Announcements

The NZ Art Guild is excited to announce the following new sponsorships:

1) Tauranga First National Art Awards
All category winners will receive a free years subscription to the NZ Art Guild.
We will also be sponsoring the prize for the Best Watercolour $500

The Tauranga Art Awards will be held from 10 – 16 November 2008 in Tauranga.
For more info see http://www.gardenandartfest.co.nz/

2) Lewis' Invitation Art Exhibition - Waikato Emerging artists award.
This event is now in it's third year. The winners from 2006 and 2007 will receive an annual subscription to the NZ Art Guild and the 4 winners from this year will also receive an annual subscription.
The Opening night is Friday 15th of August 6:00 start , and the exhibition is open 10 – 4 over the weekend at Cambridge Town Hall.

3) For the second year in a row we will also be sponsoring the ARA awards which will be held in February 2009. These awards are given to the top year 13 art students from 25 schools in the Auckland Area. Each of the students will receive one year free years subscription to the NZ Art Guild.

Also

Sally Blyth and Sophia Elise will be speaking at Rotary Harbourside in Mission Bay on Wednesday 9th July about the NZ Art Guild, Mental Health and about art in New Zealand.

For information on the Harbourside Rotary Club visit http://www.rotary.org.nz/club.cfm?ID=5&District=5