The RST will offer two medals in 2024: the Louisa Anne Meredith Medal and the Peter Smith Medal. The Call for Medal Nominations opens on 30 June. Nominations for these two medals close on 31 August. Nominations may be made by anyone, although self-nominations are not accepted. Open this post for more details.

Congratulations to our RST member Lynne Uptin OAM who was awarded the 2024 Best Botanical Art Exhibit Award and a Gold Medal award for 2024 for her suite of works. Open this post for more details.

Purchase a museum-quality print of a work in the Society Art Collection at an exhibition at the new premises of Wagner Framemakers in Argyle Street. Open this post for more details.

The Royal Society of Tasmania is pleased to acknowledge that former RST member the late Tony Hope was awarded a posthumous OAM in the Australia Day Honours for service to the mining industry, and to Australia China relations. Open this post for more details.

The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Honours and Awards Committee recently announced the winner of the 2023 RST Doctoral (PhD) Award as Dr Tobias Stål. Open the post to learn more.

RST Honorary Art Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, is seeking volunteers interested in helping to upload data for the RST Art Collection’s on-line catalogue. Open the post to learn more.

The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Council recently announced the winners of the 2023 MR Banks Medal and RM Johnston Memorial Medal. Open the post to learn more.