Art Awards

The 16th anniversary of the Taranaki National Art Awards attracted a record breaking 330 entries from throughout New Zealand across seven categories - painting, rural Taranaki, 3D, works on paper, fibre art, Toi Tu Taranaki, and Photography. Taranaki artists Fern Petrie, Jacqueline Elley, Sam Kelly, Reyna Henderson, Howard Tuffrey, Jenny Pulla and Mark Hudson were recognised. The Awards Exhibition will be on display from 10am to 4pm daily until November 4 at the Sandford Events Centre in O¯ punake. The Awards’ success inspired the inaugural Arts Fest South Taranaki event, which welcomes people to wander 17 different exhibitions in Waverley, Manaia and Pa¯tea until November 5. Award winners:

Painting: Fern Petrie (New Plymouth) ‘‘Reflections on a Grey A Room’’, Highly Commended: Jacqueline Elley (New Plymouth) ‘‘Suffusion #11’’; Rural Taranaki: Howard Tuffrey (Urenui) ‘‘Local Landform’’, Highly Commended: Reyna Henderson (New Plymouth) ‘‘Objection’’; 3D: Jo Giddens (Whanganui) ‘‘Quarter Acre Dream’’, Highly Commended: Sam Kelly (New Plymouth) ‘‘Brooch I’’; Works on Paper: Sam Dollimore (Porirua) ‘‘Misdirection, or Why Not Poke the Baby Man Baby, Man’’, Highly Commended: Margaret Silverwood (Whanganui) ‘‘Hover’’; Fibre Art: Mark Rayner (Whanganui) ‘‘Paula’’, Highly Commended: Jenny Pullar (O¯ kato) ‘‘Strange Things’’; Toi Tu Taranaki: Timoti Pekamu (Taihape) ‘‘Spotlight Fleece’’, Highly Commended: Paula McNeill (Tairua) ‘‘The Farmer and His Sheep’’;

Photography: Judy Stokes (Auckland) ‘‘Storm out at Sea’’, Highly Commended: Nicky Gerard (Whanganui) ‘‘Sling/Slung’’;

Committee Choice: Mark Hudson (O¯ kato) ‘‘Pipeline’’.