The Mid Winter Exhibition is held at the Fencible Lounge in July each year for four days from Thursday to Sunday. This is a members only exhibition. Exhibitors are required for 2-3 hourly roster duties during this exhibition.
New Classes for Midwinter
Last year we moved from medium based categories to genre based categories.
The classes will be as follows:
Class 1. Landscape.
This includes Cityscapes, which covers our urban environment and architecture, it also covers farm
buildings and equipment, garden scenes, lakes, and rivers.
Class 2. Seascape and Marine.
This includes the ocean, ships, small boats, sail boats, coastal, beaches, harbours, wharves and
boatyards etc.
Class 3. Portraits.
This includes figurative work, and the human form studies.
Class 4. Still life.
This includes objects, floral arrangements, indoors or outdoors, pot plants etc.
Class 5. Abstract.
This covers contemporary, and modern art.
Class 6. Wild Life.
This covers all animal life including pets and bird life.
NB. We have dropped mixed media as this is included in any genre.
Reason for Change
One of the main purposes of the committee is to advance the group. All major exhibitions are moving towards this kind of categorisation, so your committee felt the Howick Art Group should align with the best. It doesn’t matter what medium is used; it is the genre that counts. When judging, you are looking at composition, tonal values, techniques used and what the artist is trying to say. In other words, it is the painting that counts. If we stick to medium, then it is all about how the artist used their particular medium etc. not the painting. We feel it is better and fairer grouping genres together as is the trend overseas.
If you have any questions, or are unsure which class to enter your work, please phone:
President, Elise De Silva 0273288760
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 1 merit for each category
Overall Best in Show Award
People’s Choice (to be awarded at the end of the exhibition after the count of votes)
Entry forms come out with the June Newsletter
2022 Howick Art Group Mid Winter Exhibition Registration Form (copies are attached to your member’s June Newsletter, are available from Green Gables Art Gallery or also available at our June Club Night.)
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