South Taranaki Arts Bulletin # 24
| Art News
| Opportunities
Winter 2016
| Exhibitions
| Art Events |
Welcome – Haere mai
Welcome to the 24th edition of State of the Arts – South Taranaki Arts Bulletin.
We have the privilege of hosting two national art awards in
South Taranaki. These awards offer opportunities for local
artists to exhibit, as well as bringing in new works to
inspire, educate and open up new branches of creativity.
The annual Lysaght Watt Trust Awards in Hawera is
currently on show, attracting a wide range of artworks
from throughout New Zealand, including ceramics,
sculpture, painting, printmaking and photography. Judged
by Simon Rees, Director at Govett Brewster Art Gallery, the
theme Daily Life was explored in diverse and original ways.
Opunake’s Taranaki National Art Awards celebrates 15
years in 2016 and is now open for entries.
2016 Winner of Lysaght watt Trust Art Award, Angela Sefton with
her winning photograph. Image: Fairfax Media
June brings the Taranaki Arts Trail to the region - I encourage you to take this rare opportunity to peek inside
the artist studios and see what makes them tick, learn more about their process and gain a greater
understanding about what goes into creating a work of art. The Parihaka Puanga Kai Rau Festival is back again
this year, offering a unique marae experience to celebrate the Māori new year. The fusion of art, gardening,
music, kai and culture focuses on new beginnings and giving thanks to our tupuna (ancestors).
Thanks to all of you who have completed the recent Arts Satisfaction Survey. Your feedback helps to direct
planning for the year ahead. This edition offers plenty of opportunities to participate and enjoy the arts - go well
and enjoy!
Warm regards,
Michaela Stoneman | Arts Co-ordinator | South Taranaki District Council | 0800 111 323
[email protected] | www.southtaranaki.com
South Taranaki Creative Communities Funding 2016
The second round of the Creative Communities Scheme for 2015/16 closed on
22 April and thirteen applications were considered by the Creative Communities
Committee on 12 May. A total of $14,006.32 was distributed to the following
successful applicants:
•
Claire Jensen was granted $845 to hold workshops in Opunake during the July School Holidays for
children aged 8 to 13.
• Andrea Dingle received $700 to hold workshops and practices to develop musical skills to perform a
community concert at Everybody's Theatre.
• Waverley Primary School was allocated $1,344.40 to hold a matinee and two evening shows of school
production Puss in Boots.
• Hawera Primary Schools’ Music Festival Committee was granted $718 for students from nine local
schools to present two choir performances at TSB Hub for the community.
• The Village Gallery received $300 to hold two acrylic painting workshops tutored by Joni Murphy during
the July School Holidays for school aged children.
• Intercreate Trust was allocated $1,805 to create electronic artwork to be installed on the gable at the
garden entrance at Parihaka in time for Puanga Festival.
• Te Reo O Taranaki was granted $3,000 to hold marae-based wananga over two weekends on two South
Taranaki marae to encourage Māori artists who whakapapa to local Iwi or work with Māori constructs
across all artistic genres to network, collaborate, strategize and engage with whanau, hapu and Iwi.
• Ohawe Progressive Association received $1,307.77 to hold a series of workshops in Ohawe Hall to
create a collaborative mural for the outside of the Hall representing the community and what Ohawe
means to them.
• Everybody’s Theatre was allocated $320 to hold two resin workshops for craft and jewellery making.
• Caryl Murray was granted $690.95 to hold an exhibition at Lysaght-Watt Gallery from 22 June to 22 July
of new and retrospective art works over 25 years.
• Hawera Camera Club received $480 to hold a photographic exhibition at Lysaght-Watt Gallery from 8
August to 3 September.
