Otago Art Society

Welcome to our website.

We are on the first floor of Dunedin's prestigious Railway Station.
Here you will find a Sales Gallery, our Permanent Art Collection and Galleries.
Other Activities include
Regular Exhibitions of Artist Members' works.
Corporate-sponsored Exhibitions which are open to artists further afield within New Zealand. 

Hope & Sons Exhibition 5 May - 3 June

This important biennial Exhibition is now on display and runs in all our galleries from the 5th May to 3rd June . 
It displays work from artists residing in the South Island, including Otago Art Society Members.
The theme is "Our Country". 
This is one of our major exhibitions, occurring once every two years, and has attracted a great number of high quality works.

The  prize winners were announced at the opening by our judge, Peter Chin, the previous mayor of Dunedin.

First Prize was won by.Karen Smith for her work in oil,  Danseys Pass 

Second Prize:  Darren Tautari  for his acrylic work,  Still Waters:

Third Prize: Brian Stewart  for his work in oil, The Remains of the Summer. 

Also specially mentioned were: Tony Adamson, Gemma Baldock, C. Fitzsimons, Dale Gallagher, and Liana Murray.                                                                                                                                                                                                 

This exhibition is open to artists throughout New Zealand, and attracts works from many fine artists. It is one of our most important and popular exhibitions for 2012.

136th Annual Exhibition 9-24 June

The OAS Annual Exhibition represents one of our most important traditional events.  The Otago Art Society was founded in 1876, and our Annual exhibition has been held ever since to develop a tradition that has continued unbroken to the present day.

The exhibition will be of OAS Artist Members’ works and will be open to the public from the 9th June.

Keep watching for further details!

Membership

Become a member! You will receive a number of benefits - and it's not expensive.
Application forms are available from our Sales Gallery or click here.
Once you are a member you could consider becoming an artist member.  This is simply done, and there is no extra fee.
Artist membership is scheduled for 16 April this year, but there are two opportunities each year, which will be advertised here on the website. Click here for an application form.
                                                                                                                           

             Permanent Collection - Elizabeth Stevens                     Permanent Collection - Rona Dyer