Artists please fill in the Lower Hutt Art Trail form. Please include medium used in the biography section, and please email samples of your work to Johannes Mueller-Welschof.

Note, images should be between 300kb and 3MBs, preferrably Jpegs. Images may be used on the Lower Hutt Art Trail website and for promotional purposes and for 2026 there is a $135 solo stop fee (or $75 per artist in a shared studio) payable on acceptance of your application. Please include a brief bio (max 110 words) for the artists page. This may be edited for length, tone, style, typos, etc.

Note: A review of your portfolio by the selection panel and a studio visit from a member of the committee will be required before acceptance of new artists.

Terms and Conditions

Please read all the conditions carefully before completing the application form to make sure you fit the criteria and what your obligations and responsibilities are. Applications close Friday, 1 May 2026.

Lower Hutt Art Trail 2026 dates are Saturday 17 October and Sunday 18 October, 10am to 4pm.

Opportunities for participants

The opportunities the event offers are:

• For artists, the Art Trail is an opportunity to interact with visitors, to showcase your talent, to sell your work and to draw visitors to the district, to the mutual benefit of all.
• For visitors, the Art Trail is an opportunity to view and interact and purchase work directly from a variety of artists from around the district and to experience what Lower Hutt artists have to offer.

Categories

The categories are as follows, please select the category that best fits your situation:

• Artist in Studio: you are a “working Lower Hutt artist” with a studio in Lower Hutt, where you create most of your artwork and where visitors can see you creating your work. You will be in attendance at your studio for the duration of the opening hours of the Lower Hutt Art Trail.
• Artist in Shared Space:
  • Shared Studio: Up to 3 artists (Pop-Up spaces may have more) sharing one studio site specifically for the entire duration of the Art Trail. All Artists in the Shared Space will be in attendance at your site for the duration of the opening hours of the weekend of the Lower Hutt Art Trail.
  • Pop-Up Spaces: The Committee will endeavour to assist artists in identifying a suitable pop-up venue where possible; however, availability cannot be guaranteed. Artists remain responsible for securing, setting up, and managing their exhibition space. Any costs associated with pop-up venues (including hire fees) are the responsibility of the artist and are additional to the standard stop fee.
• Exhibition Space:
  • Established gallery: you must be a gallery whose main business is art and you must be open to the public at regular times during the year. During the Art Trail most of the artwork in your gallery will be by Lower Hutt artists.
  • Art Society/Club or Guild: you are an incorporated society that supports a range of member artists, who live in Lower Hutt. Some or most of your members will be emerging artists or hobby artists.

While artists who have work in an Exhibition Space do not need to be in attendance for the Art Trail it is highly recommended that they do attend to interact with visitors, and we recommend that Exhibition Spaces encourage this.

Fees

Artist in studio - $135

Artist in shared studio (up to 3 artists) - $75 per artist

Exhibition and pop up spaces and groups - $135*

*This fee will include one venue or group listing, and up to two further listings can be purchased for $75 per listing - i.e. a maximum of three listings in total, which equals one full page.

Payment: A site visit will be arranged for new participants, or former participants with a new studio location, to confirm that the studio / exhibition space is suitable for visitors to the Art Trail. Applicants will be invoiced upon confirmation of their studio / exhibition space being approved. All fees must be paid within seven days from the date of the invoice, unless by prior arrangement.

Copyright & Image Use - Lower Hutt Art Trail

I confirm that all artwork I submit and have on display for the art trail is my own original work and does not infringe anyone else's copyright or intellectual property. I accept full responsibility for any breaches - which may include being removed from the art trail.

I grant the Lower Hutt Art Trail permission to use images of my artwork for promotional purposes, including on the website, social media, catalogues, and printed materials.

The Art Trail will credit me where reasonably possible and may make minor edits or cropping for promotional purposes.

By submitting my work, I accept these terms.

More information

Contact our chair Johannes Mueller-Welschof:
Email: admin@lowerhuttarttrail.co.nz