Just a reminder that applications for the NZ Art Show are drawing to a close – SAW applications close next week, April 30th. Applications for the General Exhibition close May 15th.

If you have applied for the show via our website but you have not received confirmation from us, please contact us immediately - registration@artshow.co.nz or 04 387 4370.

We have been having a few issues with our on-line registrations and want to ensure that all applications have been correctly received.

Attached is an application pack – it might be easier for you to print it out and post it to us.

Please visit our website for more details about this year’s show – www.artshow.co.nz

PO Box 11679
Wellington

July 30th – August 1st, 2010    TSB Bank Arena, Queens Wharf, WELLINGTON

Formerly The New Zealand Affordable Art Show, the Tustees have decided that the show will now be called THE NEW ZEALAND ART SHOW for future years. The concept will remain the same and the objectives of the Trust are unchanged.

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Sophia Elise is planning an art exhibition and silent auction to raise funds for a local charity The Lonely Miaow- (www.lonelymiaow.co.nz) which rescues stray cats and kittens in Auckland and finds adoptive homes for them.

There are a lot of stray, dumped and badly neglected cats and kittens in this city and it would be great to do something to help this charity which struggles to keep up – I think this event could raise a few thousand dollars for them.

It will be on at the Depot Artspace in April, with the opening on the 17th at 2pm.

So if you feel like donating work to help this fabulous charity, or can help in some other way, Let her know!

Ypu can get in touch with her via Facebook.

A-hoy me heartys!

As announced in our last Dr. Sketchy Wellington, the good people at Calico Jacks are holding a competition for a new logo and banner. They are offering a $100 Calico Jacks voucher for the best of each AND a calico Jacks hat to their favourite 10 entires. You and all your friends are invited to enter. Whoo-hoo!

So the logo must be crisp and clear so that it can be shrunk down itty bitty or blown up huge and still look fabulous, it can be an image or an image with “Calico Jacks”. The banner must say “Calico Jacks Boutique” and be long and skinny so it can go across the window or be used on hats, t-shirts or web advertising.

Simply email your high-res submission to Dayv at calicojacksinfo@yahoo.co.nz or drop your hard-copy original into Calico Jacks Boutique at 45 Ghuznee Street  by midnight on the 7th of March 2010 (if you are dropping it in, remember to leave your details). Dayve will scrutinise all entries and announce the winner/winners at the next Dr. Sketchy Wellington on Saturday March 13th.

Awesome!

So pop down to the shop and have a browse around to pick up the vibe of wild pirate adventure and goth-punk-retro-cabaret then spread the word and get your pens, pencils and pixels to action.

From Calico Jacks and
Dr. Sketchy Wellington

The small print:
- The winning entries become property of Calico Jacks Boutique Limited
- Calico Jacks reserve the right to not pick any of the entries
- If the winner/winners is/are not present at Dr. Sketchys Wellington on the 13th of March, they are still the winner/s and they still get the prize.

Critical Animals is the creative research arm of This is Not Art, held each October in Newcastle, NSW. CA welcomes proposals for papers, panels, presentations, performances, exhibits, installations and happenings. The symposium is interdisciplinary and unthemed – it is an opportunity to present research material and creative practice with the thought to generating discussion and collaboration. In particular we look for artists that engage with creative research, challenge their medium or reflect upon their practice.

Please distribute this callout to any artists, researchers, writers, students, performers, academics and thinkers – anyone who’s critically engaged in creative and experimental art practices.

Applications close Wednesday 31 March.

Details of the callout are attached, and can also be found here.

Kind regards,

Aden Rolfe and Sarah Caufield

www.criticalanimals.org

www.thisisnotart.org

Tapu te Ranga Marae in Island Bay is hosting a harvest festival this weekend.

If you having seen this majestic wooden building and beautiful grounds,

come along, it is worth checking out!

Creative Area: Sculpture or 3D

Applications close: Friday 30 April 2010

Description: headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF WAIHEKE ISLAND

January 28 – February 20 2011

Call for Proposals

headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF WAIHEKE ISLAND is a contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition, free to the public and held every two years over the height of summer. Since the inaugural exhibition in 2003 the event has attracted many of New Zealanders leading sculptors.

We are currently seeking proposals for the 2011 exhibition.

headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF 2011 is excited to announce significant awards recognising both artists and sculptures. These include the headland 2011 Premier Award $20,000; Kinetic Sculpture Award $10,000 and Young Artist Award (under 29 years) $5,000.

We welcome proposals for all kinds of sculpture, whatever the media, scale and style, including multi media and ephemeral works. We are looking for a selection of work that considers the connection between the environment and the landscape. Each selected artist will receive $2,000 towards the completion of their work. You are strongly encouraged to research and, if possible, visit the island walkway before submitting your application.

The selector’s for 2011 are Trish Clark, Chairperson, Advisory Panel for Public Art, Heather Galbraith, Senior Curator/Manager Curatorial Programmes, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi  and James McCarthy, Executive Director, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts.

Being selected to exhibit at headland Sculpture on the Gulf is not only prestigious and an opportunity to exhibit alongside other leading New Zealand (and international) sculptors, it is also an opportunity to present your work to the public in a unique coastal location and enjoy the camaraderie and strong community support for which the event is well known in the arts community.

Proposals are to be received by Friday 30 April, 2010 and artists will be notified mid June 2010.

Visit www.sculptureonthegulf.co.nz for more information and to download an Application Form

or contact:

Juliet Monaghan                                                   Jenny Smith

Project Director                                                    Project Coordinator

Ph 027 4882 474                                                   Ph 021 402 131

headland Sculpture on the Gulf Waiheke Island 2011

We organize the Cuba Street Night Market- which is a arts crafts market that runs every Friday Night on the top end of Cuba Street at Kreuzberg Cafe, we are currently looking for more artists / crafters to have stalls at the market. As your school has made quite a name for itself in the arts world in Wellington we thought we had to get ahold of you and enquire about your amazing students and tutors. We are currently struggling to find artists /  crafters in Wellington and would absolutely love it if you were keen to get some of your students / tutors to participate in the market and give them a chance to showcase their amazing work to the community (as well as potentially sell some!).

Art Fest Aotearoa Ltd.
Promoting local artists and musicians.
107 Amritsar Street, Khandallah, Wellington.
P: 04 479 4448

Maintainance man Paul Bunyan & shop store man Nathan McLachlan have an exhibition on now!!!
A meeting between Pauls stitch work and Nathan’s political paintings, the show promises much. Be there to see it.

The show runs: Monday 15 Feb, 6-9pm (opening); Tuesday 16 Feb to Saturday 20 Feb, 10am-6pm; Sunday 21 Feb, 10am-4pm, at Thistle Hall in Wellington.

If you have already registered or this year’s show, then please ignore this message.

The deadline for Single Artist Wall applications is fast approaching – March 31st.

To ensure that you don’t miss out on the opportunity to have your own wall space you can download a form from our website – www.artshow.co.nz. At this stage our website is still being updated but you can find some basic info on board.

Alternatively email a request to registration@artshow.co.nz.

Also, in conjunction with ASB, we are holding a Secondary School students art competition. So if you know of any creative secondary school students, let them know know. Application forms on our website

Go on – get yer art on – give it a crack!