Mid Winter Arts Festival Competitions

MWAF Competitions

‘OUT OF THE SQUARE’ - WINDOW COMPETITION

Businesses from across our community work with a charity to create a fabulous window display in support of the arts festival! The winner will be able to donate $1000 to their partner charity. Supported by Vitalise Whangarei.

DESIGN A SIGN

Artists in our community are being called upon to design a sign for the festival and display it in a great place!

The winning artist wins $400.  Runner up wins $100

‘WINDOWS TO OUR WORLD’ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

20 Entries from each category will be chosen to be mounted and exhibition at the Whangarei Central Library from the 17 July to 1st August.

The winner of each category: Northland, International, Youth, and will win $400, the runner up $100

The winner of the category: Professional will win a $400 gift voucher form Calders Design and Print and the runner up $100

Winning photographs will be a part of the MWAF 2011 Northland calendar!

In partnership with Whangarei Libraries, Friends of the Library and Calders Design & Print.

LANTERN COMPETITION

This is your chance to brighten up a chilly winter night with community and light! Create a Lantern, either at home, in a group, at school or during the 2010 MWAF, and enter your lantern into this competition and carry it on the Lantern Parade. Great prizes to be won!

GRAFFITI ART COMPETITION

Graffiti Artists from across Northland are being invited to take part in this event! Entries will be exhibited at the Old Library from the 26th July until the 1st August.  The winning artist will win a $400 Inferno gift voucher! In partnership with Inferno and the Old Library

POETRY CONTESTS

New Hat Poets (unpublished) and Old Hat Poets (published). Cash prizes for winning entries! In partnership with the Whangarei Writers’ Workshop and the New Zealand Society of Authors Northland.

 
24 HOUR DRAMA COMPETITION AND SHOW

5 in a team.  5 minutes on stage.  $500 prize.  Starting Fri 30 Jul 5:30pm and finishing with a Show in Capitaine Bougainville Theatre Sat 31 Jul from 7pm. Tickets $5 at the door. In partnership with Northland Youth Theatre.

WINNERS of all the competitions will be announced at the Grande Finale

from 7pm at The Quarry Arts Centre on Sunday the 1st August.

Competition forms and stall application forms are available on the Mid Winter Arts Festival Website http://www.mwaf.co.nz/

The Whangarei Mid Winter Arts Festival 2010 is proudly supported by the Whangarei District Council, Creative Communities, the Claphams National Clock Museum, Calder’s Design & Print, Fairfax Media, Clear Accounting Ltd, Radioworks, Metro Staging, The Teahouse, Himalayan Trading Post, People Potential, Vitalise Whangarei, WINGS, Whangarei Migrant Centre and numerous arts organisations, artisans, performers, musicians and craftspeople from across our community.