NZ Art Guild Art Awards 2008

This year the NZ Art Guild held the first annual NZ Art Guild Art Awards.
These Awards were held at the Bruce Mason Center in Takapuna, Auckland during February.

And the Winners are .........

1st Prize - $5000 and a 12mth subscription to the NZ Art Guild
Sponsored by NZ Art Guild
Elspeth Batt - Celebration of the Uniqueness of Us

From left to right: Sophia Elise (NZAG Manager) , Elspeth Batt (First Prize Winner) , North Shore City Mayor - Andrew Williams

2nd Prize - $1000 and a 6mth subscription to the NZ Art Guild
Sponsored by Resene
Kelly Hartley - Oritetanga

3rd Prize - $500 and a 6mth subscription to the NZ Art Guild
Sponsored by Albany Garden Centre
Sheryl O'Gorman - Cause and Effect

Merit Prize - $250 and 6 months subscription to the NZ Art Guild
Sponsored by NZ Art Guild
Elissa Ramsay - Find Me

Finalists - 6mth NZAG membership subscription
Michele Bluck - Letterbox #5
Tony Brown - The Downward Spiral
Marisa Garau - Happy HolidaysCheryl Irwin - Here I Am
Trish Macready - Stairway to Heaven
Clare Makwana - Intuitive Wisdom
Helen McNamara - Orange TreeWendy Murphy - Stamp on them before they multiply: evolution of the best dressed
Meliors Simms - New Shroud for King Tutankhamun
Lynette McKinstrie - Transition
Silver Dunlop - There There Baby
Sally Blyth - Lasting Impressions
Sally Blyth - Walk Beside Me

General Exhibition Qualifiers
Angela Laby
Anni Morris
Donna Dobbinson
Donna Steel
Doreen McNeill
Elaine Silich
Elizabeth Manson
Gitte Anderson
Helen Hazeldine
Jane Santos
Lyn Morrison
Margaret Scott
Margot Lee
Masami IchikawaMeleane Bourke
Miki Clarke
Robyn Robertson
Shan Li Chen
Shu Ting Zhang
Stephanie Brant
Stephen Fuller
Steve O'Neill
Sue Keast
Susan Edge
Tineswari Maruthamuthu
Vivienne Bashford
Wayne Fox
Terry Dangen