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ZAFAA 2023 entries now open

September 4, 2022

The Ashburton Art Gallery and Zonta Club of Ashburton are delighted to announce the call for entries to the annual Zonta Ashburton Female Art Awards (ZAFAA) and exhibition for 2023. A major cash prize and solo exhibition will be awarded to the Premier Award winner, and all selected finalists will have their work shown in the awards exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery. The competition is open to all emerging and mid-career visual artists in the Canterbury region. The award seeks to raise the status of female or female-identifying visual artists and recognise their excellence in fine arts practice.

“ZAFAA is now in its seventh year and attracting high quality entries by artists in mid Canterbury,” says Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum Director Shirin Khosraviani. “The awards exhibition is unique in its niche of supporting the practice of female artists and their developing careers in the arts.”

Along with the Premier Award is a Young Generation Award for female artists between the ages of sixteen and twenty. This is a cash prize that acknowledges distinguished potential in art and aims to encourage further creative endeavours: an outcome well suited to Zonta—a global organisation of women working to elevate the status of women worldwide. In addition, there is a People’s Choice Award that runs throughout the course of the exhibition.

“Zonta Club of Ashburton are the main partner in the awards, and we are ever grateful to the many businesses and families which help sponsor ZAFAA,” says ZAFAA23 convener Judith Early. “We are looking forward to another year of exciting and creative entries.”

Entries will be shortlisted by a panel of judges comprised of three art sector professionals. The awards will be announced by the judges on the opening night on Friday 10 March 2023.

ZAFAA23 entry forms are available here.

 

Image | Audrey Baldwin, Art Chemist, 2021
Winner of the Premier Award – ZAFAA 2022
Photo courtesy of Khye Hitchcock