Call For Entries - TCAC Emerging Artist Awards

Our 4th Emerging Artist Awards exhibition for those that are still finding their 'art feet' with two fortunate artists coming away with an arts grant to help further their arts careers.

Two respected judges will award three grants to fresh new talent – one $1000 Arts West Grant, including a plaque that the artist will hold for one year, one $500 Arts West Grant, and a $500 Carmela McHardy Merit Grant.

This concept was developed to bring out our hidden (emerging) talent – the ones that have had little or no exposure to the public - and assist them by guiding them through a number of processes they will need to understand as they emerge: applications for awards, competitions, funding – exhibiting – advertising – building databases of buyers, galleries etc.

The Emerging Artists Awards Grants have a mandatory ‘accountability process’ that the recipients will also be guided through. The grants must be spent to further artistic endeavor (not to catch up on unpaid fines etc :-)).

Up For Grabs
•    20 Finalists - Exhibited in the Upstairs Gallery for 3 weeks.
•    One Winner - $1000 Arts West Grant, plus $150 Resene Gift Voucher, $150 Gordon Harris Voucher
•    One Runner Up - $500 Arts West Grant, plus $100 Resene Gift Voucher, $100 Gordon Harris Voucher
•    One Merit - $500 Carmela McHardy Grant
•    18 Finalists - $20 Resene Gift Voucher
•    20 Finalists - Profiled in a special edition of Gallery36 the ezine showcasing Emerging Artists
•    One People’s Choice Award Winner - $100 MyCanvas Voucher

Check our website for the Emerging Artist definition, full details and an entry form: www.upstairs.org.nz and surf to News And Events/Calls To Artists