Articles tagged with: Arts
‘Tree houses for swamp dwellers’ launches in Christchurch
TREE HOUSES FOR CHRISTCHURCH
A new work of public art for Christchurch to be enjoyed by old and young was announced today. Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers, designed by established Christchurch artist Julia Morison, will be …
Tara-Lee Soysa – Winner of CALI Award
The original article “Tara-Lee Soysa – Winner of the CALI Award” appeared on Five Point Five website
CALI Award is awarded to inspiring, awesome people who are creating positive change. We bring you every day heroes, who …
‘Mobility, unexpected and possibility’ three principles of public art installation in Christchurch
SCAPE 7 Artists Announced
The artists for this year’s SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial have been announced at a special artist launch event on Wednesday 3 July.
The launch was presented by SCAPE 7 Sydney-based New Zealand curator, Blair French, who …
Handmade goods reign at the Palmerston North Craft and Quilt Fair
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
Get crafty at the Palmerston North Craft & Quilt Fair 2013
There’s no hiding the fact that we live in a busy world, and so often mass-produced items become the norm. But this …
Sculptures transform Auckland’s Silo Park this Summer
Media Release
Thursday, 17th February 2013
Sculptures transform Auckland’s Silo Park this Summer
Exquisite bronze castings, beautiful carvings and cutting-edge polymer sculptures will descend upon Auckland’s waterfront on 1 February to 14 March 2013, as Wynyard Quarter …
The Creativity Challenge
A conference focussing on all aspects of creativity – in education, in business, in the
arts, in communities and in social enterprise – is to be held at Western Institute of Technology in Taranaki on the …
Wellington pioneers the free use of commercial space for public art
MEDIA RELEASE: For immediate release January 2013
Wellington pioneers the free use of commercial space for public art
A new agency that promises to enliven Wellington City by utilising vacant space for no cost has opened in …
Artist Tess Sheerin’s latest street art project in Christchurch
By Tess Sheerin
I returned to Christchurch last year after four years in the UK. After the disaster of the earthquakes, I just needed to come home. I love New Zealand, it’s where my family is and …
UC arts scholarship winner Rachael Dewhirst helping in the rebuild
By Kip Brook
A University of Canterbury (UC) fine arts student will be part of the Christchurch rebuild over the summer.
Fourth-year UC student Rachael Dewhirst won a Scape Public Art scholarship to paint a 50 metre wide …
Art Beat Brings Excitement To Re:START
Art Beat
Media Release
5 November 2012
Want to swap your fears for your very own hand silk screened poster? What about releasing some of that frustration about the EQC claims process in return for a unique and …
New York here we come: Media Design School alumni to represent NZ in NYC
For immediate relase
Auckland, 27 September 2012: Media Design School graduate Hayley O’Connor aka Hayley Heartbreak will travel to New York to see her illustration projected into Times Square as part of a promotional campaign for …
Christchurch: Liberating The Free Word
Local Good News/Christchurch
by Steve Carter
There’s been ‘Shaking’ and there’s been “Quaking’ … kind of lends itself to poetry, right?
Actually, there has been something of a gentle ban on earthquake doggerel at the Catalyst open-mic poetry …
Mobile radio station hosted by Auckland artist’s collective to visit local Taupo communities
NEWS RELEASE – Letting Space
3 May 2012
MOBILE RADIO STATION TO VISIT LOCAL TAUPO COMMUNITIES
A national public art programme sees an Auckland artists’ collective visit small communities with a mobile radio station and public address unit …
Golden Bay’s Jo Campbell practices 2000 year old encaustic art
Golden Bay’s Local Good News Reporter Charlotte Squire introduces painter and sculptor Jo Campbell who is practicing one of the oldest known forms of art – encaustic painting. Jo brings in influences from her zen …
Cutting edge comedy, laughter and kiwi comedians combine for Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball NZ
Amnesty International Media Release
For immediate release
20 April 2012
Cutting edge comedy, laughter and kiwi comedians combine for Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball NZ
THE FREEDOM TO LAUGH
“The freedom to laugh to me means that you are allowed …
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Concerned Citizens
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
Concerned Citizens, a Wellington-based creative community of more than 80 artists and musicians, have announced the opening of a cutting edge “Open …
Rotorua Historical Site Receives Waahi Tapu Status
ROTORUA, Thursday 8th March 2012: The Government Gardens at Rotorua have just been registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Māori Heritage Council as a Waahi Tapu area.
The Waahi Tapu area, known …
Ben Cauchi awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency
Creative New Zealand media release
Auckland-born photographer Ben Cauchi has been awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
The biennial 12-month residency is an opportunity for New Zealand …
Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton Awarded Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton has been awarded the 2012 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. Currently Senior Curator at Christchurch Art Gallery, Justin is best known to New Zealanders as the author of the acclaimed …
Literary Sandpit for kids to enjoy and win
Literary Sandpit for kids to enjoy and win
The Arts Foundation has teamed up with Arrow International to produce a Literary Sandpit for the community to enjoy for the duration of the Wynyard Quarter Arts …
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