September 2021
The Northern North Island Regional Embroidery Exhibition 2021
The Embroiderers' Art
Gallery One
NEW DATES:15 November to 05 December 2021
The NNIR exhibition, ‘The Embroiderers’ Art’, will have 4 main categories. The exhibitors are members of the Northern North Island Embroidery Guilds which includes 10 guilds from the Coromandel to the Doubtless Bay.
The exhibition will showcase original works, both traditional and contemporary, as well as embroidery from workshops, kits, patterns, magazines or books. Don't miss out on viewing this wide range of exquisite needlework up close.
The ANZEG "Postbag Challenge" titled "Diamonds are a Girl's Best friend" will be on display in the Cafe area. This challenge is open to members throughout New Zealand to create a portable, hanging textile piece which will then travel to the Auckland Festival of quilts in November.
Gallery One
NEW DATES:15 November to 05 December 2021
The NNIR exhibition, ‘The Embroiderers’ Art’, will have 4 main categories. The exhibitors are members of the Northern North Island Embroidery Guilds which includes 10 guilds from the Coromandel to the Doubtless Bay.
The exhibition will showcase original works, both traditional and contemporary, as well as embroidery from workshops, kits, patterns, magazines or books. Don't miss out on viewing this wide range of exquisite needlework up close.
The ANZEG "Postbag Challenge" titled "Diamonds are a Girl's Best friend" will be on display in the Cafe area. This challenge is open to members throughout New Zealand to create a portable, hanging textile piece which will then travel to the Auckland Festival of quilts in November.
"Thank God it's Friday"
Gallery Four
New Dates still to be set
An exhibition showcasing art by our Friday casual artists in Studio 1.
Contributing artists: Maureen Gresty, Heather Smyth, Ann Sutherland, Jan Martell, Marilyn Maich, Helen Farquharson, Fran Tilling, Barbara Croft & Yvonne Gray.
New Dates still to be set
An exhibition showcasing art by our Friday casual artists in Studio 1.
Contributing artists: Maureen Gresty, Heather Smyth, Ann Sutherland, Jan Martell, Marilyn Maich, Helen Farquharson, Fran Tilling, Barbara Croft & Yvonne Gray.
"Floating on the breeze" by Diana Tormey
Gallery Five
New dates still to be set
Botanic studies and landscapes
New dates still to be set
Botanic studies and landscapes
September/October 2021
"Where the Sea Birds go" Group exhibition
Gallery One
20 September to 17 October 2021
Millions of seabirds come to the mainland or islands in New Zealand territorial waters to breed and overwinter every 9 months, making New Zealand the seabird capital of the world.
This will be a multi-media exhibition featuring nearly 30 artists from throughout New Zealand who have given time to investigate some of the reasons why we have lost 70% of our seabirds since the 1950’s. Predation, by-catch (3,000 – 14,000 birds are lost each year), global warming causing a decline in food stocks, an increase in plastics, are some of the causes.
Scientists have been discovering to their amazement, just how far some of these birds travel to their regular feeding grounds. Tawaki, the Fiordland Crested Penguin, for example, swims 8,000k twice a year after breeding in NZ waters, to its feeding grounds.
20 September to 17 October 2021
Millions of seabirds come to the mainland or islands in New Zealand territorial waters to breed and overwinter every 9 months, making New Zealand the seabird capital of the world.
This will be a multi-media exhibition featuring nearly 30 artists from throughout New Zealand who have given time to investigate some of the reasons why we have lost 70% of our seabirds since the 1950’s. Predation, by-catch (3,000 – 14,000 birds are lost each year), global warming causing a decline in food stocks, an increase in plastics, are some of the causes.
Scientists have been discovering to their amazement, just how far some of these birds travel to their regular feeding grounds. Tawaki, the Fiordland Crested Penguin, for example, swims 8,000k twice a year after breeding in NZ waters, to its feeding grounds.
"Control / Chaos" Sam Cranston
Gallery Two
20 September to 17 October 2021
Control
Restrain, rule, control.
Conform, cooperate, control.
Power, authority, control.
How much control do we truly have? When forced into situations, not of our making - who is in control? How do we take control?
Power is a basic human right. A right to control our own bodies. A right to think for ourselves, a right to be fearless. Until it's taken away from us.
When we're bound and constrained and give up our normal freedoms - Do we all feel the the impotence in the same way?
Control is a collection of drawings. Control is living, breathing and organic. When we're broken down into our smallest pieces, are we still whole?
Our smallest parts make up who we are. If we lose a piece, are we still whole?
Chaos
a state of total confusion with no order
What happens when we relinquish control?
What happens when control is not forced upon us?
Do we descend into chaos? Do we unravel?
Do we become fearless & free?
Paintings, born from lack of control and developed in chaos. Expressing the frustration, fear and chaos we can feel when control is taken away. They also show freedom. Freedom to be seen, through the chaos. Freedom to be fearless, raw and exposed.
When we relinquish all restraint and reserve….we can embrace the chaos.
BIO
Sam Cranston is a local artist from Tindalls Bay.
Control / Chaos is her first solo exhibition showing her intricate drawings and energetic paintings.
