Entries at the moment are open for the ILT Murihiku artwork awards, a contest which celebrates creativity and innovation in visible arts.
A collaboration between the Invercargill Public Artwork Gallery and the Southland Artwork Society, the awards showcase a spread of latest artwork throughout totally different mediums.
He Waka Tuia supervisor Sarah Brown stated the awards gave visible artists throughout New Zealand an opportunity to showcase their skills and be celebrated for his or her artwork.
“The ILT Murihiku artwork awards are a chance for modern artists working all through the motu to attach with and be impressed by their friends.”
The awards have been open to all types of visible artwork together with printmaking, digital or video, jewelry design and sculpture, she stated.
“Artists dedicate a lot of their time, vitality, and themselves into their work.”
The awards have a prize pool of $20,000, with the winner of the Supreme Awards set to win $8000.
Artists can submit as much as two authentic visible artwork items for choice. They have to be one-off authentic works accomplished inside the previous 12 months and never beforehand proven inside Murihiku.
An exhibition celebrating the works of the winners will run at He Waka Tuia from October 3 to November 15.
Final yr the awards had 155 entries with judges choosing 67 works throughout seven classes as finalists.
Artists have till August 21 to submit their work for the awards, winners shall be introduced on October 2. — Allied Media
