# Lantern Vaults – Prize Winner

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![Two women smiling holding framed artwork in a library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/winner-leigh-maylor-0429778292-photo-Elaine-Maberly-BMI-Member-768x506.jpg)

Lantern Vaults

Prize Winner has been drawn

**The raffle draw for Amanda Western’s work that brought you *Lantern Vaults* to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute during the Ballarat Heritage Festival has been drawn.**

And the winner is… **Leigh Maylor,** who is thrilled.

Leigh was notified by **BMI President, Paula Nicholson.**

![Two women smiling holding framed artwork in a library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/winner-leigh-maylor-0429778292-photo-Elaine-Maberly-BMI-Member-1024x674.jpg)

*BMI Librarian, Rosemary McInerney and Artist, Amanda Western at the drawing of the raffle | Photo Elaine Maberly*

![Victorian auctioneer holding ornate vase before seated crowd](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Art-Union-683x1024.jpg)

*Auctioneer, BMI Art Union | Amanda Western*

**Visitors had the oppportunity to move through the vaulted spaces in small groups, encountering a series of scenes that** **unfold quietly and gradually. The experience was of approximately 25–30 minute duration.**

“This is about stepping into the building’s memory,” says Western. “You’re not just looking at history, you’re moving through it and meeting the people who lived and worked here.”

*Lantern Vaults* is written and directed by **Amanda Western**, featuring her detailed linocut artworks some in sculptural form, with animation and projection by **Zlatko Balazic**, and voice by **Tabitha** **Rickard.**

![Three people posing in underground stone cellar or cave](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Lantern-Vaults-Amanda-Zlatko-and-Tabitha-1024x683.png)

*Photo credit: Alex Western. L to R Zlatko Balazic, Amanda Western, Tabitha Rickard*

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