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Art for all is the focus this April at Estuary Arts

The April school holidays sees the launch of our children’s holiday art programme. The programme will run for two weeks during the school holidays, from 18 to 29 April. Classes on offer include painting, drawing, craft and special-effects makeup especially for our Teen audience. We will have a variety of classes; ranging from 2-hour introduction classes to full-day workshops. Booking is essential as we are expecting the programme to really buzz. We also plan to run a few hands-on have-a-go sessions at the heritage crafts; so, if making wool pom-poms and learning to knit is something you would like to try, then do visit the Centre in the Holidays. On Sunday 10 April from 12 noon to 3pm there will be huge family fun day on the Western Reserve, so come along and watch artists work. There will be live raku firing and have-a-go on the potter’s wheel, the loom, spinning and marble art.

Due to popular demand, Estuary Arts is continuing to run the ‘Artful Fashion’ exhibition, so don’t worry if you didn’t get a chance to see this amazing work in March; the show runs until 03 April.

Four new exhibitions will be featured in April and they include:

• Works by Five local artists: Val Cuthbert, Bev Head, Debbie Martin, Merryl Houghton and Bas Cuthbert in the Education Wing Foyer;

• Photography by Tony Gibbs in the Hibiscus Gallery;

• ‘Everything that Glitters’ jewellery exhibition featuring glass work by Inge Chappell, Karen Smith, Alison Boyce and Lauris Mortenson and semi-precious stones and beadwork by Virginia Angus; and

• John Hoby is a master of abstract painting and his balanced yet highly expressive paintings will be on view in the Kowhai gallery. John says, ‘I have always been exploring and looking for unexpected outcomes in my work. My painting has always been expressionistic in style. Influences include the Die Brucke painters and the American Abstract Expressionists.”

To book into a class or find out more about the exhibitions contact the Centre on 09 426 5570 or email manager@estuaryarts.org

Photography by Tony Gibbs

Mask by Hayley Robertson

Wearable dress by Bev Goodwin