Attended the annual Treasured Art Auction at Ingham Sears Mercedes Benz showroom in Totara St, Mount Maunganui on Thursday May 16th 2013, which is followed by an exhibition and sale at the showroom from Friday 17th until Saturday 18th May Between 10am – 3pm. The Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise launched the 2013 Treasured Art […]
Attended a floor talk by Bob Kerr on Sunday 12th May – artist of the exhibition called ‘hell here now’ – The Gallipoli Diary of Alfred Cameron – on til 2nd June. A very interesting talk about the works on display, the background to the reading of the diary and the choice of artworks which […]
Attended April at the Tauranga Art Gallery – Bond Street Bridge presents The Explorers Club: Antartica. An evening of Sam Prebble and his band of troubadours presented original folk songs, rousing tales of icy adventure, stunning heritage photographs and original illustrations – sounded interesting – in reality this was an evening of music which started […]
14th April at Baycourt 2013 – great soloists Another full house at Baycourt with the Tauranga Symphony and Tauranga Civic Choir. First half was a little disappointing, apart from the exceptional singing of Tauranga tenor Chase Douglas and Rororua soprano Elisha Fa’l-Hulton. Comments from others ranged from ‘not as good as usual’, ‘a little slow’, and I […]
Exhibition February – 7th April 2013 – very interesting This exhibition deserves a slow leisurely stroll. Many of the artworks did not appeal to me at first, but a second glance uncovered a level of detail which became intriguing – something I particularly like in art – the ability to find something new everytime you look at […]
Easter Weekend at Baycourt 2013 – great experience A full house were treated to two different music experiences which was wonderful musci and singing. The first half was jazz music from theTauranga Big Band which had our toes tapping in our seats. Young members from local schools and local singers made it a memorable occasion for many […]
at Durham Street Carpark, Tauranga 24th March 2013 A collection of local artists and their works which provided great value to anyone hoping to pick up a nice piece of art at a reasonable price (see Elizabeth Cross piece ‘Black Pot’ puchased). A shame that the advertising wasn’t great and location not showing off the […]
visited March 2013 – Chasing the Sun exhibition The work of Kristian Lomath is a beautiful selection of colourful canvases that you can read into them different things each time you view them. They range from vast canvases to medium sized works of varying vibrant colours. A pleasant gallery experience. If you need to think about whether or not to […]
Visited February 2013 – worth a visit A lovely open gallery at 114 Willow Street, Tauranga, NZ which has an interesting collection of glass works, wall art, jewellery and other collectables on sale. Something different – a merging of Maori style in a very stylish form – my opinion of course – but the jewellery was very […]
Exhibition February -20th February 2013 – delightful This exhibition depicts 25 hand-crafted penguins’ happily returning to the ocean after the Rena disaster. It can’f help but make you smile.
