At a brief ceremony on Saturday morning at Lanyon Homestead, the four winners in the second Lanyon Art Prize were announced.

Veteran ceramic artist Cathy Franzi, known for depicting Canberra region flora in her works, won the $10,000 first prize for her assemblage of nine porcelain vessels titled Fire Open Grassland 2025, now viewable in the Lanyon dining room.

The judges Lucy Culliton, Virginia Rigney and Michael Bailey, had selected a group of 35 “thoughtful and considered” finalists from around 100 entries from artists who responded to the history, context, collection, landscape and stories associated with Lanyon Homestead and their works are now on display in often surprising corners of the homestead.

The non-acquisitive prize (that means artists get to keep their works and can sell them) is partly intended to help artists and all works in the prize exhibition are for sale.

The second prize went to Inke Falkner for her striking tray titled Nurturing Lanyon, made of  Tasmanian blackwood timber and veneer and straw, now displayed in the drawing room. She wins a solo Exhibition at CMAG on the Square at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, with $1,000 cash.

The third prize of $1,000 went to Alison Alder for Lanyon Plant Legacy, 2025, a hand-woven textile work in wool dyed with plants gathered at Lanyon, displayed in the 1905 bedroom.

Lizette Richards won the Tuggeranong Arts Centre Award of an Exhibition at the centre with $500 for her work Kitchenware 2025, made of sterling silver, fabric, cotton and embroidery thread, now shown in the exterior kitchen.

Visitors will have the chance to cast their vote in the $500 People’s Choice Award, to be announced at the conclusion of the exhibition on November 2.