NZ Art Guild Newsletter - May 2010
May's edition of our monthly newsletter
NZ Art Guild
Newsletter
May 2010
Welcome to May's edition of the NZ Art Guild Newsletter.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Stan Blanch who has been accepted to study an Advanced Diploma Course, working with the Peter Adsetts programme. A limited number of places exist on this course & there is lots of competition to get in. So well done Stan. We look forward to seeing some of the work you produce. Teresa Rodger has recently got involved in a collective project opening a new gallery in Tirau. Artwork involved includes paintings, photography and pottery.To keep things fresh and exciting, different invited guests are showcasing their work at different times throughout the duration of the gallery. Congratulations on this exciting new venture!
For more information click here
Francesca Gallo had an article published in Gallery 36 magazine. The feature was about emerging NZ artists and photographers which Francesca was selected as one of those artists. The An awesome achievement! To read the article click here
Also, Congratulations to Angela Laby who has had 10 artworks contracted to Harvey Norman, Marimba Powley and Michelle Wallis with all the promotion and sell out exhibition of their new Undy Four Hundy gallery, Rachel Inch for being voted onto the Canterbury Art Boards and Sharlene Schmidt in the sale of her artwork in the Legato Italy Exhibition.
Legato Exhibition Exposure
With the Legato, Italy Exhibiton being held this month, more attention has been brought to the artists involved.
Photos from the exhibition:
To see more photos click here and here
In Italy, the local newspaper wrote an article about the exhibtion and the NZ artists involved.
 Theresa Cashmore had an article written about her involvement in the exhibition on website stuff.co.nz. To read the article click here
Videos from the exhibition which includes many of the NZ Art Guild members involved:
Legato at Cassino
To watch the video click here
Commonwealth War Grave Ceremony
To watch the video click here
Many hands make light work - Setting up of Legato
To watch the video click here
To see more information about the legato exhibition go to the official website here Featured Artist
This month's Featured Artist is Olivier Duhamel. He is a talented artist who creates wonderful scupltures and body casts. To read about his artwork and workshops that he teaches click here
Exhibitions
Anything Goes Exhibition
This month the NZ Art Guild had its Annual North Island Members exhibtion "Anything Goes" at the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland. Participating artists included: Amy Walker, Ana Ter Huurne, Beate Minderjahn, Caroline Viesnik, Cath Sheard, Christine Dempster, Clair Fairweather, Freeman Hau, Jane Bold, Jo Mallinger, Joanne Redshaw, John Towers, Kelly Poulton, Lei Wen, LisaSarah, Melissa Muirhead, Melodie Josephs, Michelle Thorby, Nancy Frazer, Pam Tapp, Peter Augustin, Richard Leonard, Rochelle May van der Werff, Sarah Marks, Sharlene Schmidt, Sherrill Bentley, Silver Dunlop, Sofia Spirtova, Sophia Elise, Tineswari Maruthamuthu
  For more photos from the exhibition click here.
If you're near these take the time to check them out: Howick RSA Wine, Cheese and Art Evening - June 16th
On June 16th the Howick RSA in Auckland is holding a wine and cheese evening which NZ Art Guild members will be showcasing some of their work. Non RSA members are welcome to come alone to the evening which is tickets are only $6 for singles or $10 for couples. This is be a great evening so attend so dont miss out! Contact Rob for tickets - email: sec-manager@howickrsa.co.nz Michele Courage Exhibition
When: 1st June to 31st June
Where: Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland
NZ Art Guild Members Participating: Michele Courage
Undy Four Hundy
When: 14th May to 12th June 2010
Where: Fusion Art Gallery, Lumsden, Southland
NZ Art Guild Members Participating: Marimba Powley, Michelle Wallis, Chavah Kinloch and Amy Mackiewicz
Our venues specifically for member use:
Dedicated Venues
Aisling Bourne - Apollo Cafe, 5 Apollo Drive, Mairangi Bay, Auckland
LisaSarah, Jacki Key, Amahlia Wolf - Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland
Livia Dias - Cross Cut, Antares Plaza, Apollo Dr, Mairangi Bay, Auckland
Julie Sills - Direct Link Taxation, Apollo Dr, Albany, Auckland
Marilyn Andrews and Peter Augustin - Avana, Colombo Street, Christchurch
This Months Art Challenges
Every fortnight a challenge is issued to our guild members and also to members of our facebook group. These challenges are completely voluntary. Submissions must be original and be completed during the 2-week time frame. Participants may choose to interpret the theme in any way they wish. To view all entries for each challenge click here
The theme for this challenge was a create an artwork inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso.
Winners of People’s choice: Anne Morris "Daisy's Chain"
And
Winner of Most Creative: Paulette Shepherd - "Portrait of Picasso"
The theme for this challenge was to Use the following reference image to create an original artwork in any media you choose. Your creation may be a direct and literal representation of the reference image or be inspired by parts of it, be as creative as you would like!
Reference Image:
Winners of People’s choice: Stan Blanch - "On naming this Boat "Tara"..."
And
Winner of Most Creative: Donnamaree Hampton - "calm after the storm"
To view previous challenge winners and participants, click here to go to our newsblog
ART BEAT - News for Artists
Creative Industries Conference
6th December to 8th December (For more information click here)
Creative Adventures in manifesting reality by Lorraine Blakley
A Book that can change your life! It is an illustrated guide to a 'creative process chart'. Great read.
Free Artist Directory Listing
All NZ Artists are entitled to a free listing in our online Artist Directory. If you are an artist and not currently listed in the directory don’t miss out on this great opportunity for free advertising! A free listing includes your name, art from and link to email. All we need is you to do is email the category you would like to be listed under eg. Painting, oil, landscape to our Intern, Chelsea Davis apply@nzartguild.co.nz
Keep in touch and up to date!
There are several ways you can keep up to date with the NZ Art Guild, Members and events:
- Visit our website: www.nzartguild.co.nz
- Visit our newsblog
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Kind Regards Chelsea Davis
NZ Art Guild Intern
Website: www.nzartguild.co.nz
Contact the NZ Art Guild:
Sophia Elise
Manager
Fax: 09 478 2586
Phone/Mobile: 027 630 1810
Email: admin@nzartguild.co.nz
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