Karamea Art & Craft Exhibition - Winners and thank you's

2022 Karamea Art & Craft Exhibition draws over half of Karamea residents

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A huge thank you to Karamea Four Square who let us extend the exhibition to include Thursday and Friday of the week following the exhibition.

Storms, flooding, road closures and Covid considerations couldn't stop the 2022 Karamea Art & Craft exhibition. 56 artists entered works with over 200 individual items on display. There have been over 450 people through the exhibition, and that's not not even counting all the school children and those attending the music events throughout the weekend. They were all spread out over the weekend and the additional two days, which made managing the Covid maximum venue numbers easy. 

The exhibition garnered incredible support from artists, the community, sponsors, and the support entertainment acts that all contributed their skills for free in support of the whole event. 

Previous organising teams built a fantastic event from which we could build on. The event schedule this year saw new support acts including a popular fundraising Flax auction (thanks to auctioneer extraordinaire Willie Sage) which was an exciiting addition. 

This year artists had an incredible haul of prizes including certificates, trophies and prize money. Thank you to the businesses below who made these awards particularly attractive.

Please note, these photos were snapped suring the exhibition and don't do the art works justice.

Major Event Trophy Winners:

Trophies designed and made by ‘Daz’ , and the artist prize money for the two categories sponsored by S M Lowe Contracting Ltd

Karamea in a Nutshell

Tied:

Raramai Adcock

'Rain Cape'

And

Cathy Sampson

'Felted Garden'

Upcycled / Recycled
 

Sharon Chambers

Entire Collection

Business Sponsored Art Awards:

Karamea Village Hotel Award

Ray Douglas

'Nikau Walk'

S.M. Lowe Contracting Award

Jessie Creedmore

'Kelly's Redemption'

Little Wanganui Hotel Award

Stewart Miller

'Determined Machine Gunner'

Helicopter Charter Karamea Award

Paul Francis Drake

'Kohaihai View'

Four Square Karamea Award

Chris Seufert

'Wine Jug'

Thank you:

We will have forgotten someone; thank you to everyone who helped, in any way.

Amazing volunteers helping set up or on the door:
Angela Cronin, Sonoe Ohizumi, Sanae Murray, Dion Mawson, Liz Kerslake, Wayne Pratt, Laura Sonneveldt, Hanne Bergholt Brown, Nova Scarlett, Shona Eason Gibson, Emilie Schmitthaeusler, Jessie Creedmore, Cathy Sampson, Sacha Healey.

All the sponsors listed next to the award winners, Buller Creative Communities, Karamea Four Square for the venue, Daz for the Trophies and Karamea Hardware.  

All those who exhibited and attended

All buyers of art & crafts

Those who came along despite inclement weather to soak up the buzzing atmosphere on Sunday afternoon when a large lineup of entertainers played at the RSA. 

To the support acts who came out in force to help make the event an even larger celebration of the arts, thank you! Giving up your time, skills and energy is hugely valued by the exhibitors in helping to attract attendees. 

The absolutely adorable School band The Kool Meerkats, the Tarango Family, Karamea Shamrocks irish dancers, the Endorphins (Karamea singing group), the Women’s Electronic Music Group, Flaxxers group, Jimmy and The Sky Dogs and the local musicians who joined in - it was thrilling to see and hear so much talent in one weekend. 

The organising team of the Karamea Community Arts Council who brought you the event: 
Kathy Ramsay, Raramai Adcock, Liz Kerslake, Angela Cronin, Jessie Creedmore

Karamea Area School for their support and School band, to all the kids who got involved submitting art and their parents for supporting. 

Full list of exhibiting  artists here.