Entries Due: Tuesday 15 July (second day of Term 3)
Exhibition in Library: Monday - Friday 21 - 25 July
Winners Announcement Lunch: Friday 25 July (by invitation)
Since 2014 Wellington Girls’ College have hosted the WGC Art Award.
This art exhibition fosters student creativity and excellence.
Prizes: Winner $400, Highly Commended $100.
WGC ART AWARD 2026
‘Anything But People, Please’
‘Anything But People, Please’
Can I depict a close-up of a human face - NO.
Can I depict a figure as the main subject - NO.
Can there be small figure(s) in the distance - YES
Landscape
Nature
Interior spaces
Still Life
Surrealism
Abstraction
This competition is for EVERYONE and ANYONE currently at WGC
Prizes: Winner $400, Highly Commended $100.
Reminders..
Theme: ‘Anything But People, Please’
Entries close on
Tuesday, 15 July at 4pm
Accompanied by an Entry Form and an A4 colour photo of artwork must be placed in a sealed envelope.
Hand into the Student Office
- no exceptions for late entries.
STEP 1 - Unsigned Artwork
STEP 2 - Entry Form
STEP 3 - A4 colour photo of artwork
Theme: ‘Anything But People, Please’
Note: Entries are due on the second day of Week 1, Term 3, Tuesday 15 July by 4pm to the Student Office…..So….. what are you waiting for?
Let your imagination run wild!
No sculptural works this year.
Up to TWO entries per student.
Size: A4 to maximum A3
There is proper, good quality card at the Student Office and the Art Office to use; please, no art on photocopy paper.
The winning entry will be framed and hung on our Art Wall located in the Library foyer. It does not matter if you are a junior or a senior, all year levels have been past winners of this award.
VISUAL ART AWARD WINNERS
2014 - Briar Sheerin
2015 - Olivia Lamb
2016 - Tess Van Den Beuken
2017 - Lexi Steele
2018 - Isabelle Johns
2019 - Alex Lopez
2020 - Hunter Tirikatene-Sullivan
2021 - Ruby Gane
2022 - Chenguan Mei
2023 - Sophia Blyth
2024 - Suji Son
2025 - ?
Cartoon Strip
Illustration
Design
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Photography
Mixed Media
?
Since 2014 Wellington Girls’ College have hosted the WGC Art Award.
This art exhibition fosters student creativity and excellence.
Prizes: Winner $400, Highly Commended $100.
Previous Winners
2014 - 2024
WGC Art Award Winners: Library Foyer
2024: Suji Son Y12 ‘Kitchen’ - Film camera
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2023: Sophia Blyth Y12
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2022: Chengxuan Mei Y13
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2021: Ruby Gane Y13
2020 - Hunter Tirikatene-Sullivan Y9, The True Hero, A3 prisma colour pencil, true life drawing.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2019 - Isabelle Johns Y13, Nestling, Everything big starts from something small, it’s up to you to nurture that, Acrylic on canvas.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2018 - Alexandra Lopez Y12, Aeta, A study of an indigenous Filipino boy, Acrylic paint and pencil.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2017 - Lexi Steele Y11, Altitude, Paper, card & glue.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2016 - Tess van den Beuken Y12, Reprisal, Pencil drawing on paper.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2015 - Olivia Lamb Y12, Shadows & Light, Photograph of a mirror reflecting the foggy sky and damp conditions. There is a dark contrast between the light. Photographic print.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)
2014 - Briar Sheerin Y12, Behind our crazed stares, our eyes are creatures, Pencil acrylic and watercolour on paper.
WGC Art Award Winners ($400 Prize)