Inagural Edward Hefferman Drawing Prize

VAS DRAWING EXHIBITION 2022 Viewing from Thursday 27 October 2022 until Monday 7 November 2022 Opening Night, Wednesday 2 November at 7pm Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room

The 'Edward Heffernan Drawing Prize' is awarded in honour of Edward Heffernan, past president of VAS from 1977 to 1980. He served on the VAS Council for 12 years and was also awarded the Distinguished VAS Service Award, Honorary life Membership, VAS Fellowship and the Order of Australia Medal for his services to the Arts.

Drawing by Edward Heffernan

This Exhibition is made possible through a bequest from the estate of his wife Maree Elizabeth Heffernan, who was the proprietor of the Gordon Edgerton Gallery and assisted Edward with editing the Victorian Artists Society’s Journal.