Golden Bay’s Ceiros Begg hits the road with sustainable fashion
May 25, 2012 – 8:36 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
When Ceiros Begg was a little girl, she and her mother spent hours walking the streets of Christchurch to visit thrift shops. No shop was too far away and mother …

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Prison Art Auction ‘Ruwhenua Whakaaro – Thoughts of the Earthquake’
March 7, 2012 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
Prison Art Auction  ‘Ruwhenua Whakaaro  – Thoughts of the Earthquake’

Prisoners at the three Canterbury Prisons have produced over 150 art pieces to be auctioned on Saturday 24 March 2012, Spreydon Baptist Church 244 Lyttleton St,  5.30-8.30p.m.  All proceeds will be going to the Christchurch …

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Kiwi Northland Photography Students Showcase their Exhibition ‘The Future Now’
September 14, 2011 – 9:49 am | One Comment
Kiwi Northland Photography Students Showcase their Exhibition ‘The Future Now’

The photography department at Kamo High School is amongst the best in Northland and is once again showcasing its talents with their exhibition The Future Now, Youthinism. On Saturday the 17th of September at 3:00pm …

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Wellington Office Building Becomes a Work of Art
April 1, 2011 – 7:13 pm | No Comment
Wellington Office Building Becomes a Work of Art

Media Release
For immediate release March 31st 2011
Wellington Office Building Becomes a Work of Art
The Market Testament Colin Hodson,  11-25 April 2011
139 The Terrace, (formerly Asteron House,) Wellington
A Letting Space public art project
An entire office building …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 335 – Stone Arrow Jewellery
March 29, 2011 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 335 – Stone Arrow Jewellery

I just thought I’d do a little plug for my friend Nick Feint’s amazing jewellery because he just posted a link to it on facebook and I was enthralled.  Nick lives at and runs Stone …

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Call for Entries – Designs Inspired by ‘Intelligent Mobility’ (and Featuring Environmental Sensitivity)
March 9, 2011 – 9:32 pm | No Comment
Call for Entries – Designs Inspired by ‘Intelligent Mobility’ (and Featuring Environmental Sensitivity)

Annual global design challenge seeks submissions that consider the future of home appliances
Electrolux Design Lab 2011 invites Kiwi industrial design students and recent graduates of industrial design to compete for a six-month paid …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 300 – The Ancient Craft of Rock Work Lives On in Golden Bay, New Zealand
February 21, 2011 – 7:37 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 300 – The Ancient Craft of Rock Work Lives On in Golden Bay, New Zealand

Rock work.  You wouldn’t think there much to it, putting up a rock wall.  Anyone can do it right? Well, yeah, but not one that stays there for one hundred years.  It’s one of those …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 274 – Tessa Whiteman’s Shoes
January 25, 2011 – 9:47 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 274 – Tessa Whiteman’s Shoes

Today, of all the things a girl could find herself doing, I found myself sitting in artist Tess Whiteman’s living room admiring her painted shoe collection.  Yes, yes, all in a day’s work for this …

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The World is Your Canvas – Karamea’s Rongo Backpackers Where Self-Sufficiency Meets Creativity
January 8, 2011 – 10:10 pm | 12 Comments
The World is Your Canvas – Karamea’s Rongo Backpackers Where Self-Sufficiency Meets Creativity

Article by By Kathleen Anderson Freelance Writer
Paul Murray is a self-realized artist.  He has invested his whole life and soul in his current work: The LivinginPeace Project, which aims to combine the …

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SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens event asks ‘What is our relationship to nature?’
January 7, 2011 – 8:33 pm | No Comment
SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens event asks ‘What is our relationship to nature?’

For immediate release, January 6th 2011
Fancy wearing a dress designed to aid the pollination process of butterflies? Or learn how to mix yummy green smoothies on the front of a bicycle? Visitors to Taranaki may …

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Introducing Talents From My Whangarei community: A coffee with colourful Alivia Carrington-Hall.
January 6, 2011 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
Introducing Talents From My Whangarei community: A coffee with colourful Alivia Carrington-Hall.

by Claire Chateau
“If you believe you have got the potential, you need to go for it!” said Alivia when I met her over a coffee a few weeks back. Her words have been popping up …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 254 – Lush Alivia Loves Whangarei
January 5, 2011 – 10:00 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 254 – Lush Alivia Loves Whangarei

