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localentertainment Carole Hay (left) and Priscilla Everts with one of the collaborative works they’ll be exhibiting in the show.
The exhibition was officially opened by Ilona Rodgers.
Fostering local artists
Puhoi exhibition winds up celebration Puhoi’s year of celebration will be reflected in the annual Puhoi Art Exhibition, which will be staged in the Puhoi Centennial Hall from November 23 to December 1. Organisers have invited exhibiting artists to address their different art forms in the process. the number ‘150’ in a special competition to mark Carole describes herself as a natural recycler, who Puhoi’s 150th year of settlement. loves to paint on “junk” scavenged from wherever “Whatever artwork the number ‘150’ inspires will she can find it. Her “canvases” include building be welcome,” organiser Mark Swain says. “There’s off-cuts, pieces of old furniture and even bits of old no need to be confined to anniversaries or anything musical instruments. specifically to do with Puhoi, as the voting will be “I can’t stand waste and it also helps to keep the cost left to the public.” of my artwork down,” she says. The exhibition is the art group’s main event of Priscilla, a retired psychotherapist, delights in the year and it will feature a range of work from handmade jewellery, ceramics and painting to finding interesting ways to photograph everyday photography and sculpture. Two exhibiting artists objects, as well as landscapes. will be Carole Hay and Priscilla Everts, who both “There’s nothing nicer than seeing someone looking work semi-professionally. Carole is a painter and at one of my photographs and not actually realising calligrapher, while Priscilla is a photographer. They’ve what they’re looking at,” she says. “Then there’s the been collaborating for several years, experimenting moment of recognition and you see the surprise on with different techniques and canvases, and meshing their face.”
The importance of fostering grassroots art and crafts was underlined by actor Ilona Rodgers when she officially opened the annual Kowhai Art and Craft exhibition in the Old Masonic Hall, in Warkworth, on October 18. Ilona, who is a member of the Auckland North Creative Communities assessment team which contributed funding for the exhibition, said exhibitions like the Kowhai Arts and Crafts reflected the heart and soul of communities. “These sorts of exhibitions are vitally important in passing on knowledge to young people,” she said. “All participants, administrators and organisers deserve our hearty congratulations.” A diverse range of artworks made up the exhibition, from paintings and pottery to calligraphy, photography and porcelain painting. The Kowhai Art and Craft cooperative is based at the Warkworth Showgrounds Reserve and welcomes new members. More photos at localmatters.co.nz Info: www.kowhai-art-craft.info
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