• Waiheke Community Art Gallery
  • www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz
  • Apply Here

  • Key Dates
  • Friday 21 June: Entries Open
  • Friday 6 September: Closing date for Entries
  • Friday 20 September: Artists advised of selection results
  • Friday 11 October: Selected works received at the Gallery
  • Friday 18 October: Exhibition opens 6pm
  • Saturday 19 October: Awards Ceremony at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery
  • Sunday 8 December: Exhibition Closes 4pm

Submissions are now open for the Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2024. Proudly sponsored by Walker & Hall in association with the Waiheke Community Art Gallery. This is a National Award for two-dimensional works in any medium with a prize of $10,000 as the Premier Award. Prizes are also supported by Skin Institute and Gordon Harris.

The selector and judge this year is Jenny Todd, Director, Two Rooms Gallery.

HOW TO ENTER
Entries open on Friday 21st June, 2024.
To submit an entry go to www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz A link on the Home Page will take you to the submission page. To complete the entry form, you need to follow the sequence and submit two images and an up-to-date CV. If this is your first time visiting our website you will need to ‘create an account'. You will also be able to pay the entry fee on-line. Your images will go into an image gallery which will then be accessed by our selector. If you do not have access to a computer then please contact us to submit.

CRITERIA
• The exhibition is open to any New Zealand resident upon payment of entry fee (non refundable) $55.
• Entry requires one work per artist.
• Every work must be original, the sole work of the artist and not completed in a class of instruction, must have been completed within the last year and must be for sale.

PRESENTATION OF WORK
• If your work is selected, it will need to arrive at the gallery no later than Friday 11 October 2024.
• This is an award for two-dimensional work in any medium.
• Work must be presented ready for exhibition hanging.
• Work must be no larger than 1200mm in height or length. Appropriate packaging, insurance and freight costs are the artist's responsibility.
• WCAG reserves the right to decline to accept any entry. The Judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The Gallery reserves the right to reproduce entries for publicity purposes.
• Poorly presented work may be disqualified.
• PLEASE ATTACH TO THE WORK: The name and address of the artist, the retail price of the work (including GST), the title, size and medium. Prepaid courier tickets or similar must be included for the return of work.

Submissions are now open. Download an Information Form and Enter Here

Images:

  1. Walker & Hall 2023 Premier Award Winner, Mike Crawshaw, Last Rites, photo courtesy, Pete Rees
  2. Walker & Hall Art Award 2023, photo courtesy, Pete Rees
  3. Walker & Hall Art Award 2023, photo courtesy, Pete Rees
  4. Walker & Hall Art Award 2023, photo courtesy, Pete Rees