Family and business needs put her artistic journey on pause, until she found Life Drawing classes at Estuary Arts, and fell in love with the human form. Sam seeks to capture the strength, emotion and power we can find when we strip everything away to its barest form.
Sam continues to work in a variety of mediums, taking influence from abstract expressionist artists such as De Kooning and Kline.
20 September to 17 October 2021
Control
Restrain, rule, control.
Conform, cooperate, control.
Power, authority, control.
How much control do we truly have? When forced into situations, not of our making - who is in control? How do we take control?
Power is a basic human right. A right to control our own bodies. A right to think for ourselves, a right to be fearless. Until it's taken away from us.
When we're bound and constrained and give up our normal freedoms - Do we all feel the the impotence in the same way?
Control is a collection of drawings. Control is living, breathing and organic. When we're broken down into our smallest pieces, are we still whole?
Our smallest parts make up who we are. If we lose a piece, are we still whole?
Chaos
a state of total confusion with no order
What happens when we relinquish control?
What happens when control is not forced upon us?
Do we descend into chaos? Do we unravel?
Do we become fearless & free?
Paintings, born from lack of control and developed in chaos. Expressing the frustration, fear and chaos we can feel when control is taken away. They also show freedom. Freedom to be seen, through the chaos. Freedom to be fearless, raw and exposed.
When we relinquish all restraint and reserve….we can embrace the chaos.
BIO
Sam Cranston is a local artist from Tindalls Bay.
Control / Chaos is her first solo exhibition showing her intricate drawings and energetic paintings.
Family and business needs put her artistic journey on pause, until she found Life Drawing classes at Estuary Arts, and fell in love with the human form. Sam seeks to capture the strength, emotion and power we can find when we strip everything away to its barest form.
Sam continues to work in a variety of mediums, taking influence from abstract expressionist artists such as De Kooning and Kline.
"The Bubble Collection" by Paula Wheeler
Gallery four (Education Wing Foyer)
21 September to 17 October 2021
I love to paint.
I hope you enjoy my lively expressions.
I was born in England and emigrated with my husband and two sons in 2007. I am loving life in my adopted country, with its inspiring natural beauty, and many kind and creative people.
Paula has a passion for colour. Painting with fluid acrylics allows her to indulge this passion, by creating vibrant artworks with flowing patterns. Paula's most recent series focuses on movement, drawing the eye along twisting turning ribbons of colour. Every painting is a unique journey, some twist around, following the curve, others spin on a central axis. Paula has enjoyed the process of including embedded glass spheres or ‘bubbles’, to draw greater attention and emphasise the movement in each piece. Sometimes the spheres magnify details in the pattern, such as fluid art cells or lacing effects, in addition to accentuating the flowing movement.
21 September to 17 October 2021
I love to paint.
I hope you enjoy my lively expressions.
I was born in England and emigrated with my husband and two sons in 2007. I am loving life in my adopted country, with its inspiring natural beauty, and many kind and creative people.
Paula has a passion for colour. Painting with fluid acrylics allows her to indulge this passion, by creating vibrant artworks with flowing patterns. Paula's most recent series focuses on movement, drawing the eye along twisting turning ribbons of colour. Every painting is a unique journey, some twist around, following the curve, others spin on a central axis. Paula has enjoyed the process of including embedded glass spheres or ‘bubbles’, to draw greater attention and emphasise the movement in each piece. Sometimes the spheres magnify details in the pattern, such as fluid art cells or lacing effects, in addition to accentuating the flowing movement.
October 2021
The National Mosaic Art Exhibition and Symposium
We are delighted that our exhibition has been welcomed back to the Estuary Arts Centre where we have held two very successful exhibitions prevously.
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Downstairs Galleries
20 October to 14 November Opening Friday 22 October 6-8pm National Mosaic Art Exhibition The exhibition, including Symposium & Workshops, is open to all mosaic artists. Opening night is Friday 22 October from 6 -8pm. LET’S GET TOGETHER Share Experiences, Share Stories & Learn A great gathering of mosaic artists from throughout NZ. Attend the opening weekend packed with workshops and social events. The Saturday Symposium is open to the public and presents fascinating views, insights and stories about mosaics. REGISTRATION FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact us at mosaicartnz@gmail.com Check out our website: http://nzmosaicart.co.nz or find us on Facebook – New Zealand Mosaic Art Facebook Please pass this on the anyone you know who might be interested. |
November 2021
“Beyond What Eyes Can See”, showcases Deborah Martin and Paul Mason’s passion for photography.
Gallery 4
17 November to 05 December 2021
As artists their photographs tell a story, not just a capture of a moment in time. Their role as photographers is deciding what story to tell and what techniques to utilise to achieve this. Often the story arises from their emotional response to what is in front of them. This emotional response is reflected in how they take the photograph and the techniques used in post processing.
"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed." Ansel Adams
17 November to 05 December 2021
As artists their photographs tell a story, not just a capture of a moment in time. Their role as photographers is deciding what story to tell and what techniques to utilise to achieve this. Often the story arises from their emotional response to what is in front of them. This emotional response is reflected in how they take the photograph and the techniques used in post processing.
"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed." Ansel Adams