Next Creative Communities Funding round:
Opens: Monday 8 August 2016
Closes: Friday 16 September 2016 for projects not started before Friday 7 October 2016
Application forms can be requested from the STDC Arts Co-ordinator, Council’s Administration Building on
Albion Street, Hawera or downloaded under Funding and Grants Support section of our website:
http://www.southtaranaki.com/Council/Funding-and-Grants-Support/Creative-Communities-Scheme/
If you would like more information or would like to discuss your application, please contact Maryse Ropiha,
Creative Communities Administrator by phoning 0800 111 323 or email [email protected]
Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards 2016
Free Poetry Performance by Paula Green: 7.00 pm Thursday 23 June 2016
Adult Workshops: Saturday 25 June 2016
Closing date for entries: 31 August 2016
Presentation Night: Wednesday 19 October 2016, Hawera LibraryPlus
This annual Award commemorates the distinguished Hawera author Ronald
Hugh Morrieson. In keeping with Morrieson’s style, entries should reflect
aspects of present day life in the local area or a revealing character description of a local person, rather than
science-fiction, futuristic or foreign settings. It offers entrants the opportunity to showcase their writing skills
and be guided and critiqued by well-known NZ authors. Judges this year are Paula Green, Tania Roxborogh and
Ryan Evans. Cash prizes are offered for the Secondary School and Open section in Short Story/Drama Script and
Poetry and a Research Article section for secondary students. This year a Free Poetry Performance will be led by
author and judge Paula Green; bring along a poem to share and a friend. There will be a light supper provided.
For more information, registration for workshops and online entry, please visit:
www.rhmorriesonawards.com
Sustainable Funding Workshops 2016
TSB Hub, Camberwell Road, Hawera
Wednesday 22 June 2016
Morning session: 9.00 am – 11.30 am
Afternoon session: 1.30 am - 4.00 pm
Volunteers and community groups are invited to attend either a morning or afternoon workshop delivered by
Kerri Tilby-Price from Exult. Kerri has a wealth of experience to share and these sessions are jam packed with
ideas, information and advice. You will have the chance to explore fundraising through donations, sponsorship,
grants, contracts, membership, social enterprise and traditional fundraising events. The workshop is free of
charge for all South Taranaki participants, $30 for others. For more information: www.exult.co.nz
To book your place please contact Glenn Hansen, Community Development Advisor
Email: [email protected] or phone 0800 111 323 by Friday 10 June 2016
Taranaki National Art Awards 2016
Entries Close: 16 September 2016
Awards Ceremony: 7.00 pm Friday 28 October 2016
Exhibition: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm 28 October - 5 November 2016
Entries are now open for this annual national visual arts competition.
Cash prizes totalling over $10,000 for winning and highly commended
artworks are offered in each of the seven categories: Painting, Rural
Taranaki, 3D, Works on Paper, Fibre Art, Toi Tu Taranaki and Photography.
Judges this year are Maree Mills and Bill Milbank.
This year is the fifteenth anniversary of this event, which would not be
possible without the generous support of sponsors and the Opunake
community. The awards are not pre-selected and all entries are displayed
in the exhibition at Sandfords Events Centre, Opunake, which coincides
with the Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular. The Awards also offer the
opportunity for artists to sell their artwork. At only $20 per entry, you can
only enter each category once but can enter as many categories as you like.
Artists can enter online this year to streamline the process.
Winner of 2015 F&E Rodie Trust Photography
Award, The Portrait Artist by Sue Morton
Please visit the website to find out more and enter: www.taranakiartawards.co.nz
Parihaka Puanga Kai Rau Festival
10 & 12 June 2016
249 Mid Parihaka Road, Parihaka
Puanga (or Rigel in English) is a star
constellation that marks the Māori
New Year for Taranaki tribes and it’s
a special time of year to give thanks
to our tupuna (ancestors) and to
prepare the soil for planting for the
coming year. Join us at Parihaka Pa
to celebrate and learn – enjoy music,
gardening, kai, workshops, art, weaving and other activities throughout the festival. The event is drug and
alcohol free and visitors are welcome to stay on the marae.
For more information and programme visit www.puanga.com or contact Maata Wharehoka 06 7638701
Taranaki Arts Trail 2016
11 & 12 June 2016
9.30 am - 4.30 pm daily
Back for the third year, the annual Taranaki Arts Trail features studios and galleries throughout the Taranaki
region. The free, self-guided trail offers a chance to meet artists in their spaces for a unique insight into their
work and process. Pick up a booklet from local galleries and i-SITE or plan your tour from the website.
Below is a summary of artists and galleries in South Taranaki.
Eltham
In the east section, Mark Bellringer returns this year at The Bank on Bridge Street.
