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Nov/Dec update – Wellington & Western Districts
Whanganui Potters Art in the Garden 2024 Whanganui Potters’ yearly celebration of art and outdoors is happening soon. Wander the grounds and admire the diverse art created by local artists. Club members and invited exhibitors display and sell their art over two day. We also offer raku firings, demonstrations and a chance to play with clay We welcome exhibitors to apply to attend. They can do so by visiting https://www.whanganuipotters.com/applications WPS Art in the Garden runs…
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2024 AGM
Register today and attend online via Teams. Please join our 2024 AGM where we will report on our 2023 activities and finances on 17 November 2024 at 6pm. The AGM is also a time when we elect Council members, set membership fees for the following year, and nominate people for lifetime membership. We want to hear from you – so please plan to attend! Chairperson’s report
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AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – November/December 2024
Mirror Mirror .27 Nov – 5 DecStudio One Toi Tü “Mirror Mirror 0.2” is an exploration of the dark shadows that accompany us, charmingly dressed yetwhispering sparkling little lies. These shadows have long sat on my shoulders, reflecting the socialexpectations and misunderstandings that have shaped my sense of self. Through this series, Iconfront the feelings of alienation in a world of norms—feeling weird, wrong, not good enough, sinful.These are the burdens society places upon us when…
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Living Room: Ōtautahi, Christchurch, November 2nd – December 15th
For the 2024 edition of Living Room, Caroline Billing and Andrea du Chatenier have curated the work of eleven artists in response to Warren’s remarkable architecture and the use for which it was designed. Drawing on our personal and cultural associations with the objects and architecture of daily life, the exhibition features work that considers how we design and adorn domestic spaces as an act of self-expression. Living Room exists somewhere between show-home, lounge room and design-fair-display, and features…
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Otago / Southland Update Nov/Dec 2024
There are lots of great shows around the motu this month! Whakawhanaukataka by Jess Nicholson: Blue Oyster, Dunedin Whakawhanaukataka is an exhibition of ceramic sculptures and installation that is attentive to how earth-materials, people and other things belong to specific places; silt carried along by a river to the shoreline, rocks that erode and tumble from mountains, objects kept safe in containers and mana whenua held by whakapapa to land. The exhibition brings a combination of…
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Central North Island Updates Nov/Dec 2024
Bethlehem Pottery Club We’ve had a busy quarter with lots of great things happening at our club and for our members. Our membership numbers are increasing and we’re noticing the studio is being used a lot more every day. Tuesday Night – Member night was created to support our ” newbies” who have joined. Cat Thompson volunteers on these nights to guide and answer questions so the newbies aren’t so daunted by having the studio to…
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Northland / Te Tai Tokerau update – Nov/Dec
Quarry Arts Centre Congratulations on all participants and winners of the QCA Awards. PRIZE WINNERS and PRIZESJudges Merit 4 – $100 Voucher – Sponsored by Claybright Lans Hansen (Wellington) – “Unfurling” Judges Merit 3 – $100 voucher – Sponsored by BotPots Maak Bow (Kaiwaka) – “Cancelled” Judges Merit 2 – $300 voucher – Sponsored by Clay Down Under Dianne Caton (Waihi) – “Angle Trumpet” Judges Merit 1 – Quarry Kiln Award – $500 use of Quarry…