Silvio, along with founding members of the Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium, Barry Windle & Nigel Steele Scott, were presented with Civic Awards by the Adelaide Hills Council.  Pictured are councillors Andrew Stratford & Lynton Vonow, Silvio, Nigel Steele Scott, Treasurer of AHISS, David Furner also a recipient of a Civic Award, Barry Windle and retiring local member for Kavel, Mark Goldsworthy.

To top the day off, the 2017 “Sculptors @ Crystal Lake” at Macclesfield, which was inaugurated by Silvio in 2015, won “Event of the Year” in the District Council of Mt Barker’s Australia Day honours.  Silvio is pictured with tireless committee members Dave & Anne Welsh.