Art Gallery - Autumn Festival Art Exhibition
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.
Our 2025 award winners are:
Bayleys Arrowtown Premier Painting Award: Jane Burdon
Berry & Co. Premier Applied Art Award: Lynne Fellowes
Print Central Best Local Painting Award: Jade Barclay
Lakes District Museum Ceramics Award: Diana Turnbull Anderson
Arrowtown Autumn Festival Young Artist Award: Olivia Pickney
Millbrook Innovative Use of Materials Award: Lynn Brocherie Millar
Arrowtown Gallery Merit Awards: Tracey Morrow and Jos Browning
Berry & Co. Merit Awards: Jenny Hill & Gus Milne
Premier Painting Award winners include:
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