2026 Members Awards Exhibition Winners

First Prize Art

Michael Willoughby

Mythology II

First Prize Photography

Ruth Boere

Wildflowers

First Prize Craft

Elizabeth Dodd

Tally Ho!

First Prize Ceramics

Karen Kennedy

GOAT

First Prize Sculpture

Irena Adamska

"CENSORED"

First Prize Assemblage

Lisa Watkins

Made of Maybes

Bill Laing Memorial Award

Miki Nozomi

Curled Up

Second Prize Art

Wei Liu

Red-Haired Girl

Second Prize Photography

Leanne Silver

Sweetpea Serenity

Second Prize Craft

Rohan Sauvage

Ancient Lands

Second Prize Ceramics

Anna McLeod

Wheel of Fortune

Second Prize Sculpture

Maxine Parkin-Jones

'Oxidated'

Second Prize Assemblage

Sue Butler

Let Cows Fart!

Hetty Boere Nature Themed Award

Bree Fraser

The Present

Exhibition entry terms and conditions

All entry forms must be FULLY completed, including pricing. Incomplete entry forms and late entries will not be accepted.
Please note, running a member’s exhibition is reliant on volunteer help. Please let us know if and when you will be able to volunteer in any of the below capacities:

- Helping out on Bring In Day (receiving artworks)
- Helping at the Help Desk during the Art Exhibition/Market
- Helping at Pack down
- Delivering leaflets/posters to libraries/community centres etc
- Putting up signage
Credit Card payments will incur an extra 2.5% charge.
All artworks must be for sale and a 25% (inc GST) commission applies on sales. This will be deducted from the artist’s payment at the end of the exhibition.
Payments may take up to 14 working days (from 18 May 2026) to process and will be direct credited to your account.
Personal tax liability is the responsibility of the artist.
Insurance of artwork is the responsibility of the artist. Although Waitākere Arts will take all care, we will take no responsibility for lost or damaged work.
Work must NOT have been entered in any previous Exhibitions, must have been completed within the last 12 months and not part of any tutored workshop or class. It must be completely original.
The Committee reserves the right to refuse an entry if it does not comply with the Terms and Conditions or is deemed inappropriate or is poorly presented.
Any changes to your details must be made on or before Bring In Day. No changes can be made after this date.
All artwork must be dry. No wet paint.
Entries must be ready for hanging on hooks, with D – Rings, cord attached 1/3 down from the top of the artwork. There will be a charge for purchase of D Rings or cord on the day of $10.
Each entry must be identified with a swing tag attached to the hanging string, with artist info – (Artist Name, Title of work, Medium, Category, Price).
Work over 3kg cannot be wall mounted. (Please consult with Waitakere Arts if over 3kg).
Note – our exhibition will be on black panels.

NOTE: Failure to collect work will result in a $10 per day fee to cover moving and storage of the artwork, useless it’s an emergency and prior arrangements have been made with the Office Manager. Artwork will become the property of Waitākere Arts Council and be sold or donated to charity if not collected by 1st July 2026.

Members exhibition entry terms and conditions

All entry forms must be FULLY completed, including pricing. Incomplete entry forms and late entries will not be accepted.
Please note, running a member’s exhibition is reliant on volunteer help. Please let us know if and when you will be able to volunteer in any of the below capacities:

- Helping out on Bring In Day (receiving artworks)
- Helping at the Help Desk during the Art Exhibition/Market
- Helping at Pack down
- Delivering leaflets/posters to libraries/community centres etc
- Putting up signage
Credit Card payments will incur an extra 2.5% charge.
All artworks must be for sale and a 25% (inc GST) commission applies on sales. This will be deducted from the artist’s payment at the end of the exhibition.
Payments may take up to 14 working days (from 18 May 2026) to process and will be direct credited to your account.
Personal tax liability is the responsibility of the artist.
Insurance of artwork is the responsibility of the artist. Although Waitākere Arts will take all care, we will take no responsibility for lost or damaged work.
Work must NOT have been entered in any previous Exhibitions, must have been completed within the last 12 months and not part of any tutored workshop or class. It must be completely original.
The Committee reserves the right to refuse an entry if it does not comply with the Terms and Conditions or is deemed inappropriate or is poorly presented.
Any changes to your details must be made on or before Bring In Day. No changes can be made after this date.
All artwork must be dry. No wet paint.
Entries must be ready for hanging on hooks, with D – Rings, cord attached 1/3 down from the top of the artwork. There will be a charge for purchase of D Rings or cord on the day of $10.
Each entry must be identified with a swing tag attached to the hanging string, with artist info – (Artist Name, Title of work, Medium, Category, Price).
Work over 3kg cannot be wall mounted. (Please consult with Waitakere Arts if over 3kg).
Note – our exhibition will be on black panels.

Exhibition entry terms and conditions

No Digital Artworks or Couriered Works accepted. Payment must be received for entry to be accepted.
No photography section for Adults, only for Youth (13-18 Years Old)
All works will automatically enter the “Open section/competition”.
Works may be entered into only one themed awards category.
- LOOKING WEST: “Capturing the impressions and spirit of West Auckland”
- OUR PEOPLE OUR PLACE: “Embracing the changing face of the people within West Auckland” (must contain a figurative element)
- INSPIRATIONAL AOTEAROA: Finding that unique factor which identifies with AOTEAROA | NEW ZEALAND
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