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Doris de Pont ONZM New Years Honour
Doris de Pont ONZM New Years Honour
The art museum would like to congratulate Doris de Pont curator of the Whangarei Art Museum's current Summer exhibition HOME SEWN for her New Year's Honour.
Doris de Pont NZ designer was
awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for
Services to Fashion.
She first established her own label
in the heady days of the early 1980's and later established
the DNA label in 1994.
In 2010 she established the New Zealand Museum of Fashion.
K.Scott Pothan
Founding
Director
WHANGAREI ART MUSEUM TE MANAWA TOI
Member
International Council of Museums ICOM and ICOMNZ
Member
Museums Aotearoa
The Hub, Dent St., Town Basin
Whangarei. P.O. Box 1024, Whangarei, Northland, New
Zealand.
P: (09) 4304240 F: (09) 430 4208
E: whangareiartmuseum@wdc.govt.nz
Whangarei Art Museum Hours: Monday to Sunday: 10 am till 4 pm
Join the Whangarei Art Museum.
now showing
HOME SEWN Original New Zealand Fashion
- curated by
Doris de Pont NZ Fashion Museum 1930's to 2012.
17
December 2012 - 17 February 2013
Whangarei Art Museum
Hours : 10am - 4pm Monday to Sunday
Visit the Whangarei Art Museum website http://www.whangareiartmuseum.co.nz
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