Exhibition

61st Annual Exhibition

Held at the Ashburton Art Gallery – open 10am – 4pm daily.

Opening Night Monday 7th July 2025 and running daily until Friday 1st August 2025

Contact Kay on 027 465 0010 or email ashsocart@gmail.com or Kathy on 027 912 4057

2025 Exhibition Key Dates

  • Entries open – Tuesday 13th May 2025
  • Entries close –  Tuesday 10th June 2025
  • Receiving day –  Saturday 28th June 2025 10am to 2pm
  • Opening Night –  Monday 7th July 2025 – 7pm
  • Exhibition closes –  Friday 1st August 2025
  • Collection days –  Friday 1st August 2025  from 4.30pm – 6.30pm  and Saturday 2nd August 2025 10am – 12 noon

Opening Night Tickets

$30 (limited to 250)

Available for purchase  when completing 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 61st Annual Exhibition

Our Annual Exhibition features Art, Applied Art & Craft, Sculpture and Photography.

With almost $10,000 in awards and all art for sale, it is an exciting opportunity for artists to exhibit. The Society takes a 27.5% commission so please price your art accordingly,

Ashburton Society of Arts Awards 2024

RMF Silva Premier Award – $3,000

Gawie Bosman  “Untamed”

Braided Rivers Community Trust Water & Nature Award – $1,500

John Achten “Water’s Edge Lake Dunstan”

Rosebank Village Local Award – $1000

Maysie Willis “Lucy”

Rothbury Insurance Brokers Ashburton Merit Award – $500

Sarah Freiburger “All the Pearls”

NBS Local Merit Award – $500

Steve James “Our Patch”

Forest & Bird NZ Flora & Fauna Art Award – $300

Rachel Savage “Duo”

Scott Automotive Ltd Watercolour Award – $200

Richard Bolton “Mixed Vege”

Frame-Co Highly Commended Award – $200 Voucher

Svetlana Orinko “When Apples Fall”

Neumanns Tyres Highly Commended Award – $200

Alan Clarence “Wet Early Evening”

The Drawing Room Highly Commended Award – $300 voucher

Marie Reid-Beadle “Aviation Display”

Gordon Harris Award $250 Voucher

Jo Loughnan “On the Edge”

Applied Art & Craft, Sculpture and Photography Awards

Ashburton Contracting Limited Award – $300

Gawie Bosman “Steel Tongue Drum with Lotus Flower Design”

Robin Corbett Memorial Handcrafted Award – $500

Sandra McLintock “Saggar Fired Large Bowl”

Unique Jewellery Local Award – $250 Voucher

Kelly-Rose Blackburn “Kune Lai”

White Fox & Jones Sculpture Award – $250

Jane Rant “Aging Rocker”

People’s Choice Award Sponsored by ASA – $100

Miniature Award

Karen McRae Property Brokers Miniature Award – $250

Catherine Cruickshank “Waterscape 1”

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors: