Finalists Announced 24th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2015

Finalists Announced 24th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2015

The Wallace Arts Trust has announced the finalists for the 24th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2015. This year the Trust received 531 entries from which 85 entries have been selected as finalists.

The finalists have been selected by the 2015 judging panel, comprising of prominent art practitioners Joyce Campbell, Andrew Clifford, Ian Jervis, Andrew McLeod and Philip Trusttum.

All finalists’ works will shortly be delivered to the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, when round two of judging will commence. The judges will select the Award Winners, and a proportion of the works will be shown as part of the Award Winners & Travelling Finalists exhibition, with the balance shown in the Salon des Refusés.

The Annual Wallace Art Awards aim to support, promote and expose New Zealand contemporary art and artists. Sir James Wallace established the Annual Wallace Art Awards 24 years ago. These Awards are now the longest surviving and largest annual art awards of their kind in New Zealand, with a value amounting to over $195,000.

The exhibitions will be opened by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon. Margaret Mary "Maggie" Barry ONZM at the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Monday 7 September 2015, in an invitation only ceremony.

EXHIBITION DATES

1. The Award Winners & Travelling Finalists exhibition will be exhibited at:

• Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre: 2 September to 9 November 2014

• Pataka Art + Museum: 28 November 2015 – 7 February 2016 (Opening: 29 November, 2pm)

• Wallace Gallery Morrinsville: 18 February 2016 – 24 April 2016 (Opening: 17 February, 6pm)

The Salon des Refusés will be exhibited at the Pah Homestead from 8 November - 18 October 2015

PUBLIC EVENT – The Insider’s Guide to the Wallace Art Awards Monday 14 September, 6:30pm Join judges, winners and artists from this year’s Awards and previous competitions for a lively discussion on what it is like to participate in New Zealand’s longest surviving and largest annual art awards.

Tickets are $10 and include wine and nibbles. For further details and a ink to purchase tickets: http://tsbbankwallaceartscentre.org.nz/events/the-insider/

FURTHER INFORMATION The Wallace Arts Trust website www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre website www.tsbbankwallaceartscentre.org.nz

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