The Mosman Youth Art Prize has been running since 1988 when it was founded by Mosman local, internationally-renowned artist Ken Done AM. This year over 300 aspiring artists entered, and 125 were selected as finalists. Their artworks include works on paper, paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, video, knitwear and ceramics. The 2023 Archibald Prize winner Julia Gutman was tasked with the challenge of selecting the prize winners.

On Saturday 6 April close to 500 people celebrated the announcement of the winners at the opening of the 2024 Mosman Youth Art Prize with a street party that overtook the Gallery and Art Gallery Way. There were four art-making workshops including printing with everyday object with Cameron Stead, fan making with Sophie Willison, a collaborative weaving wall with Karen Elias and collage by chance with Emily Galicek. There were also performances by local musicians, a photobooth, a food truck and the chance to draw on two Audi cars supplied by Audi Centre, Mosman. 

The exhibition including all finalists runs until 5 May.

Winners

Tertiary:

First prize: Ziyang Cui – THE MISANTHROPIST MANIFESTO
Second Prize: Jessica Žaknić – Blueprints
Third Prize: Eleanor Harris – Kyoto garden
Highly Commended: Hayley Bennett – Can You See the Birds?

Senior:

First prize: Natalie Hwang – Dreams of King-Sized Beds and Convertibles
Second Prize: Ivy Shen – Requiem for Sisyphus
Third Prize: Olivia Salmond – Cardinal Contradictions
Highly Commended: Amelia Herrmann – Cutting Ties

Junior:

First prize: Pei Fu Zhao – Strive Towards Destiny 
Second Prize: Xiyao Chen – Surprise
Third Prize: Elizabeth Moodey – The Fat Dudes
Highly Commended: Alex Sanders – Cat Chitters

Other prizes:

Susan Rothwell AM Award: Camille Murray (Senior) – Crossroad 
Mosman Art Society Award (with thanks to Art Smart): Stella Janssens (Tertiary) – The Imposter
Australia Watercolour Institute Award: Rachel Chen (Tertiary) – Reconstructing the “School of Athens”
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Sophia Li (Tertiary) – Grandfather 
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Sabrina Cao (Senior) – The Contradiction of the Gaze
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Libby Devereux (Junior) – Contorted Irregularity

_{Photo credit Jacquie Manning}

Council’s draft (revised) MOSPLAN Delivery Program 2022-2026 including the revised 2022-2032 Long Term Financial Plan and the draft 2024-2025 Operational Plan, Budget and Fees and Charges are currently on exhibition. The documents are available here, and can also be viewed at Council’s Customer Service Centre and at Barry O’Keefe Library. 

Submissions on the draft documents will be received by Council up until Sunday 12 May. Make your submissions by regular mail, email to council@mosman.nsw.gov.au or via the online submission form.  

From Monday 25 March 2024, a new Shared Zone speed limit of 10km/h will come into effect for all motorists along Hamlet Lane between Shadforth Street and Raglan Street.

A Shared Zone is a road where the road space is shared safely by vehicles and pedestrians. The maximum speed limit is 10km/h. Drivers must give way to pedestrians at all times and drivers are permitted to park in marked bays only.

Please note that Hamlet Lane is one-way (southbound) but cyclists are permitted to travel in both directions.

Mosman resident and charity founder Vicki Condon AM shared insights at Mosman Council’s International Women’s Day breakfast on building a resilient and confident generation of young people to help inspire inclusion. 

Ms Condon was special guest at the event, attended by more than 100 community members and local school students on 8 March at Mosman Art Gallery. 

In conversation with Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan, Ms Condon spoke about her work as founder and chief executive officer of Raise Foundation. 

Ms Condon is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and her work has been recognised through a Pro Bono Impact 25 Award, a Marie Claire Glass Ceiling Award, and as a Telstra Business Award finalist. She is a Member of the Order of Australia and a past Mosman Citizen of the Year. 

