Liverpool is home to so many talented artists and creatives. Their talents on were on full display at the Liverpool Arts Society's 2024 Annual Exhibition at Casula Powerhouse. This annual event is now in its 26th year, and represents an opportunity for our local artists to not only share their work but also sell their work or win financial support to continue their creations. There were many fantastic artworks across a variety of mediums, including oil, acrylic, mixed media, watercolour, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and photography. I proudly sponsored this year's oil/encaustic category, which was won by Hedar Abadi with his artwork, Waiting for Rain. Hedar was born in Iraq and has facilitated visual arts workshops for organisations like Settlement Services International and CORE Community Services secondary schools in Western Sydney. I acknowledge the runners-up in the oil category: Fangmin Wu's Young Cadet and Martin Shaliapin's Pantoney's Crown In The Day's Last Light. Well done Liverpool Arts Society!