Congratulations to the 2011 Wallace Art Awards finalists

Congratulations to Stafford Allpress, Louise McRae, Natasha Cantwell, Ryuzo Nishida, Mark Rayner and Sarah Williams - all finalists in this year's Wallace Art Awards. Their works will be on show from 6th September at the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre at Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough.

Stafford Allpress, entry form, wood, plastic, foam, paper, enamel, 40x40x49mm

Louise McRae, Inhale, charred kauri, oil and silver leaf on kauri, 800x1050mm

Natasha Cantwell, Sean and Sparrow, unique c-type photograph, 508x660mm

Ryuzo Nishida, Pink Elephant, aluminium, acrylic & oil on steel and modelling clay

Mark Rayner, Her Mummy's Voice Moneybox (Susan Boyle and 'Pebbles'), glazed ceramic, 200x380x140mm

Sarah Williams, a monument somewhere in Europe, oil on board, 310x310mm

Congratulations to Belinda Griffiths

Belinda Griffiths has won the winesale.co.nz Wine Label Award and as a result, her work Breathe will feature on 10,000 bottles of Marlborough sauvignon blanc and Martinborough pinot noir. The “Griffiths Series” wines are due out before Christmas. Watch out for Belinda’s contribution to Seed’s annual Christmas show in November.

above: winesale.co.nz's general Manager Michael Mebus and Breathe by Belinda Griffiths

image courtesy of Winesale.co.nz

Janna van Hasselt in Avenues magazine

Janna's solo exhibition 'playlist' is at seed gallery from 14 September - 1 October 2011

Eden Arts Art Schools Award

The Eden Arts Trust announced the winners of the inaugural Eden Arts Art Schools Award on Thursday 28 July 2011. The Overall Winner received $5,000 in prize money and the three Highly Commended students each received $1,000. Kate Mullins from Seed had the privilege of being on the judging panel for the awards.

Award recipients from L to R: Dominic Oldrey, Chelsea Rothbart, Donna Summers (Overall winner) and Loretta Walton.

The Eden Arts Art Schools Award brought together for the first time Central Auckland's four major art institutions: Elam School of Fine Arts, Unitec, AUT and Whitecliffe. Six undergraduate students were selected from each school. The award exhibition, hosted this year by Elam, is open for public viewing at projectspace B431 (20 Whitaker Place) and the George Fraser Gallery (25a Princes Street) from Friday 29 July to Saturday 6 August, 11am - 4pm (closed Sunday).

Above, the judges: National Business Review arts writer John Daly-Peoples, new Artspace Director, Caterina Riva and Kate Mullins.

Congratulations to Bold Horizon finalists, Aaron McConchie & Maree Wilson

Lapse Loss by Maree Wilson (below) and the digital drawing, locate.aaronmconchie.com by Aaron McConchie will be on show at the Waikato Museum from 6th August - 6th November 2011.

2011 Christmas exhibition announced!

To celebrate the holiday season, Seed Gallery has invited thirty different artists, working across various disciplines and media to work with a set template: a 100 x 80mm hinged wooden altarpiece. The resulting exhibition will showcase 300 miniature artworks reflecting each artist’s exploration of the limitations and possibilities of this form. The exhibition presents a unique opportunity to acquire works by some of our most promising artists for only $80 a piece.

Alter Piece, 30 artists, 300 artworks, $80 each.

25 November - 10 December 2011

Louise McRae - WHAT I DO, Sunday Star Times

Louise McRae featured in the latest Sunday Star Times.

12th June 2011, page 13 of the Sunday magazine.