Check out Claire Chateau’s latest piece on Happyzine ‘Introducing Talents From My Whangarei community: A coffee with colourful Alivia Carrington-Hall.’
It’s an inspiring article about a young photographer from Claire’s hood – Whangarei.  I love the …

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Letting Space Project Unveiled for Auckland Arts Festival 2011
December 22, 2010 – 9:42 pm | No Comment
Letting Space Project Unveiled for Auckland Arts Festival 2011

NEWS RELEASE: For immediate release
21 DECEMBER 2010
Wellington Public art programme Letting Space today announced its first foray into Auckland in March 2011, as part of Auckland Arts Festival 2011, with a work by the …

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Introducing: Buy Nothing Day!
November 26, 2010 – 9:15 am | One Comment
Introducing: Buy Nothing Day!

LETTING SPACE
“MAKING DREAMS REALTY”
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate release:  26 November 2010
Buy Nothing Day, a 20-year old day of international protest against consumerism, is this Saturday 27 November.  And in time for this date …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 195 – Recycled Denim Challenge: Green Creativity At Its Best
November 3, 2010 – 4:22 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 195 – Recycled Denim Challenge: Green Creativity At Its Best

Inhabit.com have been busy with their ‘Recycled Denim Challenge’ of late.  This entry’s my favorite, it’s called ‘Recycled Denim Coasters and Table Setting Mat’. It’s a fresh, eye catching concept.
I’d like to see green design …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#173 – Nice Easy Day and I Have a Great Idea!
October 12, 2010 – 6:00 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#173 – Nice Easy Day and I Have a Great Idea!

Today I was still recovering my son’s birthday.  It’s funny isn’t it, how these occasions present them selves as corners in our lives, and once they’re over and done with, there’s the feeling of space …

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Letting Space: I Want Your Trash
September 6, 2010 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Letting Space: I Want Your Trash
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Yealands Estate Wines Looking for ‘Art on a Bottle’
August 31, 2010 – 8:35 pm | No Comment
Yealands Estate Wines Looking for ‘Art on a Bottle’

Media Release
31 August 2010
Yealands Estate Wines looking for ‘Art on a Bottle’
Sponsors of the Yealands Estate Marlborough Art Gallery – Yealands Estate Wines and The Marlborough Art Society would like to announce the first year …

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Green Artist Host’s Exhibition at Nelson’s Organic Shop – Q & A With Dave Kingan
July 9, 2010 – 6:31 pm | No Comment
Green Artist Host’s Exhibition at Nelson’s Organic Shop – Q & A With Dave Kingan

1.  What’s drawn you into art?

I’ve loved painting and drawing for as long as I can remeber. Its part of my spirit, I just have to do it. I love being able to invent or …

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Unique Art Auction to Raise Money for Mental Health Foundation
June 17, 2010 – 11:04 pm | No Comment
Unique Art Auction to Raise Money for Mental Health Foundation

For the third year in a row artists from the New Zealand Art Guild are joining forces to raise money and awareness for the Mental Health Foundation through a unique charity art project and auction.
On …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#58 – The Buckminster Fuller Institute
June 12, 2010 – 9:18 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#58 – The Buckminster Fuller Institute

www.inhabitat.com is my favourite website.  Full stop.  I can’t check out their weekly newsletter without feeling 100% pure hope.  They’ve just announced the winners of the Buckminster Fuller Institute 2010 Challenge (who wins US$100,000. I …

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Kai to Pie – Auckland on a Plate Opens
May 29, 2010 – 8:15 pm | No Comment
Kai to Pie – Auckland on a Plate Opens

Auckland’s extraordinary wealth of people and cultures, its fertile abundance of land, sun and sea will be unveiled, all through the lens of food, in a new exhibition called Kai to Pie: Auckland on a …

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Vote in the Twinings Online Short Film Festival and be in to win!
May 20, 2010 – 8:00 pm | One Comment
Vote in the Twinings Online Short Film Festival and be in to win!

