Call for Kaipara Arts Awards

Calling all artists – entries for the 2019 Kaipara Art Awards are closing soon, with the submission deadline on Friday, September 20.

Artists in all disciplines are encouraged to enter new works, created in the last year and not previously exhibited, into any of four categories: painting, mixed media (including drawing, collage and fabric art), print media (printmaking, photography and digital), and 3D and sculpture, including jewellery.

The awards will be judged by Dr Carole Shepheard ONZM, a former professor of fine arts at the University of Auckland, and there will also be an emerging artist’s award and a people’s choice award.

Artworks have to be submitted in Mangawhai or Dargaville on Tuesday, October 15 and there will be an awards ceremony in Mangawhai on Thursday, October 17. This will be followed by exhibitions at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery and the Muddy Waters Gallery in Dargaville.

For more information and entry forms, visit mangawhaiartists.co.nz or dargavillearts.co.nz, or email kaiparaartawards@gmail.com.