Calling for Entries to the 20th Wallace Art Awards
The James Wallace Arts Trust is now calling for entries to the 20th Wallace Art Awards 2011, amounting to over $165,000. These Awards are the longest surviving and largest annual art awards of their kind in New Zealand and are widely regarded as the most prestigious. 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, drawing, video and unique photography to encourage the visual arts in New Zealand and in particular to reward those producing outstanding work.
This year the entries will be judged by Philip Trusttum, Peter Gibson-Smith and Sara Hughes.
THE 2011 PRIZES:
Wallace Trust Paramount Award
A 6 month-residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York
Fulbright Wallace Trust Award
A 3 month-residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco
The Kaipara Foundation Wallace Trust Award
A 3 month-residency at the Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland
Wallace Development Award
A 2 month-residency at the Vermont Studio Center in the United States
2 Runners Up Awards of $2,000 each
People’s Choice Award $500
Jury Award (non-monetary)
How to Enter:
Application information and entry form available at: www.tsbbankwallaceartscentre.org.nz and www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz ; or the offices of the James Wallace Arts Trust, The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough, Auckland; 09 639 2010 or enquiries@wallaceartstrust.org.nz
ENTRIES CLOSE 5pm, 11 AUGUST 2011
The 20th Annual Wallace Art Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday 5 Sept, with the finalists on show from 6 Sept to 16 Oct at The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre; after which it will travel to TheDowse in Lower Hutt from 29 Oct to 4 Dec.
The Pah Homestead
TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
72 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough, Auckland
Member Profile
TSB Bank Wallace Arts CentreThe TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre is Auckland’s exciting new cultural destination. Located in the historic Pah Homestead in Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough, the arts centre opened to the public in August 2010.
Pah Homestead was fully restored by the Auckland City Council together with the generous support of TSB Bank from 2009 to 2010 as the new home of the James Wallace Arts Trust and its collection.
The arts centre hosts a changing programme of free exhibitions curated from the James Wallace Arts Trust collection as well as regional touring exhibitions. The arts centre will also run ongoing community education programmes targeting Auckland schools and the wider public.
An artist in residency programme in association with Otago University is an important component of the arts centre. This partnership also provides for exhibitions curated from the extensive collections of the Hocken Library.
Many thanks to the Auckland Decorative and Fine Arts Society and its members who provide ongoing support to the centre through the provision of volunteer docents.
