Art Awards
The New Zealand Affordable Art Trust offer two art awards to participating artists.
The Signature Piece Art Award sponsored by Winesale.co.nz
Congratulations to Steve Thomson with his work Liv which has been voted as the winner for the 2010 Signature Piece Art Award.
Steve Thomson - Liv - Analog Photography
The objectives of the $5,000 award are to:
- recognise artistic excellence in the visual arts;
- highlight promising artists for the future;
- encourage, develop and promote emerging artists to new artistic levels;
- Give the public a voice - who would they like to reward?
Naming Rights Sponsor – Winesale.co.nz
Congratulations to Richard Thurston who has been selected by Winesale.co.nz to produce an artwork which will be reproduced as a wine label and sold in honour of NZ Art Show
Richard Thurston - Fulfillment - Mixed Media
View the Winesale.co.nz blog regarding the award
Winesale.co.nz
Relying primarily on word-of-mouth Winesale.co.nz by Corporate Direct has grown to become one of the top online wine sellers in the country. With an ever increasing database of tens of thousands of customers Winesale.co.nz will become an important tool for promoting the NZ Art Show to a diverse 'wine-loving' customer base from all over NZ.
Like the NZ Art Show, Winesale.co.nz is NZ owned and operated, you can buy great product at affordable prices with a constantly changing inventory ensuring there is something for every taste.
The owners of Winesale.co.nz are passionate about NZ art and support the objectives of the NZAAT by promoting excellent NZ artists. A fortunate artist will benefit enormously from this award by being promoted on 1,000 cases of wine.
The NZAAT ARTIST GRANT - $15,000
The NZ Affordable Art Trust has recently announced the NZAAT Artist Grant.
A $15,000 grant is being offered to further the career of a promising artist who will be selected from exhibitors at the New Zealand Art Show in Wellington in July. All artists who are selected for the 2010 show are eligible. A selection panel will nominate 10 finalists and conduct interviews to determine the grant recipient.
The New Zealand Affordable Art Trust will arrange mentoring for the grant recipient who will be selected on the basis of both artistic potential and personal commitment.
The selected artist will be determined, committed and have the talent to be a fulltime, self-sustaining artist.
The grant will provide financial support for six months to allow the recipient to work fulltime as an artist and to be based in Wellington. During this time, the trust will provide business coaching, mentoring from an established artist and assistance in planning an exhibition.
The grant is the latest initiative from the trust to assist emerging artists. It follows on from the Single Artist Walls and Signature Piece Art award introduced in recent years at the annual show.
