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Celebrating 3 Years of Creativity and Social Connectivity
The amazing results of three years of engagement will be showcased during the four-day exhibition at Hauraki House Gallery Coromandel. In addition, there will be fun ‘have-a-go-drop-in’ art workshops on each day.
November 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
Artists and Art Lovers, Don’t Let the Artbeat Skip by You
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.
To The Front: Girls Rock Aotearoa
The main purpose of To The Front is to empower youth by providing them with knowledge and practical skills in a safe and supportive environment.
Steampunk The Thames 9th Annual Festival: Down the Rabbit Hole!
Once upon a time, in a delightfully quirky town hugging a sandy shoreline, the Gold Mining Town of Thames strutted onto the scene! Bursting with heritage, culture, and artistic flair, it became the perfect backdrop for the very first Steampunk the Thames Festival in 2015!
Nur Peach Talks About Her Inspirational Pop Debut Album
Interview by Jessica Paton Nur Peach is a singer-songwriter and recording/performing artist from Waiomu, a small seaside settlement on the Thames Coast. She released her debut album, Syncopate, in June this year. Q: Who Are You? Could you introduce yourself and give...
Dessa Bluu – Ponsonby Bloom
By Isabel Gilbert-Palmer I was magnetised by the originality of Dessa Bluu’s work Heritage on the Artist Gallery wall at the Mercury Bay Art Escape Opening in 2017, gleaming in all its golden glory. It was a brilliant, original, shiny take on an iconic possessions of...
The Coromandel Open Studios Arts Tour
It’s Spring, which means The Coromandel Open Studios Arts Tour is on this month! This is the 18th year of the Arts Tour, which happens every year on the first two weekends of October. This year, it falls on October 5th & 6th and 12th & 13th, with an exhibition...
October 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
Te Kawa and His Beautiful Life
Maururongo [Ron] Te Kawa, a textile artist and educator, came to Coromandel in August to build a creative space in the Coromandel Citizens Hall
artbeat Launch Party- Kicking Off 3 Months of Spring Festival!
The CoroCine Film Festival is the first event in the coromandel artbeat spring festival, which will pull together a series of creative events mapped out across the peninsula
September 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
Potter Fiona Gates’ Incredible Taonga Uku Journey
Isabel Gilbert talks with Fiona Gates about being a potter versus a ceramist, the sensuality of clay and its raw earthiness, dreams of being a shepherdess and wool crafter, plummeting into ADHD and PTSD, and re-building herself through the journey of uku and connecting to Te Ao Māori, and why you can’t be without your reclaim bucket.
Interview With the Late Wailin Elliott
Wailin Elliott and I met at the first Chinese New Zealand Artists Hui, held in 2013 at Corban Estate Arts Centre, where I was the curator. Ten years later I was able to visit Wailin while on a residency at Driving Creek Railway and Pottery. Wailin Elliott is an artist I admire and can relate to as there are distinct parallels between how she forged her practice and the path mine has taken.
August 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
July 2024 Pānui/ Newsletter
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
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.