Raise empowers young people through early intervention mentoring, equipping them with lifelong skills for a brighter future. 

Since 2008, Raise has delivered more than 1000 early intervention youth mentoring programs across Australia; recruited, screened and trained more than 8800 volunteer mentors; and supported more than 13,500 young people. 

International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to recognise the achievements of women and their contribution to society.  

An upgraded children’s crossing outside Mosman Public School is making walking to school safer and more enjoyable for students, after construction finished just in time for Term 1, 2024.  

Transport for NSW’s Executive Director for Active Transport Kathryn Crestani joined Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan and Mosman Public School Principal Steve Connelly to visit the completed project. 

The work on Myahgah Road, near Belmont Road, included upgrading a pedestrian crossing to a raised pedestrian crossing (wombat crossing), to help slow down traffic to minimise the risk to pedestrians, as well as improved stormwater drainage and fencing. 

The project was funded by a $122,111 grant from Transport for NSW’s Get NSW Active Program, with the remainder financed through Mosman Council’s capital works program.  

The Get NSW Active program provides local councils with funding for projects that create safe, easy, and enjoyable walking and bike riding trips. 

Entries are now open for one of the richest youth art prizes in Australia. 

The Mosman Youth Art Prize is an annual competition organised by Council that aims to encourage the creative talents of young, aspiring and emerging talent.  

Each year hundreds of budding artists submit their drawings, paintings, photographs, videos, prints, sculpture and ceramics.    

The prize was initiated in 1988 by internationally renowned artist and local resident Ken Done AM.  

The competition is open to young people aged 12-21 years living in the Sydney metropolitan region. Online entries close on 18 March, with finalists exhibited at Mosman Art Gallery from 6 April to 5 May. 

Go to mosmanartgallery.org.au or call 9978 4178. 

On Monday morning 19 February 2024, Council staff received a call from a Balmoral resident stating that they witnessed a person drilling a fig tree along the foreshore of Balmoral.  

Council staff completed an onsite inspection and discovered nine fig trees in the area had been drilled. These included five semi-mature and four mature Port Jackson fig trees. Each tree had numerous drill holes, which may have been filled with herbicide, at their bases.  

Contractors have washed out the drill holes and applied Seasol to the surrounding soil.   

Council staff will be carrying out standard processes including writing to all properties within the vicinity of the drilled trees and will place signs at the site seeking further information from the public.  

The incident has been reported to Police.  

At this stage, Council staff are reasonably confident that the trees will survive.  

The trees will be inspected regularly for further signs of distress. 

Community members are invited to join the 2024 International Women’s Day breakfast, from 7.30am to 9am, on 8 March at Mosman Art Gallery.

Special guest Vicki Condon AM, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Raise Foundation, will share insights into her achievements and experiences, in conversation with Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan.

The day provides an opportunity to recognise the achievements of women and their contribution to society. The 2024 theme is ‘Inspire inclusion’.

Council has hosted International Women’s Day events for many years, with past guests including Australian Banking Association Chief Executive Officer and former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh; the former Governor of NSW Dame Marie Bashir; and television food presenter and author Maeve O’Meara.

Limited tickets are available for this year’s Council event. Bookings essential.

Scout leader Matthew Brownlie has been named 2024 Mosman Citizen of the Year.

The honour was awarded as part of an Australia Day event at Mosman Drill Hall, which also included a citizenship ceremony.

Mr Brownlie was recognised for his many years of volunteering with the 1st Balmoral Scout Group, where he has served as a leader since 2008 and played key roles in special events such as the local annual Sirius Cup Regatta and a range of camps, hikes and canoeing expeditions for large groups of adults and young people in locations across Australia and internationally.

Mr Brownlie has also played a role in mentoring other leaders and Scouts across northern Sydney. 

His award followed a community-led nomination process.

Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan presented the award and also presided over a citizenship ceremony, where more than 30 conferees took the pledge to become Australian citizens.