including June Stephenson, Sue McDougall, Grace Somerville, Margaret Dredge and Inez Green raised funds for the Art Group. They continued to meet and exhibit at the Beaumaris State School, before purchasing land and building studios in 1965 designed by local architect C. Bricknell at 84–98 Reserve Rd, which were opened by director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Dr. Eric Westbrook, who also launched the Inez Hutchinson awards in 1966. Further structural additions by John Thompson were added in 1975/76. Current President is Cate Rayson. Since 2016 Council and the BAG committee had discussed redevelopment of the BAG Studios in regard to safety and spatial requirements and a decision to demolish the building was made in May 2019. Community and heritage concerns caused this proposal to be rescinded in February 2020. A heritage report was commissioned in late 2019 as part of the ‘Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Council-owned Places’ (the ‘Heritage Study’) in which 8 Council-owned, mid-twentieth-century buildings were assessed for their heritage potential. It concluded that the BAG building was sound and demolition should be avoided. Galleries Beaumaris Art Group houses a small gallery and display cases in its premises in which it displays its annual shows, open days and work by members. In the 1950s before construction of its own quarters in 1965, its first annual exhibitions were held at the State School. Clive Parry Galleries, managed by Russell. K. Davis, operated from 1966 until 1979 at 468 Beach Road, near the junction of Keys St., and exhibited paintings, drawings, textiles, woodcraft, ceramics, jewellery, and graphics by artists including Margaret Dredge, Robert Grieve, Wesley Penberthy, Mac Betts, Kathleen Boyle, Colin Browne, Ian Armstrong, Noel Counihan, Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz, David Dridan, Judi Elliot, Vic Greenaway, Tim Guthrie, Ann Graham, Erica McGilchrist, Warren Breninger, Max Middleton, Millan Todd, Douglas Stubbs, Alfred Calkoen, Lynne Cooke, Peter Glass, Noela Hjorth, Bruno Leti, Charles Billich, Barbara Brash, Dorothy Braund, Murray Champion, Peter Jacobs, Marcella Hempel, Kevin Lincoln, Judy Lorraine, Mary MacQueen, Helen Maudsley, Jason Monet, Tim Moorhead, Victor O'Connor, Elizabeth Prior, Anne Judell, Paul King, Nornie Gude, Norman Lindsay, Ailsa O'Connor, Jack Courier, Alan Sumner, Howard Arkley, Alan Watt, Tina Wentcher and William Dargie. In June 1975, 1976 and 1977 it hosted the Inez Hutchinson Award presented by the Beaumaris Art Group. Other venues more recently have included the Ricketts Point Tea House Creative professionals Beside architects, other creative professionals who were residents of Beaumaris