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Entries open for Fieldays
No.8 Wire National Art Award
The annual call is out to turn an iconic
farming product into art with kiwi ‘No.8
wire ingenuity’. Entries are now open
for the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art
Award, with nearly $10,000 in prize
money on offer.
The annual award challenges artists
to create artworks made from
agricultural products, predominantly
No.8 wire.
Waikato museum director Cherie
Meecham says the award exhibition –
now in its 24th year - embodies New
Zealand’s rural heritage and culture,
and entries should take that into
consideration.
“No.8 wire is a tough, practical
material, and we’ve had some really
creative winning works over the years
that have exploited its properties with
amazing sculptural effects.”
The New Zealand National Fieldays
Society President James Allen says:
“We’re proud to support an award
that reflects the entrepreneurial spirit
and Kiwi ingenuity of the New Zealand
agricultural sector.”
Nick Baylis, director of marketing
at Farmlands, says the competition
embodies the Kiwi values that
Farmlands was founded on.
“It’s a unique challenge that
demonstrates how creativity and fresh
thinking can re-invent the way we use
and think about functional, every-day
farm products.”
The finalists are selected by viewing
photos of the work and artists’
statements on a digital judging
platform, with the entrants’ identities
kept confidential. The winner receives
$7,000, with prizes of $1,000 and $500
for the second and third place-getters
respectively and further prizes awarded
for People’s choice and President’s
choice.
The award culminates in a monthlong
exhibition at Hamilton’s ArtsPost
Galleries & Shop, opening this year on
Friday 24 April.
2020 competition details
• First prize: $7,000
• Second prize: $1,000
• Third prize: $500
• President’s choice: $100 ArtsPost
voucher
• People’s choice: $100 ArtsPost
voucher
• Entries close: 1pm, Friday 13 March
2020
• Finalists notified: Week of 23 March
2020
• Winners announced/Award ceremony:
5.30pm, Thursday 23 April 2020
• Exhibition: Friday 24 April – Monday 25
May 2020
• Venue: ArtsPost, 120 Victoria Street,
Hamilton. Open daily 10am – 5pm.
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Sean O’Sullivan
B Com (Hons) Otago University
Founding Director, Empower Software
sean@manufacturingandengineering.co.nz
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NZ Engineering Magazine 13/01/2020
She advises young women considering
the profession to “go for it”. “It’s such a
rewarding career. So many of the world’s
most pressing issues need smart young
women to solve them and drive human
innovation forward.
“It’s rare in today’s work environment to
have such a tangible outcome to your
efforts, such as a beautiful building or
public space, so it’s very satisfying to
be able to see the results of your work.”
Bella spent four years living in New York
working on one of the United States’
largest private real estate developments,
the Hudson Yards project in Manhattan,
and she is currently working on the City
Rail Link in Auckland.
The 30-year-old says there is a certain
amount of “proving yourself” as a young,
female engineer, particularly in the
construction world. “People can be very
quick to write you off as inexperienced
or out of your depth and it takes time
to earn respect. Young males face this
challenge too but often to a lesser
extent.”
Other WiE Can speakers were
Transpower Chief Executive Alison
Andrew, water resources engineer
India Eiloart, and Larissa Wilson, a UC
mechanical engineering student who
recently spent two weeks at the Mars
Desert Research Station in Utah, the
United States.
UC College of Engineering Pro-Vice-
Chancellor Professor Jan Evans-
Freeman says the WiE Can initiative is
part of the university’s commitment
to boosting the number of female
engineering graduates and increasing
diversity in the profession.
“Often young women have skills and
interests that are very relevant to
engineering but it might not be on their
radar as a career option or they’re not
sure how viable it is. The aim of this event
is to let them know they are wanted and
there are amazing possibilities in this
field.
“We’ve invited these four speakers
because they’re all brilliant role models
and show the diverse career paths and
opportunities available to females who
choose engineering.”
Anna Manning, 18, from Whakatane,
attended WiE Can last year and says
it played a major role in her decision
to enrol in Forest Engineering at UC in
2020.
“Engineering was one of my ideas
but I never really knew exactly what it
involved, and I didn’t know there were
so many different types of engineering,
and different career pathways you can
follow.
“I’m quite focused on the outdoors,
the environment and sustainability, so
Forest Engineering really appeals to me
and I hadn’t even known about it until
WiE Can.
“The workshops gave me a clearer idea
of what I would be doing on a day to day
basis in an engineering career which
was really cool.”
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