Call for Entries: 21st Wallace Art Awards 2012

MEDIA RELEASE: Monday 23 April 2012

Call for Entries: 21st Wallace Art Awards 2012

The Wallace Arts Trust is calling for entries to the 21st Wallace Art Awards 2012, amounting to over $165,000. The Awards are the longest running, largest and most prestigious annual art awards in New Zealand. They differ from other important New Zealand art prizes in that they aim to provide challenging opportunities and broadening experiences to the top four winners by way of residencies at top-level international institutions.

The Awards are given for contemporary New Zealand painting, sculpture, video, drawing and unique photography to encourage and develop the visual arts in New Zealand and in particular to reward artists creating outstanding work.

This year the entries will be judged by Warwick Brown, Derek Cherrie and Sam Mitchell.

Winners and selected finalists will be chosen for the Finalists Travelling Exhibition, exhibited at the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre in Auckland from 4 September to 11 November 2012, and Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures in Porirua 3 December 2012 to 24 Feb 2013.

THE 2012 AWARDS

The Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award

A 6 month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York

Fulbright Wallace Trust Award (visit www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz for information on applying for the Fullbright Award)

A 3 month residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco

The Kaipara Foundation Wallace Arts Trust Award

A 3 month residency at the Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland

The Wallace Arts Trust Development Award

A 2 month residency at the Vermont Studio Center in the United States

1st & 2nd Runners Up Awards of $2,000 each

People’s Choice Award $500

Jury Award (non-monetary)

How to Enter the Wallace Arts Awards Application information and entry form available at www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz; or the offices of the Wallace Arts Trust, The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Auckland; 09 639 2010. ENTRIES CLOSE: Tuesday 31 July 2012

The 21st Wallace Art Awards 2012 will be presented by and the Exhibitions opened by Sir Don McKinnon, on Monday 3 September 2012 at the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre. Entry to the Awards Ceremony is by invitation only. The 2012 Wallace Art Awards Finalists Travelling Exhibition will open at Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures on Sunday 2 December 2012.

ENDS

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