56 artists from around the world, with nothing in common except their age.
Still enthusiastically making art as they move past the Biblical 'three score years and ten'.
Some very fine art, accompanied by pics of the artist at work.
Percy Thomson Gallery in Stratford
REFLECTIONS- THE ART OF LOCKDOWN
Curated by Rhonda Bunyan
Showing until January 21 2021
70 Taranaki artists share their Covid-19 Lockdown creations in Percy Thomson’s major end-of-year exhibition.
The exhibition focuses on artwork produced during the Lockdown period and also post-Lockdown, in a reflective capacity. It will appeal to your eyes and your heart!
Some artists found Lockdown stifling to their inner creative soul and struggled to undertake any creative endeavour during quarantine.
One artist confided that she totally ‘dried up’ and couldn’t bring herself to pick up a paint brush.
Others embraced the ‘enforced break from normal life’ relishing the ensuing spare time and isolation, seeing it as a ‘gift’, and put it to good use.
The exhibition is diverse and covers a wide range of medium; art, poetry, mixed media.
Artists provide an overview of their creative process, so viewers can appreciate the art and also have entre into the personal realm of the artist’s own unique experience.
Koru on Devon, New Plymouth
See their new exhibition by a big group of artists.
Gover Street Gallery, New Plymouth
Heidi and Mike Griffin have transformed the huge space into a very classy-looking community gallery.
You really should visit ... it's exciting, with so much art to look at.
If you want more info ... goverstgallery@gmail.com
And they're on facebook ... goverstgallery
Tartists' News
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Stubborn determination, or stupidity? Dale Copeland decided to use the lockdown time to make an edition of 100 handbound books Philosophy of the Found. Sounds easy when you say it quickly. But each book takes more than 7 hours to make, and time was clicking by. She wrote the book, had the pages printed, and started leather binding, with inset objects, managed to finish them all by 1st September. To coincide with the online exhibition of assemblages Philosophy of the Found. By three completely different, and easily recognisable, styles of assemblage art, by Carl Fairweather and Dale Copeland of New Zealand, and Robert Villamagna of West Virginia, USA. See the images of all 100 books online And follow the Party link to see the worldwide community of art-lovers sharing a virtual booklaunch! Good fun, especially when so many of the 'party-goers' are still in strict lockdown trying to avoid the viral pandemic. On her website dalecopeland.co.nz/ |
Coming Soon - (a new exhibition every second month)
(email Dale if you're interested in having an exhibition on the Virtual TART site)
| 2021 | |
| January and February | Art >70 An open call for practising artists over 70 Shows the work of 58 artists from around the world. |
| March and April | Painterly expressions of a dicomforting world Paintings by Anne Holliday |
| May and June | The Abecedary Project Caroline Garrett Hardy of Williamsburg, Virginia, USA |
| July and August | Watercolor collage and mixed media by Shirley Eley Nachtrieb of St Charles, Missouri, USA |
| September and October | MATEWAN mixed media art by Jean Hess of Tennessee, USA |
| November and December | Animals Matter stop Species Extinction Paintings by John Adams of Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland |
| 2022 | |
| January and February | Unlimited Palette four New Zealand artists, with a wide variety of techniques. |
| March and April | . . . . ? . . . |
Koru on Devon, New Plymouth
89 Devon Street West
A beautiful space.
Contact Fay Looney ( faylooney@xtra.co.nz ) ph 021410030
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Koru on Koru Gallery & Garden
283 Koru Rd, Oakura
Open each weekend 10am - 4pm or by appointment.
New artists welcome to view this free space.
The historic Koru on Koru site offers garden space for sculpture exhibition at no cost to Artist.
Ph. 06 7527807 / 021410030
faylooney@xtra.co.nz
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