Lucy Wicks (Robertson, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It was a pleasure to be at the 2018 Bouddi Foundation for the Arts awards day at Wagstaffe over the weekend. The awards are always a very special afternoon. They recognise the incredible local talent and encourage the career development of our emerging young local artists. Vivienne McLaren, the winner of the Lee Casey Memorial Award, is an unbelievable opera singer. She is heading to Italy to further her training with the support of this foundation. Min Ahn is a freestyle guitarist and plays in the most extraordinary way, winning the Graeme Anderson Award for Excellence. Jake Cheong was the deserving winner of the John Bell Award, recognising his incredible talent as a pianist. Lucy Parle and Toby Wells won the Origin Musical encouragement awards. Maddy Bell was awarded the Origin Theatrical Award for musical theatre, and Danielle Guyot was the recipient of the John Charrington Prize and the Pam McBride Award for her work as a sculptor.

Other award winners included Holy Bennet, a digital artist; Aaron Carey, a pianist; Naomi Jones, a folk fiddle player; Riley Lovell, a singer; Chloe McFadden, a visual artist; Miranda Michalowski for musical theatre; Shana O'Brien, a dancer; Eliza Williams, a dancer; Taylor Thompson, a talented drawer and Jenna Woodhouse, a filmmaker. Congratulations to all.

I pay special tribute to the foundation's committee: to Chair and founder, John Bell; Peter Godwin; Peter Young; Phil Donnelly; Phil Walker; Joy Park; Graeme Anderson; Roger Hayward; John Charrington; Narelle Jones and Ian Provest. Thank you for all you do for our arts community.

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