Nelson Weekly
News
Locally Owned and Operated
TUESDAY 11 October 2016
15
Local artists win at national awards
trial area as a source of materials, meanings and methods of making. Their intention was to ‘not know’ what they were going to do, and the project became the experience of the workshop rather than what they’d made. Jen, who is now studying towards an MFA in sculpture at the University of Canterbury, says the workshop enabled the public to view the art-making in progress and their experiments, tests and failures - processes which are usually hidden. “The public was invited to participate as active collaborators by contributing suggestions, materials and wearing
Nelson Weekly Like us on
Artists Jen Bowmast, left, and Josephine Cachemaille. Photo: Kate Russell.
Saxton Stadium, Nelson
Award winner 'Are you picking up what I am putting down?' by Jen Bowmast and Josephine Cachemaille.
Labour Weekend 22-24 October
Two Nelson-based artists are celebrating double success after picking up two national art awards last month. Josephine Cachemaille of Nelson and Jen Bowmast of Motueka have won a Merit Award at the National Contemporary Art Awards and a Jury Award at the Wallace Art Awards for their collaboration, The Vanguard Project. The collaboration took place during a six week residency at the now defunct Salt Gallery on Vanguard St, during July. Both have been recent distance students of AUT’s post graduate art programme and paired up after being “curious” about seeing what they could achieve together. “We’ve always had a very close eye on each other’s work, and when the opportunity came up for us to take a residency we went ‘absolutely’ – the chance to work together in a big clean space was really unusual,” says Josephine, who holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design, and a Bachelor of Arts. The pair left their independent studios and established the working studio together using the surrounding light-indus-
the works,” she says. “People would come in with suggestions of what we could make – it was really natural, whatever happened just happened and it was very friendly and social. People were really receptive to it and adventurous themselves.” Josephine says that when it came to entering both awards, it was just a matter of displaying the artefacts that showed the evidence of the project. “Our ambition was just to be part of the awards, so to come away with a Jury Award and a Merit Award is amazing,” she says. “Just being a finalist for both was great – there were almost 400 entries for the Wallace Art Awards, and there are not that many opportunities like this for contemporary artists in New Zealand.” The Wallace Art Awards have been running for 25 years and are the longest surviving and largest annual art awards of their kind in New Zealand. The National Contemporary Art Awards are now in their 17th year. To check out more about Josephine and Jen’s collaboration, you can visit: http://thevanguardproject.co.nz/
South Island’s Premier Art Sale
Kate Russell
Locally Owned and Operated
STORAGE Safe and Secure
Motorhomes Boats Cars Caravans Only $25 per week 24/7 access - Fully fenced - 24 hour surveillance Staff on Site Mon – Fri 8am to 5pm Enquiries phone Colleen Donaldson
541 0287 or 027 454 3813 Hope Storage (2011) Ltd - 52 Ranzau Road, Hope
Safety, Security and Peace of Mind
It seems these days that sections are getting Friday. The compound features storage bays smaller and smaller, and the amount of spare measuring from 10m by 3m, and has sealed space is at a premium leaving a lot of people access and parking areas. Although staff are on wondering where they will possibly fit their site during working hours, you will have full boat, caravan or motorhome. In fact, many access to the site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week covenants on new residential sections don’t with smartcard controlled electronic gates allow for them to be giving you full freedom kept on site at all. and flexibility when you These assets represent do decide you want to a significant financial take the boat out for a investment and keeping spin, or head off in the them safe and secure is motorhome. paramount, while they Hope Storage won’t limit also need to be stored you to storing the usual boats, motorhomes, close enough to make regular use convenient. caravans and cars. If it Local caravan, has wheels and can be motorhome, boat Hope Storage’s brand new yard in Ranzau transported to their site, and car owners will Rd, Hope. you can store it there. be delighted that the All of the storage bays perfect storage solution exists at Hope Storage are charged out at the same price, with no Ltd on Ranzau Road in Hope. Knowing that hidden costs, gst has even been included in the when not in use, these prized possessions are affordable $25 per week fee, and apart from stored in a safe and secure area, and one with a fully refundable $25 bond on your access easy access, takes a load from your mind. smartcard, that is all you will pay. Hope Storage Ltd’s brand new site ticks all The Hope Storage facility is open now and ready of the boxes when it comes to keeping your to go, and they have exciting plans for future assets safe and secure. Their storage yard has upgrades to take place very soon, introducing full perimeter fencing to 2.4metres and is a wash bay and potable water facilities for monitored by 24 hour surveillance cameras at customer convenience. For booking enquiries the entrance and exit of the compound. Staff call Colleen today. are on site from 8am to 5pm on Monday to Business Update. Adv.