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Felt artist Maureen Horwood, right, with the work she has entered in the competition, and arts council president Joy Bell.
More than 50 Mahurangi artists will be on show in Warkworth this month when the North Rodney Community Arts Council holds its annual awards.
The event will be held at Warkworth’s Old Masonic Hall and is open on Friday and Saturday September 16 and 17 from 10am to 4pm, and on Sunday September 18 from 10am to 3pm, with prizegiving at 2.30pm.
Council president Joy Bell says the show attracts a broad range of artists in the area.
“We have such diversity,” Joy says. “There are entries in felting, calligraphy, ceramics, painting, drawings, sculpture and more.”
Entries will be judged by established artists Sally Lush and Mandy Thomsett-Taylor and there are over $1500 in prizes up for grabs.
The event has been held biennially since 2010, but the council intends to hold it annually at the Warkworth Town Hall, once it has reopened.
Joy says the council’s membership has swelled by about 100 people over the past year, mainly due to the regular Monday workshops, held at the Warkworth Club Rooms on Alnwick Street from 9am to 12 noon.
“Every Monday we get new faces joining.”
