Dunedin School of Art artists represented in Parkin Drawing Prize

CONGRATULATIONS to Dunedin School of Art staff students and graduates who are well represented with finalists in Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand’s premier award for drawing. Congratulations and good luck to them all.

Marion Wassenaar

Madison Kelly

Marie Strauss

Elisabeth Vullings

Tom Fox

Emily Gordon

Founded by arts patron, businessman and philanthropist Chris Parkin, the national drawing prize is now into its seventh year and has grown into a well recognised and not to be missed competition. From approximately 500 entries, a portfolio of around 80 works are chosen by a judging panel for the annual exhibition. In addition to the premier prize, another 10 highly commended prizes of $500.00 are awarded. For artists of all ages and abilities, the competition has come become an annual feature in the New Zealand Art calendar.

> Read more about the finalists in the Parkin Drawing Prize here.

(image: photo Jodie Gibson, Madison Kelly in her art school studio when she was a student, in 2016)