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ZAFAA24 Entries now open
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 2024. 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 and Museum. 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.
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.
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 01 March 2024. Entry forms can be found on the Gallery’s website or from the Gallery and Museum receptions.
ZAFAA24 entry forms are available here.
Entries close 03 November 2023.
Key dates for ZAFAA23:
- 03 November 2023 | Entries close
- 17 January 2024 | ZAFAA24 finalists and judges announced
- 17 February 2024 | Last day for finalists’ works to be delivered to the Gallery
- 01 March 2024 7pm | Exhibition opening
- 14 April 2024 | Exhibition closes