Mark is a professional photographer who creates large landscape prints. Just down
the road is The Village Gallery, featuring works by members in a wide range of
mediums. New to the trail this year is glass artist Anna van Den Nieuwelaar, opening
her studio for a public event for the first time.
By Anna van den Nieuwelaar
Patea
Two new studios join the trail this year - Celeste Cole creates highly detailed,
mandala style works on hand-turned macrocarpa bowls created by her husband
Mike. Her hand built studio in a Kakaramea also reflects her love for colour and
patterns. Mareta Marsters-Grubner is well known for her rich and colourful local
murals and she also creates lively mosaics and mixed media works.
Michaela Stoneman’s dedicated print studio will present a range of current work
and allow visitors to see etching and relief processes in action on the printing
press.
Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki presents Elemental, an exhibition
showcasing works by South Taranaki artists. Featuring Waverley glass artist Lisa
By Celeste Cole
Walsh, Waitotara pastel realist Prue Hyland and two Patea artists, printmaker
Gabrielle Belz and slip-cast ceramic artist Leicester Cooper.
Hawera
Lysaght Watt Gallery features the annual national awards exhibition. This year’s theme, Daily Life, has
attracted a mix of high calibre of works from around the country. Caryl Murray opens her studio at Ohawe
Beach with expansive sea and rural views, where she creates her paintings, pastel and mixed media works.
Cherol Filbee opens her new workshop to the public. Cherol gained Honours from the Learning Connexion
distance learning programme in 2014, majoring in painting, drawing and 3D. Joan Robinson works from her
conservatory studio, using acrylics and paste to create original works with a focus on landscapes and animals.
Opunake Area
Viv Davy’s current practice covers a diverse range of textile explorations, including handwoven works of both
new and up-cycled materials, eco-dyed items and knitted pieces.
Looms and the dye kitchen will be operational for the Arts Trail
weekend.
Claire Jensen will open her recently established studio, The Brown
Bach. Claire enjoys working with found objects and waste. Her recent
work transforms packaging plastics to create sculptures inspired by
nature and will also show her handmade wooden garden art,
landscape paintings and design objects.
Pihama Lavender Shop & Gallery is home to artist Liz Sinclair. Set
amongst botanic gardens, the old Pihama Dairy Factory is a unique
exhibition space, hosting many resident artists for the Arts Trail.
Painting by Paul Hutchinson
International assemblage artist Dale Copeland and realist oil painter Paul Hutchinson will
host Arts Trail guests in their eclectic and unique home studios in Puniho, just south of Okato.
Paul’s love of the physical properties of paint and pigment creates its own language, as shown
in his paintings, ranging from very big to very small.
Facebook: Taranaki Arts Trail 2016 | Website www.taranakiartstrail.co.nz
Everybody’s Theatre
Boutique Theatre Nights:
5 June , 3 July, 7 August and 4 September 2016
Opunake's community owned and operated
cinema hosts regular boutique nights, with a focus
on classic, foreign and fringe films. Held on the first
Sunday of each month, tickets are $25 and include
a drink and light supper. Bookings and prepay are
essential.
Bookings are welcome for private functions,
fund-raising events, pop-up shops and meetings.
For more information and cinema screenings,
please visit the theatre website.
Everybody’s Theatre, 72 Tasman Street, Opunake. Website: www.everybodystheatre.co.nz
Hawera Repertory News
Biggles Flies Undone
Performances from 21 - 30 July 2016
Repertory House, 59 Collins Street, Hawera
Director Charles Pittams has cast the second production of 2016, Biggles Flies Undone by Mike Isle. A ripping
two-act comedy in the Boys Own Annual mould, Biggles, Algy and chums are confronted by their most
perplexing challenge yet - a woman. James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot
and adventurer, the title character and main hero of the Biggles series of youth-oriented adventure
books written by W. E. Johns. The cast is: Biggles, Pat Whyte; Algy, Donald Campbell; Anne, Donnella Weir;
Beaconfield, Katrina Fraser; Musthava, Ben Thomas; and Baroness, Samantha Turner.
Repertory House has recently undergone substantial renovations, providing a top-class community facility.
