VETERAN glass artist Kirstie Rea will be the 2015 CAPO Fellow, it was announced by patron Paul McDermott at the organisation’s glamorous auction and celebration on Saturday in the Canberra Museum and Gallery.

Rea says she will use the fellowship to support a major survey of her work at CMAG in 2015.

Painter Peter Maloney won the CAPO Ambassador Award to assist in producing large-scale paintings to be exhibited at Utopia Art Sydney, while the Rosalie Gascoigne Memorial Award went to Jacqueline Bradley to assist in creating wearable sculptures and performances.

While the notional value of the three top awards amounts to $25,000, the actual figures are determined by the outcome of the fundraiser and auction of more than 120 artworks donated by artists, curated into an impressive Canberra-only exhibition that has been showing at CMAG.

In keeping with the original philosophy of CAPO, now in its 31st year, the remaining 11 awards winners are: industrial designer Tom Skeehan; sculptor Alex Asch; spoken-word artist Christopher Huet (C.J. Bowerbird); painter Julie Brooke; sustainable artist Ashley Eriksmoen, who will take up a residency in Thailand; performer Juliet Moody for a recording project; ceramicist Richilde Flavell and emerging artist awards to Shellaine Godbold, Annika Romeyn, Jemima Parker and Jeremy Lepisto.