WINNERS in the City of Greater Bendigo 2023 RAW Arts Awards were revealed at the Capital last week and nominees put on a performance for those in attendance.<\/p>\n
The night was filled with show tunes, original songs, dance routines, and silent films before winners were announced.<\/p>\n
Major award recipients on the night were Anna Dunnicliff-Wells in the literary award category, Ryan McPartlane for performing arts, Sara Hancock for short film, and Bethany Mansfield for visual arts.<\/p>\n
McPartlane performed his winning song Moving On <\/em>and said he was thrilled to receive the accolade amount a talented group of nominees.<\/p>\n \u201cI am kind of speechless, I wasn’t expecting it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were so many incredible performers, like far out, there was such talent backstage and everyone’s so supportive as well.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, it was a great feeling to win, but I feel like there were so many other people who could have won it.\u201d<\/p>\n The singer\/ songwriter said the track he performed on the Capital stage during the awards event came together quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be honest, I don’t really remember writing it too much,\u201d McPartlane said. \u201cIt just kind of came out of nowhere, just sitting around in my room, probably like 11 or 12 at night.<\/p>\n \u201cI just started writing and then got out the guitar and it all happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Visual arts winner Bethany Mansfield is a RAW Arts veteran and finally got the nod for the top award this year.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very surprised, honestly,\u201d she said. \u201cI’ve been entering for 10 years and it’s the first time I’ve won, so I was very, very happy.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ve been entering RAW since I was 15, so this is actually the last award that I could apply for.\u201d<\/p>\n