KĀPITI COAST
Birgit Moffatt - Detail
Blazing a Trail OVER TWENTY YEARS THE KĀPITI ARTS TRAIL has grown from the simple idea of throwing open the doors of local artists’ studios to what is now a nationally recognised celebration of community, creativity and talent. And as it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, there has never been a better time to pay the coast a visit and find out what it’s all about. Few of the participants and organisers of the inaugural Kāpiti Arts trail could have dreamed that when they invited the local community to come and see what goes on in local artists’ studios 20 years ago, the event could have grown into what it is today. Held over two consecutive weekends, the Arts Trail not only gives visitors the rare and unique opportunity to ‘go behind the scenes’ and see how artists work in their own – usually very private – creative spaces but also shines a light on local creativity. And it makes for a fantastic excuse to come and soak up the hospitality of a remarkable part of New Zealand.
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Lisa Call - Detail