We gave budding filmmakers the chance to submit their short film into the Twinings Online Short Film Festival. All we asked was that their film was between 90 seconds and 5 minutes long and included …

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Artist Says There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
May 13, 2010 – 7:25 pm | No Comment
Artist Says There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

LETTING SPACE -
“MAKING DREAMS REALTY”
Artist says there is such a thing as a free lunch
News Release for immediate release May 13th 2010
You could end up with your lunch -or dinner- for free with the advent …

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The Urban Dream Brokerage
April 30, 2010 – 11:46 am | No Comment
The Urban Dream Brokerage

How could a vacant space – be it an apartment block, the floor of an office building, empty land or a retail space – be better used to provide a more vital inner-city?
On May 6 …

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My Journey Towards a Passion for Eco-Fashion – By Jo Blundell
April 24, 2010 – 9:59 pm | 5 Comments
My Journey Towards a Passion for Eco-Fashion – By Jo Blundell

OK, so my passion for ‘eco’ doesn’t stop at fashion, but that’s pretty much where it began for me. I read an article a few years back on how fashion has become faster, clothes have …

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Letting Space – “Making Dreams a Reality” – News from an Art and Property Project “Unearthing the Archive”
April 20, 2010 – 9:16 pm | 2 Comments
Letting Space – “Making Dreams a Reality” – News from an Art and Property Project “Unearthing the Archive”

Join Popular Archeologist artist Dugal McKinnon and cocurator Mark Amery for a closer look at Popular Archeology this Friday lunchtime. Dugal will talk about the creation of the piece and its context as a sound …

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Windowfarming – The New Veggie Garden
April 18, 2010 – 7:00 pm | One Comment
Windowfarming – The New Veggie Garden

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With hydroponics, tubes and pumps, and plastic bottles all in a row.”
Such is the idea of Britta Riley and Rebecca Fray, two New York artists who …

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Letting Space – News from an Art and Property Project
April 17, 2010 – 11:20 am | No Comment
Letting Space – News from an Art and Property Project

We’re in the countdown to our opening day on Saturday 5pm 141 Willis Street. Love to see you there. In the meantime here’s some fresh updates.
BRING US YOUR CASSETTE TAPES
Dugal McKinnon’s Popular Archeology will operate …

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Humour Works – by Pat Armitstead – Book Review
April 14, 2010 – 9:43 pm | No Comment
Humour Works – by Pat Armitstead – Book Review

On the cover of this book it says: “Pat commits the cardinal management sin of spreading joy and making people smile …”.  Immediately after reading it, I found myself feeling cheeky and cheerful and naturally …

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Letting Space “Making Dreams Reality” Fast-forward, Rewind – A new Public Art Project
April 12, 2010 – 3:54 pm | No Comment
Letting Space “Making Dreams Reality”  Fast-forward, Rewind – A new Public Art Project

News Release
The tape player, which went from a central portable musical device to redundant technology in the space of 27 years is being resurrected in Wellington’s Willis St for the art project Popular Archaeology. Audiences …

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Q & A: Dialogues With Tomorrow
April 10, 2010 – 6:03 pm | 2 Comments
Q & A: Dialogues With Tomorrow

1.  What is Now Future?
Now Future is a partnership between Sophie Jerram and Dugal McKinnon. We aim to create and promote art projects that address fundamental and philosophical issues regarding human relationships with the planet, …

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Pencil This One In – The Kiwi Diary
April 6, 2010 – 4:49 pm | No Comment
Pencil This One In – The Kiwi Diary

For years now I have been under the misconception that Greymouth and Greytown were indeed named for their eternal greyness – all rain and melancholy. But the 2010 Kiwi Diary informs me that they were …

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Now Future: Dialogues With Tomorrow
April 2, 2010 – 1:19 pm | No Comment
Now Future: Dialogues With Tomorrow
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Announcing Letting Space: A Major Art and Property Project
April 1, 2010 – 4:50 pm | No Comment
Announcing Letting Space: A Major Art and Property Project

In a first-off for Wellington’s CBD, artists and property developers are working hand in hand to fill empty commercial sites through a new project, Letting Space.
This visual arts project, funded by Creative New Zealand and …

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Bold New Art Genre and Fringe Event Receives Council Funding.
March 2, 2010 – 6:14 pm | No Comment
Bold New Art Genre and Fringe Event Receives Council Funding.

A surprising new locally born art genre is about to sneak into Nelson to celebrate the inner artist in everyone.  WASA!™ (Wild and Sneaky Art™) is Nelson’s new creative fringe festival “wild child” scheduled …

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Samoan student’s artwork for Christmas cards
November 27, 2009 – 10:36 pm | No Comment
Samoan student’s artwork for Christmas cards

Three students from Samoa will have their art work on thousands of Christmas Cards that will be sold in Wellington to raise funds for Save the Children and the Samoan Tsunami .
Samoan Student’s …

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