New opportunities available....

Opportunities

New opportunities available....

Art in Our Windows

The Academy’s gallery needs to boost its signage, to make sure that people driving or walking along Jervois Quay, or milling on the waterfront, know who we are and what we offer.

We are presenting artist members with the opportunity to make ‘art-in-the-window’. Imagine the word ‘Art’ in the top panel of all of our double-height windows on both sides of our building, each given a different life by a different artist! Under that word would be a typograhical ‘sign’ identifying the artist.

If you would like to participate, here is what you need to know:

· You can work in any medium on a scannable surface. We scan your work, resize it, and print it onto an appropriate foamboard that will be mounted in the window.

· The road-facing windows are smaller than, and of different proportions to, the waterfront-facing windows.

o Street-facing are either 550 or 870mm wide and 700mm high.

o Waterfront-facing are 1,000mm wide and 1,000mm high.

· ‘Art’ will be accepted and swapped out from time to time at the discretion of the curator.

· You should call Jodie Dalgleish on (04) 499 8807, or e-mail gallery@nzafa.com.

The Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation is inviting artists and sculptors to apply for an art award. The foundation wishes to encourage and promote promising painters and sculptors. Two awards for $30,000 will be made for the calendar years 2013 and 2014. The awards can not be used for overseas travel. Applications close 30 June 2012. Find out more at www.oliviaspencerbower.org.nz or phone (03) 379 0645.

Would you like your work to grace a greeting card? Blue Island Press is calling artists, illustrators and graphic designers to contact them with six to twelve different images and a short bio at submissions@blueislandpress.com. For more info go to www.blueislandpress.com.

Show Your Work

The Academy is calling for artists to consider submitting work for selection for Women: An Exhibition and Matariki: Whenua.

Proposals for exhibition hire are also accepted all year round. Contact Jodie Dalgleish at gallery@nzafa.com to discuss possible dates for future exhibitions.

Classes at Inverlochy House: In 1984 the Academy established the Inverlochy Art School, which while now independent of the Academy, offers many and varied art courses; for information on classes and times see their website www.inverlochy.org.nz or phone (04) 939 2177.

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