Kim Jennifer Boyd Centre Manager and Curator
09 426 5570 021 172 4113
Qualifications:
BA Fine Art (Major in Ceramics and Art History), PGC in Education (Art and Technology with distinction),
MA Arts Management (1st class hons), Diploma Production Design and Sculpting (Level 5)
Kim has a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts majoring in Art History, Painting and Ceramics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching. After immigrating to New Zealand from Africa in 2000, Kim volunteered at Mairangi Arts Centre, later becoming a ceramic tutor for both adults and children, and then as education coordinator. Managing Lake House Arts Centre in Takapuna for 7 years led her to explore Body art and the arena of Special Effects winning a scholarship to study a Diploma in Special effects makeup and production Design at Cut Above Academy. Since then she has been a relief tutor at the Academy. She has been the manager of Estuary Arts Centre since 2012. Her passion is community arts engagement, connecting people and groups through the power of Art.
Talia Russell Customer Service and Volunteer Coordinator
Talia works part-time four days a week:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Industrial Design
With a Bachelor of Industrial Design, Talia puts her knowledge of mass production into creating A1 limited-edition Fine Art Silk Screen Prints. Prior to discovering screen printing Talia experimented with ceramics, slip casting and slab building. Talia has a gallery presence in the UK and having recently returned to her native New Zealand is looking forward to creating new distinctively Kiwi prints.
Talia has been Artist in Residence at Ink workshop in the UK, and co-founded the Leeds Print Fair, which she ran for 3 years. This event operational experience and other admin experience will aid her in her role as Customer Service Administrator here at Estuary Arts.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Industrial Design
With a Bachelor of Industrial Design, Talia puts her knowledge of mass production into creating A1 limited-edition Fine Art Silk Screen Prints. Prior to discovering screen printing Talia experimented with ceramics, slip casting and slab building. Talia has a gallery presence in the UK and having recently returned to her native New Zealand is looking forward to creating new distinctively Kiwi prints.
Talia has been Artist in Residence at Ink workshop in the UK, and co-founded the Leeds Print Fair, which she ran for 3 years. This event operational experience and other admin experience will aid her in her role as Customer Service Administrator here at Estuary Arts.
Chandra Newman Education and outreach Coordinator
Chandra works four days a week:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays
I have a varied background working in the retail corporate world for many years,
However for the past seven years I have been working for NGOs within
The Hibiscus Coast community. I am married to a retired math teacher and have
Three adult children and four amazing grandsons. I enjoy learning new things and aim to add value to myself, my family and community every day as best I can. I believe that being kind costs nothing but offers great returns.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays
I have a varied background working in the retail corporate world for many years,
However for the past seven years I have been working for NGOs within
The Hibiscus Coast community. I am married to a retired math teacher and have
Three adult children and four amazing grandsons. I enjoy learning new things and aim to add value to myself, my family and community every day as best I can. I believe that being kind costs nothing but offers great returns.
Tracey Currington Accounts Administrator
Tracey works part-time two to three days a week:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Tracey Currington lives and paints from her home studio on the Hibiscus Coast. She paints in several mediums including Acrylics, Mixed Media, Watercolour and Encaustics. She enjoys painting in all these mediums and has a particular love of Encaustics. Encaustics is a very ancient way of painting. It uses molten beeswax mixed with damar resin and pigments to create colour. The work involves painting layers onto a hard substrate which are then fused to previous layers with heat. Some layers can be very translucent which gives the work depth and an ethereal feel. When finished it can be polished giving a luminous high gloss appearance. Finished works can be highly textured or totally smooth.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Tracey Currington lives and paints from her home studio on the Hibiscus Coast. She paints in several mediums including Acrylics, Mixed Media, Watercolour and Encaustics. She enjoys painting in all these mediums and has a particular love of Encaustics. Encaustics is a very ancient way of painting. It uses molten beeswax mixed with damar resin and pigments to create colour. The work involves painting layers onto a hard substrate which are then fused to previous layers with heat. Some layers can be very translucent which gives the work depth and an ethereal feel. When finished it can be polished giving a luminous high gloss appearance. Finished works can be highly textured or totally smooth.
