Frequently Asked Questions

Text Graeme Burnard on 027 270 5666 as soon as possible so we can reallocate your panels to another artist.

Panel bookings open on 1st July. Booking is online only, on this website. You will need to have ready an artist bio and a description of your artwork, along with two representative jpeg photos of your artwork ready to upload with a size between 1MB and 2MB.

Text Graeme Burnard on 027 270 5666 as soon as possible so we can reallocate your panels to another artist.

Generally a biography will be written in the third-person, and it will often list major selected exhibitions and prizes the artist has won for their work.

The artwork description will focus on your piece of work, the medium used, and themes expolored in your work.

We should be able to accommodate all our artists with at least 1 panel. We will send you an email to let you know we have received your booking request ASAP, and send out an email on August 1st to let you know how many panels you have been allocated if you have requested multiple panels.

The main auditorium at the Wairarapa Events Centre will be for hanging art only. No tables, no plinths, no freestanding display stands. There will be no craft in the auditorium or any of the side rooms. Just a 2D art show using only the panels provided.

Four crafters will be invited to set up a table in the foyer and be ‘crafters in residence’ for the weekend, working and giving demonstrations of their craft and hopefully selling their treasures as well. The fee for this will be $100 and all sales and commissions will be processed through the normal system.

We will also have space available for six craft tables at Gallery 23. The fee for this will be $50. The tables must be manned for the whole weekend, crafters will provide their own wrapping materials, their own table covers and be responsible for their own sales via eftpos, cash or bank transfer. No sales will be processed through Gallery 23.

Anytime on Wednesday 10 September bewteen 10am and 5pm. You can get someone else to bring them in if you can’t make it that day, just give them the money to pay for your artwork entry fee. We will hang the artwork for you.

Not until the artwork set-up day. Come into the sales desk in the foyer of the Events Centre, and we will help you find your panel, and you can pay then. EFTPOS is available or cash, but there is no credit card facility.

1.2m wide by 2.4m high. Remember to leave adequate space around your artworks though so it they don’t look crammed in.

As a reward for helping set the panels up, (and it is an enormous job) volunteers get to choose their panels at the end of the set up. It takes around 4 hours to set up, and kicks off at 10am on Monday 8th September. It helps if you bring a stepladder, a 10mm socket on a battery powered drill, and a 10mm spanner. Put your name on everything with an indelible marker pen. If you don’t have those tools, then don’t worry – we need plenty of help to carry boards etc.

No. We have plenty of square drive screws available for you to use, so PLEASE don’t use your own. The issue with you using your own screws is that there is invariably one left in the board when we take the panels down, and we have to then find the right screwdriver head to get it out.

On Thursday night from 5.30pm there is an artist and their family’s wine and cheese get together. This is specifically for artists to meet each other and buy each other’s artwork if desired. The sales desk will be open for artwork sales.

The best advice we can give is to price your artwork for what you think it is worth. Perhaps do some research of artists with comparable work and price accordingly.

The most helpful and incredibly useful thing you can do is share the Wai Art Show Facebook and Instagram posts. Even if the posts aren’t about your artwork specifically the more visitors the show gets through the door the more chances you have to sell your art. Tell everyone you know about the show, tell them you are going to be in it and you are really excited to be taking part.