The annual Whanganui Arts Review is the longest running event of its type in the country. In 2019, the Sarjeant Gallery is thrilled to start the 31st edition of this much-loved open call exhibition with a new sponsor and partner in Anne Pattillo and her company pattillo. Supported by a strong group of Whanganui businesses, this year’s Review represents a fresh start for the juried exhibition, not only in terms of enhanced prize money for the winner of the Open Award, but also in the way it will benefit that award winner in the longer term. In addition to a generous prize, pattillo have also sponsored the pattillo project. This project is one where the winner of the Open Award will receive a solo exhibition at the Sarjeant Gallery.
The 2019 patillo Whangnui Arts Review is open to any artist, working in any media in the Whanganui region, including Ruapehu and Rangitikei and all areas that link to the Whanganui River. This makes the Arts Review a true reflection of the Whanganui region’s creative energy.
2019 Award Winners:
Friends of the Sarjeant Gallery Merit Award $200
Frances Stachl If Not Now, Then When?, pruned tree branches, collected, stored, handsawn, sanded and drilled
Recaffeinate Merit Award $200
Andrea du Chatenier Signal, ceramic
Renata’s Art & Framing Merit Award $200 voucher
Catherine Sleyer The Blue Boy, cyanotype on Fabriano paper
Rivercity Picture Framers Ltd Merit Award $200 voucher
Rita Dibert Mousewheel: Contemporary Life, photograph
Wanganui Garden Services Ltd Merit Award $200
Emily Wrigglesworth Kowhai Yellow watercolour
The Whanganui River Markets Trust Merit Award $200
Thompson Kiwikiwi Kupapa or Kaupapa?, natural ochres & acrylic paint
WHMilbank Gallery Merit Award $200
Keiran Donnelly Objects for a Modern World, brass, iron, puriri wood
WDC Youth Committee Youth Recognition Award $200
Rose Hird Rohi, acrylic
Dalgleish Architects Excellence Award $1000
Rick Rudd Teapot, earthenware
Central City Pharmacy Excellence Award $1000
Glen Hayward Fountain Solomon Guggenheim New York 2017, wood, paint, resin
OPEN AWARD
2019 pattillo Whanganui Arts Review Open Award $5000
Kathryn Wightman Austin, PLA
image: Glen Hayward Fountain Solomon Guggenheim New York 2017; Kathryn Wightman Austin; Rick Rudd Teapot