Art Gallery - Autumn Festival Art Exhibition

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

We are now CLOSED for entries for the 2026 Bayley Autumn Festival Art Exhibition.

If you would like to buy a ticket to our opening and awards night,

please click HERE

There will be limited door sales on the night.

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, the 2026 prizes are:

Bayleys Arrowtown Premier Painting Award  $3500

Print Central Best Local Painting Award (QLDC District) $750

Berry & Co. Premier Applied Art Award  $500

Millbrook Innovative Use of Materials in any Medium  $500 Millbrook voucher and Copic Pen set

Arrowtown Autumn Festival Young Artist Award $500

Lakes District Museum Ceramics Award $500

Arrowtown Creative Arts Society Merit Awards 2 x $200

Berry & Co. Merit Awards 2 x $500

APT Design Public Choice Award $250

Premier Painting Award winners include:

2025 - Jane Burdon, Arrowtown

2024 - Rachel Hirabayashi, Cromwell

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