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NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards 2027

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NZPPA ENTRY FORM 2027 Enter the NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards New Zealand’s premier award for painting and printmaking is calling for entries. Run by the Waikato Society of Arts since 2000, the NZPPA offers Main Prizes of $10,000 each in Painting and Printmaking, plus Merit Prizes and a People’s Choice Award — with all […]

36. NYAA 2026 finalists announced

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From 517 entries the Judges, Aisha Roberts and Tyrone Te Waa have chosen 64 finalists below. The awards presentation and opening will be held on Friday, 7 August at 5.30pm. The exhibition will run until 30 August 2026 at Artspost galleries in Kirikiriroa Hamilton alongside WAIPRINT 2026. Congratulations to all the young artists from across […]

A Glimpse of Abstraction

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An invitation to an exhibition of paintings selected by Dr Carole Shepheard for the Waikato Society of Arts A GLIMPSE OF ABSTRACTION Understanding abstraction in art is to accept there are many pathways to navigate, and abstract painting has powerful limitations at the same time as immense freedom. It is a multi-faceted genre that has […]

WSA Members exhibition

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The annual Members Exhibition for 2026 runs 5th October 2026 – 25th October 2025 at ArtsPost, 120 Victoria St, Hamilton. Memex 2026 entry Memex 2026 entry Opening Event – Saturday 10th October at 1.00pm. Artwork submissions to be delivered 2 October by 12pm. Entries must have been produced after September 2025 and may be two […]

Waiprint 2026

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WAIPRINT is an annual exhibition of works by Waikato Society of Arts printmakers. Waiprint 2026 entry form This year’s Guest Artist is Taupo printmaker Maggie Dawson, whose exhibition ‘Celebrating the Wai’ explores the effect of light on water in both the natural and manmade setting with her masterful reduction linocuts and sensitive layering of colour. […]