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July 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
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Ties That Bind – A New Play Hitting the Stage in Thames This Month
Rehearsals are well underway for Thames Music and Drama’s Ties that Bind production, written and directed by Thames local Hilary Rodley.
List your event for the artbeat Before 31 July And be in to Win!
Attention all local artists – enter your event early and be in to win a weekend away for two! If you enter your event before July 31st you will go into the draw to win 2 VIP tickets for the CoroCine Film Festival Opening Night and Coromandel Artbeat Lauch Party, plus...
Shannon Silcock: Exploring The Process of Abstraction
A Masters of Science in Art psychotherapy gave Shannon the perfect way to combine her interest in working with people, and her love of art.
Accessible, Focussed and Fairer – Creative NZ’s New Funding Model
Following extensive consultation with the country’s arts sectors during 2023, in early 2024, Creative New Zealand (CNZ) announced a new funding programme, replacing its traditional monthly, highly contested Arts Grants model, which sometimes closed within days of opening.
Review: Roimata’s Matariki Exhibition
Some days later after our earlier conversation I visited Roi’s Matariki Art Show tucked away in a corner of Kuaotunu village. This was his first solo show with only his work on show and it gave plenty of time to wander, focus and compare his various styles and works.
A Conversation with Kūaotunu Artist Roimata Taimana
A few days before Roimata’s Mataraki weekend art show, he agreed to meet up and kōrero about his work and his memories about his first exhibition and his work, prior to what would be his first local solo show.
CoroCine Film Festival
Welcome to a new and exciting three-day cinematic event at the Mercury Twin Cinemas in Whitianga. The event will include internationally acclaimed works by the best and brightest of our Coromandel filmmakers, as well as films about the Coromandel, making it a must-attend for all film lovers and artists.
June 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News and info from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
A Conversation With Raewyn Helms-Davis
Raewyn Helms-Davis’s Art Loft is wedged into the corner garden of her home in central Whitianga. An address she has had since 2014, when she moved from Auckland to focus on her work as a full-time artist.
