Festival poster competition
Mr Ray Sleeman, director of the Christchurch Arts Centre, with some of the 200 posters entered in the Christchurch Festival poster competition.
Entries have flooded into the festival office, many artists submitting more than one entry. Some well known New Zealand artists have entered, among them an artist, Patrick Haniy; a popular illustrator, Dick Frizzell (of “Pyjamas Don’t Matter” fame); a Christchurch sculptor, Bing Dawe; an Auckland photographer, Jane Zusters; a local printmaker, Tiffany Thornley; and Bret de Thier, designer of the original Christchurch Arts Festival logo. The . posters will be judged on November 4 by Sir Ronald Scott, Shona Macfarlane, and Miles Warren.
Prize money of $2OOO has been given by Bascands, Ltd.
The $2OOO prize is one of the biggest offered in New Zealand for a visual arts competition, which has played a big part in prompting a good response from artists. An exhibition of the best 30 entries will be staged during the festival from February 25 to March 18.
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