A $5000 grant to the Queenstown Art Society from the Community Trust of Southland will assist with operating costs for the Cloakroom Gallery, on the corner of Ballarat and Stanley Sts.
QAS was one of 15 Wakatipu groups benefiting from a total of $162,000 funding from the trust recently.
QAS manager Sue Wademan said the grant was important for the gallery's future.
"We're a small but enthusiastic group of artists and small business people and, with a lot of hard work, we managed to get the gallery up and running four years ago.
"We used QAS funds to refurbish it with spotlights, secure doors and a fresh coat of paint.
"It now looks like a proper gallery space," Ms Wademan said.
Raising enough money to pay someone to manage the gallery, promote it and organise exhibitions was "just beyond us", she said.
"We're really grateful to the community trust for helping us out."
The QAS sets up two major exhibitions a year using the Cloakroom Gallery as well as a workshop space.
About 10 smaller exhibitions, showcasing the work of up to 40 artists, are also held annually.
"This year, for the first time, we will host a travelling exhibition called A Change in the Weather during the upcoming Winter Festival," Ms Wademan said.
Trust chief executive John Prendergast said the society's aim to promote the work of young and emerging artists at the Cloakroom Gallery was a boon to the Wakatipu area.
