Art Gallery - Autumn Festival Art Exhibition

Our annual Bayleys Arrowtown Autumn Festival Art Exhibition has been a feature of Arrowtown’s Autumn Festival since 1985. This competition attracts the highest calibre of professional and amateur artists from around New Zealand.

The entry form for the 2024 Bayleys Arrowtown Art Exhibition is available HERE

All terms & conditions of entry are on the entry form.

Thank you to our amazing sponsors:

2024 Awards are:

Bayleys Arrowtown Premier Painting Award $3500

Print Central Best Local Painting Award $750

Berry & Co. Premier Applied Art Award  $500

Millbrook Innovative Use Of Materials Award  $500 Millbrook voucher

Arrowtown Autumn Festival  Young Artist Award  $500

Lakes District Museum Ceramic Award  $300

Arrowtown Gallery Merit Awards $200 worth of framing

APT Design Public Choice Award $250

                            

                         

 

    

               

Premier Painting Award winners include:

• 2023 - Tony Stanford Shields, Oturehua
• 2022 - Nigel Wilson, Clyde
• 2021 - David John, Arrowtown
• 2019 - Jillian Porteous, Bendigo
• 2018 - Maurice Middleditch, Bannockburn
• 2017 - Laura Cahill
• 2016 - Jasmine Middlebrook
• 2015 - Jasmine Middlebrook
• 2014 - Maurice Middleditch, Bannockburn
• 2013 - Lorainne Higgens, Cromwell
• 2012 - Liz Kempthorne, Clyde
• 2012 - Gold 150 award section: Ben Ho, Queenstown 
• 2011 – Rachel Hirabayshi 
• 2010 – Wallace T. Keown