Joyful and Triumphant
Auditions: 7, 8 & 9 August 2016
Performances: 5 - 12 December
First produced by Circa Theatre, Wellington in 1992, Joyful
and Triumphant was written by Robert Lord and will be
directed by Clive Cullen in Hawera this year. All the scenes in
the play take place on Christmas Day, in the dining room of
the Bishop home in a small country town in New Zealand. Set
between 1949 and 1989, there are seven pivotal characters
in the play: Dad, Mum, Rose, Ted, Brenda, Raewyn and Alice.
Rehearsals will begin at the end of August and the play will
be performed at Hawera Memorial Theatre.
For further information contact Clive Cullen: Phone 06 278 8979 (work) 06 278 1005 (home)
Email : [email protected]
Website: www.hawerarep.org
Quirky Fox
New Exhibition Opens 19 July 2016
To celebrate its fourth birthday Quirky Fox has an exciting group exhibition
opening soon. Things are still under wraps at this stage but keep an eye out on
their Facebook page for more information.
Quirky Fox, 100 High Street, Hawera Phone: 06 2786909 Website:www.quirkyfox.co.nz Open: Monday Friday 9.30 am - 5.00 pm Saturday 10.00 am - 12 noon
Ohawe Collaborative Mural Project
Ohawe residents (and ex-residents) are invited to participate in
a community project. Join local artists and tutors Caryl Murray,
Reeve Hokopaura and Erryn Ballagh to create a collaborative
mural for Ohawe Hall, the hub of the community. Three
workshops will be held during the July school holidays - all
welcome, all ages and no experience necessary.
Workshops:
1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Sunday 10 July 2016
9.00 am – 12 noon Sunday 16 July 2016
9.00 am – 12 noon Sunday 24 July 2016
For more information or to register contact Anne-Maree on 06 2787442 or Caryl on 06 278 4711
Photographers Wanted
The Waverley entranceway signs are due for an upgrade as
they are faded and, with the collapse of the ‘Hole in the Rock’
they are no longer relevant. South Taranaki photographers are
invited to submit images that you think represent Waverley.
These will be narrowed down to five images which will go on
display in the Waverley LibraryPlus during November 2016,
with residents asked to select their preferred image in a public
vote. The winning image will be announced at an event at
Waverley LibraryPlus in early December 2016.
Submissions due: 30 September 2106
Email your large digital file (high resolution) images to: [email protected]
The Village Gallery Winter Exhibitions
The Arts’ Crew
6 June to 1 July 2016
An exhibition of new work by members of the gallery, registered as a Place of Interest in the Taranaki Arts Trail.
Members without a suitable studio or workspace to open to the public will show work, engage with visitors and
demonstrate their working methods. Open from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm on 11 & 12 June.
Colour and Soul - Pieces of the Imaginarium in a Taranaki State of
Mind
4 July - 29 July 2016
A solo exhibition by Joni Murphy from New Plymouth, this show will
focus on colour, Mount Taranaki and the meaning and spiritual
symbolism of feathers, including raukura, but also throughout all
cultures.
School Holiday Workshops for Children
Monday 18 July 2016
Joni Murphy will run two painting and drawing workshops.
The cost is $2 person, limited to 10 each workshop.
All materials provided. Registrations at the gallery with payment.
The gallery thanks the South Taranaki District Creative Communities
Scheme for funding assistance.
Ngaere Bennetts
1 August - 26 August 2016
Upcycled and recycled art, scrapbooking, papercraft, collage and painting, including 3D works and steampunk.
The Village Gallery, 166 High Street, Eltham: Open Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Facebook: Eltham Village Gallery
Lysaght Watt Gallery Autumn Exhibitions
Lysaght Watt Trust Art Award 2016
Until 12 June 2016
The Awards Cermony was held on 5 May 2016. Congratulations to all the winners:
Lysaght Watt Trust Prize: Angela Sefton, New Plymouth
Meremere/Ohangai Rural Women NZ Prize: Rachael Burke, Auckland
Beccard Motors Prize: Rebecca Stewart, Christchurch
Neil & Helen Walker Highly Commended Prize 1: Alex Pearcce, Hamilton
Neil & Helen Walker Highly Commended Prize 2: Sharon Painter-Arps, Porirua
Lynne Walker Local Artist Prize: Mark Bellringer, Eltham
The People’s Choice Award will be drawn on 12 June 2016.
