62nd Annual Exhibition
Held at the Ashburton Art Gallery – open 10am – 4pm daily.
Opening Night Monday 6th July 2026 and running daily until Friday 31st July 2026
Contact Rachel on 027 455 5545 or email ashsocart@gmail.com or Kathy on 027 912 4057
2026 Exhibition Key Dates
- Entries open – Tuesday 5th May 2026
- Entries close – Tuesday 9th June 2026
- Courier Items receiving day – Friday 26th June
- Receiving day – Saturday 27th June 2026 10am to 2pm
- Opening Night – Monday 6th July 2026 – 6.30pm
- Exhibition closes – Friday 31st July 2026
- Collection days – Friday 31st July 2026 from 4.30pm – 6.30pm and Saturday 1st August 2026 10am – 12 noon
Conditions of Entry
Please note that the exhibition conditions of entry have changed including changes in entry fees and the number of works that can be entered.
Please ensure that you tick the box on the entry form (available here from 5 May 2026) confirming that you have read and have complied with these conditions relating to the 2026 Exhibition
Opening Night Tickets
$30 (limited to 250)
Available for purchase when completing the entry form or email ashsocart@gmail.com or from Ashburton Art Gallery, 327 West Street, Ashburton.
Tickets will be given to you when you drop your artwork off.
Volunteers
We will need daily volunteers to help us on the sale table at the Ashburton Art Gallery for the duration of the Annual Exhibition.
There will be a roster available to be filled in when you deliver your paintings or entries.
Enter the Exhibition here
Our exhibition entries have now closed.
Arts Awards 2026
RMF Silva Premier Award – $3,000
Karen Boyce – Rockpool Alchemy
Braided Rivers Community Trust Water & Nature Award – $1,500
Maree Peate – The Space Between
Rosebank Village Local Award – $1000
Kristine Dunlea – Nocturne with Lillies + Rowan
Rothbury Insurance Brokers Ashburton Merit Award – $500
Richard Hansen – Edoras
NBS Local Merit Award – $500
Clare Naden – Untitled
Forest & Bird NZ Flora & Fauna Art Award – $400
David Choi – Inhabitants of Basket
Scott Automotive Ltd Watercolour Award – $200
Diana Marshall – Last Light of the Day – Aoraki Mount Cook
Neumanns Tyres Highly Commended Award – $200
Lydia Turner – Unsolicited Excavation
The Drawing Room Highly Commended Award – $300 voucher
Ashleigh Ritchie – Moss and Ram
Gordon Harris Award $250 Voucher
Moya Deacon Radley – Segmented Light
Applied Art & Craft, Sculpture and Photography Awards
Ashburton Contracting Limited Award – $300
Nirmal Perera – High Above the Mist
Robin Corbett Memorial Handcrafted Award – $500
Hera Maxwell – Te Ara Whiti (Into the Light)
White Fox & Jones Sculpture Award – $250
Gawie Bosman – Bonzai
Miniature Award
Karen McRae Property Brokers Miniature Award – $250
Adrienne Pavelka – Spring Landscape
Elizabeth & Richard Ashford Award $500
Dell Phillips – Sticks and Stones