Calling all art lovers! Creative Coromandel’s spring festival, artbeat, is a curation of all the must-see artists, experiences and events in the rohe. Running until mid-December, artbeat gives locals and visitors alike the chance to build an itinerary of art experiences on the Coromandel, before the summer hordes arrive.
The peninsula is pulsing with artistic endeavours this spring and with the sun shining and the roads open there’s never been a better time to engage with Coromandel artists.
To create your own artistic itinerary, simply go to the artbeat website and choose dates that will suit. For example, if you’d like to attend Thames’ famous Steampunk Festival, you could put together an itinerary for the weekend November 8–11. Arriving on Friday, you can attend life drawing classes followed by live music at the Kauaeranga Valley Hall with Bob McNeill and Emily Roughton. Spend Saturday marvelling at the costumes on display at Steampunk Parade and fashion show but get in a disco nap before the ball that night. Take it a bit more gently on Sunday and round out the weekend by relaxing to either the music of the harp, or the choral stylings of the very talented Mercury Bay Community Choir. If you have any spare moments during the weekend, the Creative Coromandel website can help you fill them with information about galleries and creative venues all over the Coromandel at the end of a mouse click.
The artbeat festival is also putting out a call to all the artists in the region. The festival has been designed by Creative Coromandel to connect communities through art and to create an arts ‘gig guide’. It is free to be part of the festival, and inclusion in the program helps artists to amplify their upcoming events to a receptive audience. All creatives are invited to participate so if you have an upcoming art show, dance exhibition or music gig, contact Creative Coromandel to be added to the calendar. Sign up today – you’ll find all the info you need on the newly revamped Creative Coromandel website.
This glow-up of Creative Coromandel’s website makes it a must-use resource for anyone interested in the arts. For art lovers, the website will guide you to the events, people, places and news from around the peninsula. For artists, there is a whole section of the website devoted to resources with guidance on funding, prizes and connection to other creatives, as well as information about workshops, arts advocacy and advice on selling art online.
Visit Creative Coromandel and start planning your artbeat experience today!
