{"id":149225,"date":"2025-10-28T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/149225\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:36:09","slug":"on-the-up-rotorua-museum-art-awards-return-with-record-18k-prize-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/149225\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Up: Rotorua Museum Art Awards return with record $18k prize pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Money raised through artwork sales goes towards the museum\u2019s exhibition development project before its reopening, Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Four award categories are on offer \u2013 the $15,000 Supreme Award, $1000 Youth Award, $1000 Innovation Award and the People\u2019s Choice Award, which gives $500 each to the winning artist and a randomly selected voter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Iwi Le Comte won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/rotorua-museum-art-awards-winners-announced\/VPXAQT67WJN7O7FQWTEJQALMKA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/rotorua-museum-art-awards-winners-announced\/VPXAQT67WJN7O7FQWTEJQALMKA\/\">Rotorua Museum Supreme Art Award in 2019<\/a> with his work Te Ipukarea, ahead of 187 other entries. Le Comte received a $10,000 prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">The Lockwood Youth Award, introduced that same year, aims to foster a passion for the arts and build confidence among young artists. Entrants must be aged 18 or under on the exhibition opening date of February 4 and receive a discounted entry fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Sponsors for the 2026 awards include Lockwood Buildings, Watts and Hughes, Coombes Johnston BMW and Rotorua Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Rotorua Museum and Heritage director Stewart Brown said the awards always drew an impressive standard of work and he expected this year to be no different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe can\u2019t wait,\u201d Brown said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Entries are open until January 12, with artists able to submit up to two original works created within the past two years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">A gala awards evening will be held on February 4, followed by the finalist exhibition at the Sir Howard Morrison Centre from February 5 to March 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">All awards, except for the People\u2019s Choice Award, will be announced at a gala awards evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Visitors and locals will be able to view the Finalist Exhibition and the Salon des Refus\u00e9s \u2013 featuring works not selected for the main show \u2013 free of charge, with the option to purchase artworks to support the museum\u2019s fundraising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\"><b>Conditions for entry:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\" aria-label=\"unordered list with 2 items\" data-test-ui=\"article__unordered_list\">\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Artists must be resident or work in the Bay of Plenty<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">The work can be any medium, excluding digital\/moving image<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\"><b>The work must:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\" aria-label=\"unordered list with 6 items\" data-test-ui=\"article__unordered_list\">\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Be a one-off original and not part of an edition<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Not infringe upon New Zealand copyright laws<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Not be AI-generated and\/or have any AI components<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Be the sole work of the artist entering (unless it is listed as a collaboration)<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Have been created within the 24 months before and including the entry close date<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 text-base font-normal -tracking-[0.01rem] text-left\">Never have been exhibited previously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">For more information about the awards and how to enter, visit the Rotorua museum website. <\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/annabel-reid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Annabel Reid<\/b><\/a><b> is a multimedia journalist for the <\/b><b>Bay of Plenty Times <\/b><b>and <\/b><b>Rotorua Daily Post<\/b><b>, based in Rotorua. Originally from Hawke\u2019s Bay, she has a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Canterbury.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Money raised through artwork sales goes towards the museum\u2019s exhibition development project before its reopening, Wilson said. 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