Recently a group of Hawke's Bay artists and designers were delighted to be selected as finalists for the Whakatane-based Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D.
The finalists, Annette Bull, Vanessa Arthur, Roger Kelly/Chelsea Fisher, Raewyn Paterson, Susan Mabin and Chika Lindsay drove to Whakatane to attend the award announcement ceremony and described the great diversity of 3D art from conceptual installations to beautifully crafted sculptures selected.
The Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D is a national award; the major award is $10,000 and its mission is "to nurture and promote three-dimensional arts nationally, providing a valuable and professional platform for artists working in the areas of sculpture, installation and contemporary craft". It is presented by Arts Whakatāne and Whakatāne Museum and Arts.
From the artists' perspective it has been an exciting opportunity to to be part of an exciting curated show, to meet all those other artists and to see how their work sits alongside other sculptural practices from throughout New Zealand.
For Lindsay just getting her delicate artworks to the venue was quite stressful.