From his Fine Art studies at the Sorbonne in France and later, at RMIT, his interests and skills in photography and film resulted in producing five films during 1971 to 1975 and also working as a production assistant to Director, Paul Cox, in “The Sirens”. Steven has had two solo photography exhibitions for the Aboriginal Scholarship Foundation as well as creating and commissioning tapestries in Swaziland which won the first prize in the Pan African Art and Handicrafts competition in Melbourne in 1983. Steven has had a successful solo exhibition in gouache and ink exhibited in Perth for the America’s Cup Challenge and a solo exhibition of watercolours of Ligurian seascape in Alassio, Italy.
Steven was a consultant for the National Gallery of Victoria in the placement of works by Arthur Streeton in a major retrospective exhibition touring Australia (“Arthur Streeton 1867-1943, A New Travelling Exhibition”) from November 1995 to December 1996.
In 2022, Steven toured Europe extensively and judged competitions by Ukrainian artists.
Steven has been a regular visitor to South Gippsland and, in particular, the Tarra Valley, for almost thirty years and although he has dedicated his life work to his chosen profession in law, he is devoted to the arts which he feels are imbued in his soul.
