Enjoy, celebrate, critique, be challenged and inspired by the exhibition of the 2023 Finalists of the Molly Morpeth Canaday Award.

Presented by Arts Whakatāne and exhibition partner Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, this annual non-acquisitive award is dedicated to excellence across contemporary and traditional painting and drawing and 3D genres in alternate years. The award has developed over 30 years and sits credibly within the New Zealand arts community.

A high standard of work is selected to form the exhibition from nationwide entries by three independent pre-selection judges.
For participants, the MMCA offers professional development opportunities to artists by showcasing their practice to peers, collectors, critics, museum curators, the media and the community at large.

Visit

View the exhibition at Te Kōputu a te Whanga a Toi, 49 Kākāhoroa Drive, Whakatāne.

Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm

Saturday and Sunday: 10am-2pm

Awards

Molly Morpeth Canaday (Whakatāne) Fund Major Award $10,000
The Akel Award Runner Up $4,000
Craigs Investment Partners Youth Art Award $2,500
Highly Commended Award sponsored by Robinson Law $1,500
Highly Commended Award sponsored by Whakatāne Museum and Arts Charitable Trust $1,000
Highly Commended Award sponsored by Arts Whakatāne $1,000
Merit Award sponsored by Gordon Harris $500
Merit Award sponsored by Browne School of Art $500
Local Merit Award sponsored by 4ArtSake $500
Merit Award sponsored by Frames by Daniel $500 (product)
People's Choice Award sponsored by Whakatāne Society of Arts & Crafts Inc. & Anne Tolley  $500

Guest Judge: Kelcy Taratoa

Pre-selection judges: Susanna Shadbolt, Leafā Wilson and Hannah Ireland

Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting & Drawing - 2023 Selected Finalists

Alan Fletcher Estuary Study, Mangere, 2022.
Alan Ibell Landscape with Figure (Fracture)
Amanda Wilkinson Arising
Angela Rowe Selfie with teacup
Antony Densham C7.2022
Brett a'Court Te Whiti and the Invasion of Parihaka
Brunelle Dias Pakuranga Highs
Cathy Carter The Habitable Zone
Chauncey Flay One Million Marks
Christian Dimick Standard (Ideal)
Emily Hartley-Skudder Dishpan Hands
Emma Hercus Miss. Understood
Emma Savage two hands, twenty-two years apart
Gavin Chai Yakun and the urban labyrinth of curiosities
Gill Newland Un-squared
Gill Newland Drawn By a Thread
Hana Pera Aoake Whakapapa
Hannah Depree A Place for All My Things
Hugo van Dorsser Can I Sleep in Your Dreams Tonight
Ilya Volykhine Kaituhi
Jason Burns Pepper
Jennifer Mason Three Figures
Julia Christey Inhale
Julia Holden The Great Waiheke Nude (Audrey Baldwin)
Kaye McGarva This Is A Painting
Kim Ireland Kei hea a Tiki?
Kirsty McLean Creature of Habit
Lea-Anne Sheather Revelatory, Incandescent Galaxy: Wheeling Dreams
Leigh Tawharu Avant Garden
Lena Schmid-Tupou Silfra No 21
Lesley Knight Utopia
Linda Cook Peeky Yellow
Lucia Sidonio Beer and Skittles
Maraea Timutimu He kāwai whenua, he kāwai whakapapa
Marilyn Jones Cowlick
Miki Nozomi Unsettled
Nadia Gush Ahuahu (the path)
Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth The Man Said Very Little
Paul Darragh Trojan Moon
Richard Osborne SCARY FOREIGN FLAG
Ruby Wilkinson Pleasure pleaser
Samih Zaia Gouge
Sarah Hudson Kōkōwai
Sarah Jane Moon Coming Home
Sharon Duymel Pathos
Tarika Sabherwal Do we have a problem?
Thomas Hancock Loam Plasteen
Tony Guo Passenger
Tui Emma Gillies Woman on The Cross
Vicki Fraser Pear shaped

Organisers

Molly Morpeth Canaday Award team
Arts Whakatāne
Exhibition partner Whakatāne Libraries and Galleries - Whakatāne District Council