Beginning by Chris Greenslade
Mt Pirongia Art Awards 2010
Dates: 5th to 7th November 2010
Venue: Pirongia Memorial Hall, Franklin Street, Pirongia
Contact: Clare St Pierre (clare.stpierre@gmail.com)
The Mt Pirongia Art Awards present a wonderful collection of environmentally themed artworks, attracting high quality entries from throughout New Zealand. Held in Pirongia for their 6th consecutive year, they are organised by the award winning conservation group for Mt Pirongia, Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society. The Awards raise the profile of the society’s environmental work located in the Waipa District and the society receives commission on sales from the exhibition to support their activities.
The Award categories are:
- The Mountain – Mt Pirongia: unmasking the meaning – 2 dimensional art
- Native Flora and Flora – 2 dimensional art
- Toi o Tane – Creative Fibre using Natural Dye – open to any art form
- People’s choice award.
Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society proudly presents the formal opening and official award ceremony on Friday 5 November at 7.00pm and an exhibition of entries on Saturday and Sunday from 11.00am to 2.00pm.
Major sponsors are: CreativeNZ, Goldridge Wealth Management, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and TinyMighty Power.
For more information see our Facebook page.
Landscape Winner, 2009, by Heather Campbell