An artist-in-residence award for an artist who is Canterbury-based or has an association with the region. Inclusive of a three-month grant, studio facilities and access to related resources at the Ara School of Art and Design.
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Grace Butler AwardTwo of Grace Butler’s early impressionist paintings of the suburbs of New Brighton and Onehunga, Auckland are featured in Endless Light, a survey of primarily historical late 19th and early 20th century paintings by European, Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand artists. Nathan Pohio Kaitiaki toi curator at the public gallery brin... Keep Reading
A Contemporary Art Award established in memory of Grace Butler, 'one of the first women [artists] who bothered about New Zealand scenery.’ The Grace Butler Memorial Foundation announces the establishment of a new contemporary art award in memory of “plein – air” painter Grace Butler (1886 – 1962). Keep Reading
