Judges

International Guest judge

2019 Appointed Guest Judge for finalist judging

Dr Christopher McAuliffe
Currently a Professor of Art in Practice-led Research at the School of Art and Design, Australian National University, Dr McAuliffe has held significant museum and academic positions since 1988, including Director University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art. He is an influential curator, with his most recent exhibition, Robert Smithson: Time Crystals, showing at the University of Queensland Art Museum this year. A prolific writer and critic, Dr McAuliffe has published over 130 articles, academic papers, reviews, and books, focusing primarily on Australian art.

Three pre-selection judges
Three appointed judges will be responsible for the pre-selection process from digital images entered by the artists. All artists names are removed during this process. Artworks identified by an allocated number only.

2019 Pre-selection judges are -

Kirstin Carlin
Kirstin Carlin has received much recognition for her work, including being the winner of the 2017 Molly Morpeth Canaday Major Award. Carlin’s work is held in major public and private collections including: the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection.

Andrew McLeod
Studied at Elam School of Fine Art, NICAI, Auckland University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1998. Andrew was the recipient of an Arts Foundation Award for Patronage from Gus & Irene Fisher in 2010.

Ane Tonga
Ane Tonga is an artist, curator and writer based in Auckland. Ane has undertaken curatorial roles at Dowse Art Museum, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and was formerly the Lead Curator at Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa.


The process :

Open digital entry All submissions will go through a pre-selection process from the digital image supplied by the artist and will be judged on merit by the three pre-selection judges. Artist names will not be visible to the pre-selection judges

Final stage From the results which are collated on a rigorous points system, the selected works are delivered to the venue for final judging. Artists advised mid January 2019 if their work is to be called in.

Finalist award judging and will be by the sole guest judge.
Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Exhibition on display at Te kōputu a te whanga a Toi Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre for six weeks.

Selected works
A list of artists and the titles of their selected works will be posted on the site (prior to opening). 

Winners
The awards will be presented at the opening event.
All winners are encouraged to attend the prize-giving.  
The major winner is especially encouraged to be present to receive their award.