A Retrospective & New work by Caryl Murray
17 June – 9 July 2016
Opening Event: 5.00 pm Friday 17 June 2016
Ohawe based painter and multi-media artist Caryl Murray
presents a 25 year retrospective exhibition. Many of Murray’s
works are held in private collections all over New Zealand.
Expect something different in this show.
Hawera Camera Club with Kevin Bone
11 July – 6 August 2016
This exhibition showcases the talents of the Hawera Camera
Club and features works by Kevin Bone.
Collaborations
9 August – 3 September 2016
Curated by South Taranaki District Council Arts Coordinator,
Michaela Stoneman, this exhibition will focus on the art of
collaboration. Expect a mix of works by local and national artists
who choose to create together. Expressions of interest are
welcome from artists and groups who have been involved in
collaborative projects.
Mixed media work by Caryl Murray
Lysaght Watt Gallery 4 - 6 Union Street, Hawera
Facebook: Lysaght Watt Gallery Website: www.lysaghtwattgallery.co.nz
Open Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Saturday 10.00 am - 1.00 pm Phone 06 278 7611
The Great NZ Craft Show
The Great NZ Craft Show is back at the TSB Stadium over Queen’s
Birthday weekend with new features involving Taranaki artists.
Skulltopia is an object art exhibition involving over 60 Taranaki
artists from all ranges of the spectrum, including established,
emerging and including special effects make-up and textile artists.
All participants have been given the same object – a plaster of paris
skull - and 30 days to complete their work.
An object art exhibition is also a new feature this year, showing
works by Joan Patterson, Anthea Stayt, Steve Molloy, Richard
Landers, Richard Boyd Dunlop and Celeste Cole.
Artists who want to be a part of this event are invited to deliver
work to TSB Stadium between 1.00 pm and 7.00 pm on 2 June
2016. The Great NZ Events team is very accommodating and will do their best to find you a spot.
For more information contact Jakkii Goody on 0211103917
Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki Exhibitions
Across the Centreline
Until November 2016, Temporary Gallery
Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki has created an exhibition experience exploring the history of
transportation in the South Taranaki District over the last 120 years. This exhibition showcases heritage
photographs, moving image materials, social history items and the future of transportation. This exhibition
tells the story of the changing face of transport and how this affected the work and social lives of our
communities. This exhibition experience has been funded by the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC).
Elemental
1-31 June 2016, Livingston Baker Archive & Reading Room
The Taranaki Arts Trail is region-wide event offering visitors an insight
into artists inspiration, techniques and creative environment. This
exhibition, curated by Michaela Stoneman, coincides with the Arts
Trail and features works by four South Taranaki artists; Prue Hyland,
Leicester Cooper, Gabrielle Belz and Lisa Walsh. Hyland will be
working from the exhibition space in 11 & 12 June to engage with
visitors and printmaker Gabrielle Belz offers a public workshop:
Duplicite by Leicester Cooper
Introduction to Printmaking
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm 25 June 2016
Join artist Gabrielle Belz for an introduction to printmaking. In this 1.5 hour workshop participants will cut and
print a small lino cut (one colour) and have the skills to make more prints from home.
Limited numbers, booking essential. Call 0800 111 323 or email: [email protected]
Voyaging into the Deep – School Holiday Programme
10.30 am – 12 noon 14 July 2016
Discover some of the weird creatures from the very bottom of the ocean and create your own glow in the dark
art project.
Helping us design the Future of Transport
10.30 am – 3.00 pm 23 June 2016
Rockets, hover boards and jetpacks! Come and dream up some designs for the future of transport.
Want to churn your own butter?
11.00 am & 1.00 pm 20 August 2016
Watch milk turn into butter before your very eyes - cream and scones available plus other cow related crafts.
Open: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Monday – Saturday. Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki
Virtual TART News
The current online exhibition is Ship of Fools, featuring works by eleven artists
form around the world, interpreting the theme.
Mokau Museum - Winter Exhibitions
Mokau Museum in North Taranaki has established a new Art Gallery. Puniho
based assemblage artist, Dale Copeland will be showing works in June and July,
followed by Warea based painter Barbara Clegg, showing landscapes painted
with ribbons of colour.
