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We each can see different colours differently, for some a variation in shading and for others a change in richness. We can recognise a world with the colours inverted and follow a story told in colour while following the one told in line.
Even the dullest blue grey day leaves some colour and on the brightest of days all the saturation is stripped away, and the colour is mixed with bright white. This exhibition highlights the invisible, presents a face of entropy, offers characters to explore with and a series of abstract Wellington landscapes.
CONTACT
Instagram: @francis1frances2
Gifts from the Sea showcases art works by three Wellington women who share a deep love and respect for our south coast. Each of us draws on our creative skills to bring attention to the beauty and fragility of the underwater world. We are each conservationists at heart.
Margaret Elliot Using fine pastels and pigmented oils, Margaret brings the vibrant underwater world alive from photographs she takes when she is out snorkeling in the Taputeranga Reserve.
Mary Livingston has spent many years with her camera photographing our south coast. She braves all weathers to catch the mood of the blue waters that rage and seethe unpredictably, tearing sea life from their refugia.
Nicole Miller has made seaweed the centre of her life. The documentary 'Seaweed, A Love Story' narrates her work to protect Wellington's kelp forests and bring the beauty of the marine world to the surface through art & storytelling.
EVENTS:
Artist talk - Mary Livingston
Wednesday, 6 - 7.30 pm
Mary Livingston will share some of the stories behind her breathtaking photographs of Wellington’s South Coast.
Artist talk - Margaret Elliot
Friday 6 - 7.30 pm
Hear from Margaret Elliot how she creates stunning artworks inspired by Wellington’s South Coast.
Documentary film screening - Seaweed, A Love Story with Artists Q&A
Saturday, 6 - 7.30 pm
Join us for a screening of Nicole Miller's award-winning short documentary Seaweed, A Love Story followed by a Q&A with the artists about how art deepens their connection and shapes their relationship with the ocean. Ticketed event.
Tickets: humanitix.com/an-evening-of-ocean-art-and-film
CONTACT
Website: www.oceanart.co.nz/giftsfromthesea
Margaret Elliot
Website: margaretelliot.co.nz
Instagram: @margaretelliot
Mary Livingston
Instagram: @erddigg
Nicole Miller
Website: www.oceanart.co.nz
Instagram: @nicole.miller.nz , @exploreyourcoast
Facebook: Nicole Miller
#GiftsFromTheSea #OceanArtNZ
Images:
Margaret Elliot, painting
Mary Livingston, photograph
Nicole Miller, photograph
Steve Cochrane has been collecting music posters since the late 1970s.
By the mid eighties he was importing posters from Europe and selling them mail order through Rip It Up magazine, which evolved into both wholesale and retail.
In 1985, Steve joined post punk luminaries Skank Attack and began pasting posters on Wellingtons streets. Eventually, casual work led to his first poster distribution company The Stick Up!.
Steve returned to the music industry and poster game a while ago, with his print and distribution company Pasted!, and remains an active musician and promoter. Despite selling a lot of stuff stuff along the way, Steve still has an extensive poster collection acquired from a vast array of sources. There's Flying Nun gems like Skeptics, The Chills, The Bats and Bailter Space, there's Shihad, Split Enz, and Space Waltz, along with NZ tour posters of REM, Mick Jagger, Billy Bragg .....
All works are for sale
EVENTS
Live Music in Thistle Hall - Friday 21 and Saturday 22 from 7pm
CONTACT
Email: steve@pasted.co.nz
Made by Maranga is a made up of a group of creative adults with intellectual disabilities who have made bespoke products to show case their talents to the community.