What’s On Amy MacKinnon’s Plate?

A little while ago I wrote about the intriguing exhibition at Papakura Gallery called ‘What’s On Your Plate?’ I included a blurry image of Amy MacKinnon‘s work but just found this great pic of her work. Thought I needed to do her work justice. You can see further work in the exhibition here…

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What’s on your Plate?

On Saturday, we braved the ‘weather bomb’ and headed down to Papakura Art Gallery to see ‘What’s on your Plate?’. What’s on your Plate presents a variety of outcomes from a participatory assignment using the idea of a plate as a metaphor for the act of sharing as well as referring to versions of the [...]

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What’s on your Plate

Just before my visit to the Auckland Art Gallery, I read a blog post from Artista…thoughts on art in London about ‘Parallel Painting Paths – Mondrian and Nicholson converse at The Courtauld.‘  Walking to the Frances Hodgkins exhibition that day, I passed this painting by Ben Nicholson which looked so similar to the one in Chloe’s [...]

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Entre’acte

Tina Frantzen’s solo show “Entre’acte” at the Satellite Gallery in St Benedicts St, Newton. The opening is on Tuesday 13th December and the exhibition runs until Saturday 24th December.   Since she began painting six years ago, Tina Frantzen has been exhibiting consistently and has had three solo shows previously at Satellite Gallery. (www.satellitegallery.co.nz).  Her works [...]

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Dornwell Studios – Art Studio Open Day Sat 3rd Dec

Saturday 3rd December 2011, 12 noon to 4pm Wow – our THIRD annual open day! Take a once-a-year opportunity to explore a working shared studio, to view new or even in-progress artworks and have a chat with the very approachable artists. There will be work on display and some for sale (no eftpos sorry, but [...]

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Pocket Rockets 2011

9/05/2011 to 22/05/2011 Where: The Art Station, Otago Art Society, First Floor, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Avenue, Dunedin When: 9th – 22nd May Participating NZ Art Guild Artists: Amanda Cass, Anni Morris, Chris Cruickshank, Gerda Smit, Helen Parsons, Jane Tan, Jane Bold, Lei Wen, Natasha Shackleton, Peter Augustin, Ron Esplin, Sofia Spirtova, Sue McPhee, [...]

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A tentative start to the New Year…

I know I have been a bit quiet here but starting to get back into it again this year! Last weekend I ventured down to Hikuai Valley and spent Saturday with a painting group at the gorgeous Hikuai Hall – always a great day playing. This time I deliberatly(sp) took no painting equipment with me [...]

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Dornwell Studios — Art Studio Open Day

Saturday 11th December 2010, 12 noon to 5.30pm Dagmar Andres-Dahmen Jo Dalgety Russell Fuller Judith Grey Sue Hellings Amy MacKinnon Carolyn Milbank Sarah Stuart Susan Thomas Jane Thorne An opportunity to explore a recently created workspace, to view the artworks and talk with the artists. There will be work on display and for sale. Come [...]

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An exhibition of paintings by Amy MacKinnon and Jo Dalgety

Our invites are fresh from the printers. And they look great! It’s the folding that makes them a little unique but you can get a taste and all the info you need here. anima locus paintings by Amy MacKinnon and Jo Dalgety 23rd February – 12th March 2010 Opening: Monday 22nd Februaryl 5.30pm – 7.30pm [...]

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Art Studio Open Day in Three Kings

Saturday 12th December 2009 12 noon to 5.30pm. * Dagmar Andres-Dahmen * Carolyn Milbank * Sarah Stuart * Jo Dalgety * Sue Thomas * Sue Hellings * Jane Thorne * Amy MacKinnon An opportunity to explore a recently created workspace, to view the artworks and talk with the artists.The works cover a wide range of [...]

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