Taranaki @ Waiheke
Taranaki artists working with recycled materials, exhibited at Upcycle on
Cocktail Party by Bonnie Helm-Northover
Waiheke Island, from 26 June 2016.
Taranaki in Paris
8 -22 May 2017
Taranaki artists will again be exhibiting in Paris at 59 rue de Rivoli Gallery. Any artists keen to exhibit or travel
with the group, please contact Dale Copeland through the Virtual TART website: www.tart.co.nz
Percy Thomson Gallery Autumn Exhibitions
Taranaki Arts Trail
27 May – 19 June 2016
Percy Thomson Gallery is proud to host the 2016 Taranaki Arts Trail exhibition, showing works by most of the
Trail artists, with the majority for sale. Visit the show to get a measure of the artists and studios you wish to
visit. There will also be a selection of work from artists who are exhibiting in ‘Places of interest’.
The gallery will extend its hours to 9.30 am – 4.30 pm for the Arts Trail weekend, 11 & 12 June 2016.
Fibreworks – Creative Fibre Taranaki
25 June – 17 July 2016
Opening Event & Awards Presentation: 2.00 pm Sunday 26 June 2016
This selected biennial exhibition showcases work by members of Creative Fibre Taranaki and guest artist
Rosalind Thomsen from Wanganui. The exhibition also includes the Australia/NZ Travelling tapestry exhibition,
a yearly challenge for tapestry weavers in both countries. This year the chosen title is 'Flight'.
The Fibreworks Awards cover a wide range of fibres and techniques.
Youth Show 2016
22 July -6 August 2016
Showcasing young artists from throughout the region. This year’s Challenge Competition is ‘Gamescape’.
Arrival – Treasures from the BNZ Art Collection
12 August - 11 September 2016
First established in 1982, the BNZ Art Collection was assembled
under the guidance of Wellington gallerist, Peter McLeavey. The
decade marked the close of McCahon’s influential career and a
heroic period of New Zealand art. One of New Zealand’s most
iconic private collections, it brings together both the past and
present with a sense of adventure and excitement. McLeavey
sought to reflect BNZ’s own sense of history and celebrate
contemporary New Zealand culture, also known as ‘the good life’.
Today it stands with significance beyond art historical terms.
The collection is rich in stories of human experience and discovery,
inviting personal connection and contemplation.
Kaisei Maru by Charles Tole
Percy Thomson Gallery, Miranda Street, Stratford
Open: Monday - Friday 10.30 am - 4.00 pm Saturday - Sunday 10.30 am - 3.00 pm
Director: Rhonda Bunyan Phone 06 7650917 www.percythomsongallery.org.nz
Red Leap Theatre Production
Dust Pilgrims
12.00 pm & 7.00pm, 1 July 2016, Theatre Royal, New Plymouth
Dust Pilgrims is an intimate yet epic tale of one woman’s fight for freedom
‘in a world where dreams and premonitions are as real as wind’. Red Leap
Theatre is an award winning company known for their innovative and
imaginative visual style and highly physical performances.
For bookings contact: www.tsbshowplace.co.nz
The NZ Art Show 2016
3 - 6 June 2016
The NZ Art Show is New Zealand's largest and most popular platform for showcasing and
selling original art. Held during Queen’s Birthday weekend in Wellington, The NZ Art Show
selects artists work to present in a professional manner to thousands of art lovers.
Visit the website: www.artshow.co.nz
Puke Ariki –Exhibitions
Voyage to the Deep
Until 16 October 2016, Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Voyage to the Deep is a hands-on family exhibition inspired by the
150-year-old Jules Verne novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Come
and explore Verne’s imaginary, mythical ocean with us, while learning
interesting facts about today’s deep blue world. Voyage to the Deep
will take you to the bottom of the sea, where you can dress up as
Captain Nemo and explore a shipwreck, get lost in a forest of giant
kelp, or take the controls of a fantasy submarine.
Voyage to the Deep exhibition.
