Affordable, collectable and accessible

Affordable, collectable and accessible

The NZ Art Show's mantra is affordable, collectable and accessible - showcasing over 3,000 original artworks by 475 NZ artists. All artwork is available for sale between $50 - $5,000 with the average sale price between $500 - $600.

SHOW DAYS - door sales - $10 adult - $7 concession / children under 13 free

Friday 29th - 10am - 5pm

Saturday 30th - 10am - 6pm

Sunday 31st - 10am - 6pm

The Gala Evening - 28th July, TSB Bank Arena, Wellington - SOLD OUT

The Charity Evening - Friday 29th July, TSB Bank Arena, Wellington - 6.30pm - 9.30pm

The New Zealand Art Show's charity evening is an evening of fun, frivolity, fine wine, fine food, fantastic music and fabulous art.

Help us raise money for the Wellington Children's Hospital and the Neonatal Trust. Guests will enjoy delicious cocktail food served by Chris Boswell Fine Catering, a selection of fine wine by winesale.co.nz, live entertainment by the Beat Girls and ALL ART FOR SALE!

Tickets are $60 each from tickets@artshow.co.nz or 04 387 4370

Guest speaker is Sir Richard Taylor, Patron of the Neonatal Trust.

Jordan Barnes - recipient of the NZAAT Artist Grant

It has been an absolute joy working with Jordan. He has made significant progress over these past months while he has been residing in Wellington. He has been able to focus completely on his artwork with the support from Lynne Sandri, his artist mentor, and me and my team. Jordan will have 13m of wall space at this year's show and we are very proud to have provided him a platform and the support to launch his career as a serious full-time artist. http://www.jordanbarnesart.com/pages/gallerypaint.html

Signature Piece Art Award

Wow!!! Congratulations to the eleven finalists - a public vote over the show will decide who will receive $5,000 from the NZ Affordable Art Trust. Great work from : Steve Thomson, Catherine Roberts, Ben Timmins, Hope Gibbons, Jordan Barnes, Saehae Lee, Karim Sahai, Clare Kim, Richard Thurston, Andrew Moon and Suzanne Kerr.

Check out the artwork on http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251942761498293.83394.1000004771434 50

http://www.artshow.co.nz/eleven-finalists-selected-for-the-2011-nz-art-show- s-signature-piece-art-award/

Single Artists Walls - Meet the Artists!

This year we have 69 artists on-site coming from all over the country - this is a great experience not only for the artist, but offers a very unique experience to the public that visit our show - an opportunity to meet with the artists themselves. For the most part, many of these artists work in isolation - the NZ Art Show gives them the opportunity to engage with the people that enjoy their artwork.

Help us promote the NZ Art Show

Help us promote the NZ Art Show; it is with the assistance from all of you that we are able to make this successful - inform your family, your friends, your colleagues - come to Wellington for the weekend! As a charitable trust we enlist all the support we can . owning original artworks, in my opinion, is a necessity . and by providing affordable quality works of art, makes this a reality for all New Zealanders.

The NZ Art Show management team

We are a small team - Carla Russell and Midge Murray - and we would like to thank you for your support of what we do. This is our life at the moment . and all of our efforts are about to be realised from the 28th - 31st July 2011.

Trustees

The Trustees of the NZ Affordable Art Trust are: Chris Parkin (Chairman), Frances Russell, Jo Hughes, Isobel Mebus, Fraser Carson, Neil Plimmer, Richard Nelson and Graeme Reeves. The Trustees are all volunteers and their passion for the arts is reflected in their personal growing collections of art and their determination to make the reality of owning an original artwork for everyone. What a wonderful objective!!!

Sponsors and Friends of the NZ Art Show - thank you! http://www.artshow.co.nz/sponsors-and-friends/

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