General News
24 April, 2026
One Hundred Faces Final Show
As the One Hundred Faces exhibition wraps up forever, the final showcase this weekend will celebrate both the exhi-bition’s growth and a new direction for the local business.
The exhibition’s Trudy McLauchlan said despite the event’s continued popularity and success, she felt it was time for it to come to a close and allow for new and exciting opportunities.
“I guess it has come to a natural end, seven years means I’ve displayed 700 faces over those years, and it just leaves room for something new to come, and what that is, I’m not sure yet,” she said.
“I’ve changed the business this year by introducing workshops, so that has been taking time, and thought if needed to go in a different direction.”
Originally showcased in Ballarat, the exhibition moved to Talbot four years ago, each year displaying 100 paintings of any medium, all on a 10 by 10 cm canvas.
“The really quirky, strange thing is some years I’ll get a lot of art work and think ‘wow, there is so much blue’ this year it’s like ‘wow, how many animals and birds are there?’ I think there are about 35, so I have had to be really careful about placement of them,” Ms McLauchlan said.
Throughout the exhibition’s seven years, Ms McLauchlan said seeing the collective work of the artists together has been one of the highlights.
“For me, the most amazing thing has been all of the artists, their work is brilliant and then to see it in the window is brilliant. I’ve had sisters submit their work in the same year, my dad and myself had work at the same time,” she said.
“That’s all really lovely but I also love how somebody this year, who is an absolutely beautiful artist, its her first time entering and she has already had her work presold, I could have sold hers over 10 times.
“Over the seven years, I’ve had 64 artists who have been with me for a long time, a lot of them the whole time.”
Each piece of artwork is for individual sale on the day. While all pieces are the same dimension, the prices are set by the artists.
“Another great thing about this is the price is set by the artist, with the lowest at around $55, most of them around $100, and the highest around $460, so it’s a huge range,” Ms McLauchlan said.
The exhibition opening is at Talbot’s Playing In the Attic store, this Saturday, April 25 from 2 to 4 pm, and will continue until May 25.