VOYAGE TO THE DEEP: EVENTS
Award winning Nature Photographer, Kim Westerskov
Wednesday 24 August, 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm, Puke Ariki Museum Foyer
Hear from five-time BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Dr Kim Westerskov, as he shares stories about his
“ocean wilderness” missions. With a PhD in Marine Sciences, Westerskov has plenty of stories to tell from his
time photographing marine life below the ice in Antarctic and exploring in the tropics.
Young Ocean Explorers with Riley Hathaway
11.00am Wednesday 20 July, Puke Ariki Museum Foyer
Father-daughter duo, Steve and Riley Hathaway, are set to give us a glimpse into New Zealand’s incredible
underwater world. You may recognise them from the television episodes Young Ocean Explorers! Come along to
hear all about their marine journeys and New Zealand’s marine life.
A Different Angle: Taranaki’s Eccentric Bee-Man Edgar Roy Brewster
Opening 3 June 2016, Puke Ariki Library Lane Gallery, Level 2
This exhibition tells the story of infamous local bee-man,
Edgar Roy Brewster, and commemorates the 50-year
anniversary of the sale of his “no right angles” property in
New Plymouth on 6/6/1966 for £6666.
Roy believed right angles were alien to harmonious living
and set about creating an environment which suited his
philosophies. The exhibition focuses on six key aspects of
Roy’s life, reflecting the six-sided hexagon he was so fond of.
There are many objects within this exhibition that will
intrigue, entertain and enthuse!
‘Norian’ - The Beehive House, New Plymouth
Keeping Language Alive - With Jirota Kitahara, Associate Professor at Hokkaido University, Japan
6.00pm Wednesday 8 June, Puke Ariki Museum Foyer
An expert in the Japanese indigenous Ainu dialect, Kitahara is coming to New Plymouth to share his thoughts on
the importance on keeping minority languages alive. He will touch on his own experiences, while relating his
theories and knowledge to life and language in New Zealand.
Puke Ariki, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth. Phone: 06 759 6060 Website: www.pukeariki.com
Gordon Harris – Online
Gordon Harris offers a wide range of supplies to New Zealand artists working in
many mediums. Since the Art Shop in New Plymouth closed in 2015, many
Taranaki artists are looking for new ways to access their equipment, supplies
and art books. Ordering items from the Gordon Harris website is simple, courier
delivery is prompt and they have regular sales and promotions.
Visit: www.gordonharris.co.nz
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre
Emanations: The Art of the Cameraless Photograph
29 April - 14 August 2016
The most complete study of cameraless photography to
date, this exhibition explores the cameraless approach to
photographs from the 1830s through to modern
masterpieces by the world’s leading contemporary artists.
Featured works include photography pioneers William
Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, modernist Man Ray and
László Moholy-Nagy, as well as many of today’s most
significant photographic artists such as Walead Beshty and
Marco Breuer. Emanations’ theme was inspired by Len Lye’s
Andrews Beck’s installation Double Screen
photograms and this is the first time all 55 of them have
been shown together. This exhibition was curated by
Geoffrey Batchen, Professor of Art History at Victoria University
of Wellington and world-renowned photography historian.
Len Lye: Four Fountains
25 July - 14 August 2016
Fountains is a concept that Len Lye revisited throughout his career with numerous variations in collections
around the world. Three such versions feature in this exhibition. The fourth Fountain was specially engineered
by the Len Lye Foundation in 2015 using Lye's own design notes and stands at an impressive 8 metres tall. From
the gentle to the sublime, Lye's ambitious projects are finally realised as he envisaged - for the 21st Century.
Old Bank Space: Peter Peryer
29 May – 26 June 2016
New Plymouth’s former TSB Bank has been re-imagined as a temporary public space, with the iconic building
housing exhibitions including work by renowned contemporary local artists. The first of these exhibitions will
showcase the work of one of New Zealand’s leading photographers, Peter Peryer. Twelve years since New
Plymouth has seen a solo exhibition by Peryer, more than 20 of his works, both photographs and sculpture, will
be on display. This collection has been carefully selected to complement the architecture of the space and to
capture the character of Taranaki. Young Taranaki artist Andrew Beck will exhibit in the Old Bank Space
through July, then there will be a moving image exhibition through August.
Open: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10.00 am – 9.00 pm Thursday
Closed Tuesdays and Christmas Day.
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