Doris de Pont ONZM New Years Honour

Tuesday, 8 January 2013, 2:17 pm
Press Release: Whangarei Art Museum

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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