'Art Maps' – Ruth Watson
Thursday 13th February 2020 -  5.30pm
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Guest judge Ruth Watson will give a talk on “Art and Maps”. Through some chosen examples from 20th century art and cartography, she will discuss some of the possibilities as well as potential pitfalls raised by using map imagery in artistic production.
Includes a Pot Luck dinner.  (Bring something pot luck to share.)
For local artists and interested arts people
Where -  The Art House


16 February - 12 April 2020 
THE EXHIBITION  - 2020 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - 3D (three dimensional art form)
Presented by Arts Whakatāne and exhibition partner Whakatāne District Council, this national award aims to support and promote artists by presenting 3D work across a range of disciplines.
The Award will be exhibited across all three galleries at Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi – the Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre.
Exhibition open to the public : Sunday, 16 February 2020 – Sunday 12 April 2020
 
 
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - 3D (three dimensional art form)
Guest Judge Floor Talk – Ruth Watson
11am Sunday, 16 February 2020
Judge Ruth Watson will discuss her views on the 2020 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D exhibition.
Ruth Watson is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in sculpture, video installation, photography and painting for several decades, in New Zealand and abroad. Her outdoor sculpture of four globes, titled 'Other Worlds', has been on display outside Te Papa for the Wellington Sculpture Trust 4 Plinths project and was the 2015 Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award recipient. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland.
Where - Te Koputu Exhibition Centre, Whakatane

 
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - 3D (three dimensional art form)
Floor Talk – Sue Whale
11am Saturday, 29 February  2020
Sue Whale will share her thoughts about final awards exhibition to be pitched at students of art and the local arts community in order for them to gain understanding of the works.
Sue Whale - grew up and studied Fine Art and Education in Hamburg Germany. She came to NZ in 1978 and has taught secondary Art here since 1979, in Wanganui, Palmerston North, Blenheim and Whakatane. Sue is passionate about all the Arts, including Dance, Drama, Musical Theatre, Choir, Literature and Visual Art.  Sue travels a lot and has visited many of the famous galleries of the world.  She has supported Community Arts as a member of the Marlborough Community Arts Council and since 1994 the Whakatane Community Arts Council, now Arts Whakatane.
Where - Te Koputu Exhibition Centre, Whakatane


Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - 3D (three dimensional art form)
Gallery Talk – ‘The art of looking’  Sarah Hudson
11am Saturday, 21 March 2020
A kid-focused interactive tour of the dynamic, exciting and sometimes confusing world of contemporary art.
This workshop/tour will tap into the participants ability to 'read' art. With accessible prompting questions such as "I see..." "I feel..." and "I think the artist wants us to..." this workshop aims to give young people confidence in their art interpretation ability. 
Where - Te Koputu Exhibition Centre, Whakatane


Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - 3D (three dimensional art form)  (Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown)
Gallery Talk - Deborah Rundle (past major winner 2018 MMCA 3D Award and Pre-selection judge 2020.)  
11am Saturday, 4 April 2020
Deborah will discuss particular artworks from the present Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D exhibition and the process she undertook in making a pre-selection.  She will also comment on aspects of her own conceptual and material approach to art making and how winning the MMCA 3D major award in 2018 made a difference.
Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Deborah’s artwork principally utilises text. She investigates ways in which power plays out in the social and political domain in order to muse on possibilities for change. Her artworks frequently call up the past, engaging in both a critique of the present, and a lament for the failure of a future once promised. Recent exhibitions include: How to Live Together, ST Paul St Gallery, Auckland 2019; Are We Not Ready? Te Tuhi, Auckland 2018; Hybrid Spring, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, 2018; The Tomorrow People, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, 2017.
In 2018 Deborah travelled to Rome as the inaugural holder of the British School at Rome / Wallace Arts Trust Residency. Also in 2018, she won the Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D award with Employee of the Month. 
Deborah is also a member of the art collective Public Share. The collective combines object making and site exploration with social engagement and critique, with a particular focus on the politics of the workplace.
Where - Te Koputu Exhibition Centre, Whakatane