2026 KAE Artists Entry Form

The annual Corcoran French Kaiapoi Art Expo is Waimakariri district’s largest visual art show and attracts large crowds every year.

The 20th Kaiapoi Art Expo will be held on the 17 - 19th of July 2026 at The Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi.

2026 Kaiapoi Art Expo Terms and Conditions can be read and downloaded from the following link:

Click here for 2026 KAE Terms and conditions

Any questions please email KAE Coordinator Mandy Palmer at kaiapoiartexpo@gmail.com

Name*

First NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Bank account name and number *

Phone - preferably a cellphone number

Artists must be a current resident of the Waimakariri District. At the
committee’s discretion a small number of non-resident applicants who are members of Arts Canterbury may be considered.
One panel per artist or group.
If sharing a panel with another fellow artist – please both complete a form with reference to each other.
For those artists who are not residents of Waimakariri - do NOT pay your entry fee until you have received confirmation of acceptance. Confirmation will be determined after entries have closed on the 2nd of May. You will receive your confirmation by Friday 9th May.

Are you a resident of the Waimakariri District*

yesno

Suburb/Town of residence*

Are you a member of Arts Canterbury Inc*

yesno

Profile Bio - 50 words or less

Please upload a high quality photo of an artwork you will be exhibiting at the Expo that you give permission for the Waimakariri Arts Trust and Kaiapoi Art Expo permission to use for advertising purposes. We ask that image file be a minimum size of 1mb and labelled as "Artist name_artwork" If you have any trouble uploading your image please send it via email to kaiapoiartexpo@gmail.com

CATEGORY: Eligible Categories - Painting, drawing, print (giclee, lithograph, linocut, woodcut, etc), mixed medium, collage, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewellery, woodwork, metalwork, textiles, natural fibre and craftwork*

TICK ONE – Panel/s, Table or Freestanding*

ONE HORIZONTAL PANEL - $80.00 (2300mm width x 1200mm high)TWO VERTICAL PANELS - $160 (2 X 1200mm width x 2300mm high)TABLE RECTANGLE - $80.00 (1800mm x 7500mm x 750mm high)FREESTANDING - $80.00 (1.5m2 floor space)

Table and Freestanding Artists - Please note there are a limited amount of table and free standing spaces available at the expo. Do NOT pay your entry fee until you have received confirmation of space.

For the first time Kaiapoi Art Expo will be giving exhibiting artists the opportunity to also sell reproductions eg prints, cards and other small items like calendars, books and bookmarks. These will be sold on a cash and carry basis in a separate area from the main exhibition space.

There will be a limited amount of table space for smaller prints and other items, and floor space for free standing print racks for larger prints. The amount of space available for this will be determined by the number of artists wanting to participate. NB Artists must be registered for the main expo to be able to also participate in this area and will need to supply their own print stands.

Are you interested in having small items for sale as per the above

YesNoMaybe

Sharing with another artist

yesno

Name of artist you are sharing with:

HANGING FEE - $25.00, this is if you are unable to hang your works and require us to do it for you.

yes

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Direct credit your entry fee into the following Westpac account:

Waimakariri Arts Trust Board

03-1585-0405568-00

Please use your FIRST AND LAST name in particulars and ARTIST as Reference

2026 Kaiapoi Art Expo Artist Entry Form