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NOW SHOWING Saturday 06 February
- Tuesday 23 March
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Source - A Contemporary Female Aesthetic
The ‘Source’ exhibition and art project aims at celebrating gender and overcoming some of the challenges experienced by women artists today. Given the provocation ‘to revisit the notion of a feminine aesthetic,( a highly contested feminist art discourse of the eighties),, nine Hawke’s Bay women gathered at each other’s studios to discuss emerging themes and provide constructive criticism as the work evolved. In some cases it has fostered cross-pollination of media practice and collaboration between parties. The women have a diverse skill base and highly individual practice. Their differing backgrounds, ages, and life experience are connected by their experiences as women, and this has manifested itself in the exhibition. Co curator and Director of the Gallery writes in the catalogue for the exhibition “ These women are empowered, productive contemporary New Zealand artists, worthy of following, watching and collecting. They lay bare their most personal politics, struggles, histories and love of life, so that you might consider them as more than the human condition at its source”.The exhibition runs from 6 February until 23 March 2010. There is a fantastic public programme of artist talks and workshops over the six week period. Check the Hastings City Art Gallery website for details. Exhibition Details: SOURCE: A Contemporary feminine aesthetic . Cuator Maree Mills and Fiona Hislop The SOURCE participants are (in alphabetical order) Jo Blogg, Linda Bruce, Leanne Culy, Fiona Hislop, Anneliese Hough, Elaine Mayer, Jill Webster, Desna Whaanga Schollum and Denise Wilkinson. Contact: Artist and Curator: Fiona Hislop 876 3138 – 027 340 7044fionahislop@paradise.net.nz Director & Curator> Maree Mills 06 871 5095mareem@hdc.govt.nz  SOURCE PUBLIC EVENT PROGRAMME Artists Floor Talk , Available Panel : Tues 16th March 5:30pm – 7:00pmFree Entry Photography As Drawing Workshop : Anneliese Hough and Denise Wilkinson: Saturday 13 February 1:00-3:30pm. Registration required: $10.00 for materials (Maximum of 10 people)Please bring photographs and imagery you are happy to cut and paste. Directors Floor Talk : Maree Mills: Wednesday 17 February 5:30-6:30pm Entry Free Casting And Mould-Making workshop : Linda Bruce and Fiona Hislop: Saturday 06 March 10:00am-3:00pm. Registration required: $25.00 for materials (Maximum of 15 people).Please bring cut lunch and small objects Approaching dealer galleries and writing successful exhibition proposals : Elaine Mayer and Maree Mills:Sunday 21 March 1:30 – 3:30pm. Registration required : Gold Coin This is an interactive workshop, please bring photographs of your work and be prepared to talk about it. Please Note: Workshops will run if adequate registrations are made.Please register your interest with your name and contact phone number at customer services, front desk of Hastings City art Gallery. Ph: 06 871 5095 e:hastingsartgallery@hdc.govt.nz. Thank You |
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NOW SHOWING Saturday 06 February
- Sunday 18 April
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The Blue Room
 The Blue Room was a house in Dunedin where Spiritualists Clive Chapman and his niece Pearl Judd conducted séances in the 1920s. The Blue Room then moved to Masterton in the 1930s where they found a receptive audience. Spiritualists believe that the spirit of a person exists beyond their body and that the living can communicate with the dead. This exhibition presents work by 13 artists who were invited to respond to the idea of the ʻBlue Roomʼ and the psychic activity that took place there. Through their individual reflections, the artists also offer a wider view on perceptions of the paranormal in the contemporary world. Some of the artists have approached the topic as believers and some as sceptics. Today there is a proliferation of television programmes featuring psychics, ʻAsk a Psychicʼ magazine columns, and growing communities of spell sellers and psychic mediums online and performing on stages around the globe. Does all this suggest an increasing belief in psychic phenomena? Could it be that in a time of global economic crisis and all manner of other potential crises, itʼs comforting to believe that there is more to this world of ours than the physical and rational?
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NOW SHOWING Tuesday 02 March
- Monday 05 April
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2009 Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards
Locally based entrants are pictured from L to R: Richard Wood, Tim Whittaker and Jeff Drabble. Professional Photography at its best. An exhibition showcasing more than 150 images of New Zealand's top professional photographers is now on display in the Hastings City Art Gallery. The exhibition has been curated from more than 600 award winning images from the Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards which was judged at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington. "The Epson/NZIPP Iris Awards are an important platform for showcasing the outstanding talent of NZ professional photographers" says Craig Robertson, President of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography. "The event was a great success with 1200 + print entries, which took us to near record levels. The prints were entered by 290 photographers from around NZ and Australia, as well as many students from NZ Tertiary Institutions". Launched late 2009, the exhibition will tour the North and South Islands, giving the public an opportunity to appreciate the skills and creative talents of its professional photographers, including those of Palmerston North's Paul Gummer, who this year won the prestigious title of NZIPP Photographer of the Year. Each year, professional photographers across New Zealand submit their work to be judged for excellence across a number of categories including Commercial, Creative, Editorial, Landscape, People, and Wedding, with an additional category for Students and Assistants. The work is judged by panels of highly qualified judges, including experts from overseas. |
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