Congratulations to our Winners

Thank you to all the artists who contributed their amazing creations to the awards. Congratulations to al our award winners!

Thank you to all of our sponsors who invest in many social, cultural, and sporting activities, not just the art awards.

All entries were automatically eligible for both the Premium and People's Choice awards.

Winners

Premium Award $3,000 Sponsored by Ngati Rangi
The Junk Goat - James Cannon

The Judges will award this prize to the best in the whole show, across all categories.

Peoples’ Choice
- announced following the close of the exhibition 11 October 2024. Get your votes in now!

Raffles
Win a fantastic original art work for $5 / $10. Several artworks are available to win.

The Junk GoatJames Cannon

Photography

Each entry entered in the appropriate category as described in the fine arts options.

Winners Photography

Division	Prize Value	Sponsored by	Title of Work	Artist
First Prize	$1,000	The Mayoral Fund Ruapehu District Council	The Kiwi Way	Larn Berge
Second Prize	$500	Ruapehu Print, Waiouru	Piwakawaka	Holly Deadman

Landscape

Entries in this category can be in any medium used for drawing, painting and photography. Works on any two-dimensional surface (canvas/paper/board etc) will be accepted, provided the work is ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire fixed on the back.

Photographs must be presented mounted and framed if on board or paper. Unframed is fine for the canvas on box frame. The minimum size needs to be A2. Don't forget D-rings and cord.

Portrait

Entries in this category can be in any medium, including photography.

Photographic images must be A3 size or larger. All must be ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire.

Ensure you have legal permission to present the image of any person.

Scenes of Everyday Life

All two-dimensional mediums can be used, including photography.

This category includes what used to be called “Still Life”. Scenes of everyday life portray a style of living through a choice of objects or a scene that is more about human activities than a landscape.

Photographs must be A2 or larger, framed, or on canvas/board.

All must be ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire.

Abstract Art

Any two-dimensional material – for example oils, watercolour, acrylic, pencil and abstract photography will be accepted.

Entries must be A2 or larger in size.

Are you unsure if your piece of art is abstract or not? Abstract art has no recognizable subject, like a person or a building. It is purely colour, pattern, shapes, texture and lines.

All must be ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire.

Environment

Plants, animals and our environment can be portrayed in any medium, including photography.

Photographs, no smaller than A3, framed or on canvas/board.

All must be ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire.

2D Fibre Arts & Collage

This category is for works that hang flat on the wall that are made of fabrics, fibres and other materials.

All must be ready to hang with D-ring + nylon, cord or wire.

Winners Fine Arts

Division	Prize Value	Sponsored by	Title of Work	Artist
Landscape	$1,000	Lilburn Transport	Ruapehu Sunset	Mark Tyrell
Portrait	$500	Rotary	AT Waylands Forge	Michael Barker
Scenes of Everyday Life	$1,000	New World Supermarket Ohakune	The Crossing	Mark Tyrell
Abstract Art	$500	PKF Doyles	City of Dreams	Liam Porter
Environment	$900	Mitredale Kennels	In the Middle of it All	Maxine Burney
	$300	Raetihi Garden Club	The Moss	Tessa can Tuil
2D Fibre Arts & Collage	$600	Citizens of Raetihi	Ko taku hoa karakia Biddy	Merrilyn Burney

Three Dimensional Arts

Three-Dimensional Art Forms

Pottery, clay, glass, wood, bone, metal, fibres, including plant fibre, plaster, and papier-mâché, or a mixture of these materials may be used. You may make objects of any subject matter. The size of entries should be such that one or two people can move it.

Objects made of harakeke or other plant fibre, including baskets, are very welcome.

Please send photograph and measurements, and weight if it is heavy, by the pre-entry deadline, September 2nd.

If you need to give specific display instructions, please inform the coordinator as part of your pre-entry.

3D Fibre Arts

Any fibre is acceptable, so long as it doesn’t stink!

Quilts: If you want to show a king-sized quilt, please do, but we can only accommodate four. Send photographs and measurements of your quilt by 2nd September. We will choose the best four from the photographs, then inform all entrants if your quilt has been selected or not. If so, you can continue the entry form process.

Film Clip

In this age of Insta, Facebook and Tik Tok, we hope people will have a short clip that says it all.

Submit one or two clips. Each clip must be no more than 60 secs long, plus10 secs showing your name and the title of your clip. Submit them on a USB stick, clearly labelled.

Your clip will be screened along with all the others on a continuous loop, so remember to include 10 seconds of Name Board, with the title. You may include sound if you wish, but the decibels will be moderated to a low volume, audible only to people in front of the screen.

Fashion

You may enter up to two garments, which must be of your own design.

You must include preparation drawings and swatches as part of proof that the design is your own. Use the drawings and some words, if necessary, to highlight the special features of your clothing.

The better of your two garments will be on a mannequin, the other will be displayed on a hanging frame.

Your drawings will be displayed on a display board.

We are not looking for WOW® garments, but something that can be displayed on a model, mannequin, or hanger.

We don’t have any mannequins in the Theatre in Raetihi, so if you have one you can bring, that would be ideal! However, we can find some, as long as you inform us what size mannequin you will require, and any other important details, by the 2nd September.

If we have enough entries to do a catwalk, we will. We can find models, provided we have sizes/measurements before the deadline 2nd September.

Winners - Extraordinary Categories

Division	Prize Table	Sponsored by:	Title of Work	Artist
Wall of Cats	$200	Art Lovers of Makaranui	Who's Got the RAT Packs #2	George Potaka
3D Arts - Sculpture	$500	Cheal Consultants	Pioneering Dream	James Cannon
3D Arts - Ceramics & Glass	$300	Art Lovers of Wellington	Porcelain Bowl	Z Snook
Fibre & Harakeke	$300	Art Lovers of Raetihi
Film Clip
Fashion	$500	Art Lovers of Ohakune	Alice	Tessa McCann

Primary Schools Local

All local schools (kura) can enter up to 15 pictures. The winning school gets the main prize and the best two individual pupils win $50 and a box of good art materials each. Pupils’ work should be entered by the school online as normal. The coordinator will come and collect the works and process the entries.

Coordinator – Annie Stone

Phone: 021638800

Secondary Students

The first prize will be awarded to a student from Year 12 or 13.

Second prize will be given to a student from Years 9 - 11 .

Secondary students should enter as individuals via the entry form

Winners - School and After School Programmes

Prize Table	Sponsored by:	School
$500	Jonathon Preston Memorial Trust and Linda Robinson Memorial	Waiouru Primary
$500	All categories	Raetihi Primary
$300		Oruatua Primary
$300		Ohakune Primary
$150		Volcano Vibe Kids Programme