THE REALITY SHOW
An open exhibition
19 artists from around the world share their own reality.
Gover St Gallery, 19 Gover Street, New Plymouth 4310
Now showing ..... an amazing exhibition of Taranaki art.... the BIG EXHIBITION
Open for all of October and November 2024
celebrating 5 years of Gover St Gallery.
Well worth a long and thorough look.
It's magnificent.!
If you want more info ... goverstgallery@gmail.com
And we're on Facebook & Instagram ... goverstgallery
Jan Huijbers, good news, 2024
The artwork created in Zundert the Netherlands between 1979 and 1983, containing 40 works, is now in the collection of Museum De Weeghreijse in Zundert.
Generally, the artwork media is ink on semi-transparent polyester showing landscapes and buildings in a variety of sizes A2 to A4.
The date of handing over to the museum is 7 September 2024.
Special Art Classes, at the Gables studio, Brooklands Park
Jan Huijbers, artist and art teacher, is a mentor for Down Syndrome students who have an interest in drawing and painting.
On Monday 14 October 2024, he will start art classes for the Taranaki Down Syndrome Association for people with a passion for drawing and painting.
The studio is at The Gables Gallery and the classes will be from 2 to 4 pm Mondays
Jan says that his work will be coaching and developing their passion for painting, not interfering in their beautiful creative mind.
"Working with them is a privilege and brings sunshine into my life".
He wrote "For the last 2 years, I have had a student with the same disability who comes every Wednesday and paints in his unique style,
I gained a lot of experience and we were learning both ways.
I aim to take the stigma away from their disability and their creation to be accepted as an art form through art galleries."
Radio Access now has an exhibition of the work by one of the students he has mentored for over 2 years.
See it in the Radio Access Art Space Room next to their office on the Cinema ground floor.
The Adam Portraiture Award 2024, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford.
Now open,showing until 13th October.
‘Taranaki Review: In Miniature’ exhibition for 2024, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford.
Exhibition dates: 13 December 2024 to 26 January 2025.
One artwork entry per artist
Must be born/ attend secondary school in Taranaki region, and/or currently reside in Taranaki.
The artwork must measure less than/equal to 200 x 200 x 200mm/ 20 x 20 x 20cm. The smaller, the better!
For examples in 2022, visit our website! They were all tiny and collectively filled the gallery beautifully.
All work must be for sale.
All online entry forms are due by Sunday 1st December 2024, 11:59pm.
CONNECTIONS, Val Deakin Dance Theatre, 306 St Aubyn Street, New Plymouth
Connections is the name of the exciting new programme that the Val Deakin Dance Theatre will be presenting in October – connections between people, connections to place and time, connections to music and connections to times past, present and future.
A new connection for the Dance Theatre will be to have live music played by New Plymouth based French café band La Mer. Formed in early 2022, they have secured a strong following already. All five members are well known musicians. Dominque Blatti’s seductive vocal is backed by Bernie Schmid’s lively gypsy guitar; Malcolm Alder on double bass adds sassy toe tapping rhythms; Helen Griffiths creates vibrant flurries on her violin while Aason Bosch’s piano accordion provides that distinctive French café feel. They add a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to the new work, entitled Café La Mer. Set in a Parisian street café in the 1950’s, the piece has a variety of dance and music styles weaving the interactions and connections of the different people visiting the café.
Two very different works by choreographer Val Deakin ONZM explore connections of people to the land, the environment and to each other. There are sections from the lovely, lyrical and humorous Reflections (set to music by Chopin), and heartfelt and joyous segments of her equally wonderful work For Roberto. This was originally inspired by a poem from 10 year old Roberto written during the war in Yugoslavia. A sad reminder that things haven’t changed much for children and others suffering in war zones around the world.
The final work on the programme is the premiere of a work by Christchurch based choreographer Fleur de Their specially commissioned for the Dance Theatre. This romp to an eclectic selection of music is entitled Take a Seat and the dancers do just that – and so much more!
The dancers for the programme, aged 6 to 70+, include some of the Dance Theatre’s most experienced and remarkable – Jane Roseman who has been dancing with the company since it’s inception in 1973, and the multi-talented Shelley Prestney, Davina Moffat, Inge Vink, Donna Kelly, Laura Sommerville, Rosanne Taylor, Catherine Donlon, Karen Manu and Christine Coppell. Mervyn Chivers has brought his delightful sense of theatre and humour to many productions with the Dance Theatre and elsewhere and he is joined in Café La Mer by newcomers Jeff Richards (new to the Dance Theatre but not to dance, he is quite the tango dancer!) and Lachlan Wimsett. Children Anna Bliss and Ethan Richards will complete the talented cast.
Major sponsors for this programme are The Toi Foundation, Creative Communities Scheme New Plymouth District and Taylor Dental. The Dance Theatre is very grateful to them for helping bring this production to fruition.
Performances will be at the Val Deakin Dance Centre, 306 St Aubyn Street on
Friday, October 11 at 7:30 om
Sunday, October 13 at 2:30 pm.
Friday, October 18 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 20 at 2:30 pm
Tickets are available from Pianoworks, by phoning 06 758 0991, or at the door if not sold out. Don’t miss out on this entertaining connection.
The Collaboration, New Plymouth
Taranaki Schools Exhibition and “Spring Edition” pop-up.
Now open, all welcome.
83 Devon Street East, Ngāmoutu, New Plymouth
Student artists, and small businesses.
2024 Taranaki National Art Awards, Opunake
Opening ceremony, Opunake, 7pm 1st November.
The exhibition will be open for viewing from 1st to 10th November.
Exhibitions on the Virtual Tart website. - (a new exhibition every month)
(email Dale if you're interested in having an exhibition)
Now showing, through October 2024, THE REALITY SHOW
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