ASA 53RD Exhibition
ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION
DATES & TIMES
4-28 July
Open Daily: 10am - 4pm
This annual exhibition, now in its 53rd year, brings together over 500 works from members across the country, with a premiere prize of $2,000 up for grabs. Guest artists this year include the 2016 Ashburton Society of Arts Premier Winner and local artist Rhonye McIlroy, Bay of Plenty painter Angela Maritz, Contemporary local painter Rachael Dewhirst, landscape painter Michael Eaton, Otago painter and printmaker Anna Reid and mixed media artists Rachael Garland and Megan Huffadine and ceramistist by Upper Moutere based Katie Gold and Owen Bartlett and Jewellery by Emma Cummingham.
This exhibition is sponsored by: Russell Moon & Fail, Trustpower, Rosebank, Heartland Bank, ASA, Rothbury, Forest & Bird, Gordon Harris, Frame-Co, Neumanns Tyres, Todds, ACL, Roco, Unique and Pauline & David Mead
This exhibition opens on Monday 3rd July at 7pm (ticketed event)
Tickets for the opening of this exhibition will be available for the reception at the Gallery in the coming weeks.
Header Image: Katie Gold, Wall bowls (detail). Copyright © 201 AAG. All Rights Reserved.
Image: Debbie Templeton-Page, Looking into Self. Copyright © 2015 AAG. All Rights Reserved.
DATES & TIMES
4-28 July
Open Daily: 10am - 4pm
Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
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