Updates & Call To Artists - Upstairs Art Gallery

Your invitation, Updates & Call To Artists - Upstairs Art Gallery

Humans of New Lynn - are you one of them?

(Image: Tisha Carter stands among 'just a few' of her Inside Out photographic portraits.)

Tisha Carter - Humans of New Zealand

Come and join us THIS Thursday evening, 6th June from 6 till 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of Tisha Carter’s photographic exploration of the community of New Lynn. We’ll have live music, refreshments and a room full of recognisable images from your community.

Tisha Carter’s fine art portraits of people from or connected to the New Lynn/Auckland community which illustrate their personal stories and thoughts. It celebrates diversity, honours the beauty, depth and complexity we share as human beings.

The exhibition coincides with the Auckland Festival of Photography. Click here to view details about the festival

Click here to view some of Tisha's work on her facebook page Humans of New Zealand.

Calls to Artists …

DRAW - Call For Entries from Members of the TCAC Upstairs Art Gallery. Opens Thursday 4th July 6-7.30pm on display until Saturday 27th July 2014. Registrations close FRIDAY 28TH JUNE 2014. The brief: We're calling for members to submit up to 2 drawings. As Wikipedia puts it  … Drawing is one of the major forms of expression within the visual arts, and is generally concerned with the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper. Traditional drawings were monochrome, or at least had little colour, while modern colored-pencil drawings may approach or cross a boundary between drawing and painting. In Western terminology, drawing is distinct from painting, even though similar media often are employed in both tasks. Dry media, normally associated with drawing, such as chalk, may be used in pastel paintings. Drawing may be done with a liquid medium, applied with brushes or pens. Similar supports likewise can serve both: painting generally involves the application of liquid paint onto prepared canvas or panels, but sometimes an under drawing is drawn first on that same support. Drawing is often exploratory, with considerable emphasis on observation, problem-solving and composition. Drawing is also regularly used in preparation for a painting, further obfuscating their distinction. There are several categories of drawing, including figure drawing, cartooning, doodling and shading. There are also many drawing methods, such as line drawing, stippling, shading, the surrealist method of entopic graphomania (in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots), and tracing (drawing on a translucent paper, such as tracing paper, around the outline of preexisting shapes that show through the paper). A quick, unrefined drawing may be called a sketch. Medium: All/any mediums are welcome on your choice of support. Instruments may include: graphite pencils,     pen and ink, inked brushes, waxcolor pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of     erasers, markers, styluses, and various metals (such as silverpoint), etc. Max Size limit per piece:  No larger than 1m x 1m (1m square for object art), including frame/support. Max Entries Per Member: 2. Fee Per Member: $5. Contact the gallery for more information or download your entry form by clicking here now.

Art In The Dark 2013 / Transforming Space. Registrations now open. Click here for details. Deadline for submissions is Friday 7th June.

Gifts from the Stars. He taonga no nga whetu. Matariki inspired images by West Auckland Artists. All mediums encouraged 8th June – 7th July 2013. OPENING:  Saturday 8th June, 2pm. Contact Ruby or Glenys at West Coast Gallery for further details: ph: 09 812 8029. Click here for their website

Local Exhibitions …

Auckland Festival of Photography - Fringe Exhibition. ‘SONG OF THE WHAU RIVER’ Exploring the good, the bad and ugly sites. Eco-Art photographs - by Brian Marsom. LynnMall - At Memorial Drive, Atrium Area. 3058 Great North Road, New Lynn, Auckland, NZ. Opening- 6pm. Wednesday 29th May (by invite). Exhibition hours; Refer to LynnMall Shopping Hours. Thursday 30th May to Friday 21st June, 2013.

MINDFUEL. Toi Ora proudly announces MINDFUEL, a group exhibition from our Photography class. This is a showcase of six individual and diverse insights into our creative community. Toi Ora is very chuffed to be part of the Auckland Festival of Photography again. MINDFUEL will run from 4 to 28 June 2013. 6 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn. Click here for more details.

Walk and Talk with ArtExplore. Check here to view their latest news:

Theatre …

On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. Director: Liz Watkinson. Season: June 4th – 16th. Ageing couple Norman and Ethel Thayer spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond and are now facing the fact that Henry’s health is failing and their time together is limited. Sounds gloomy, but there is nothing mawkish or sentimental about this couple; they’ve always enjoyed a good verbal sparring match, it is their way of expressing their love for each other. Titirangi Theatre. Click here for more details

Music …

Te Mara o te Po – The Night Garden. A festive celebration of the Maori New Year with live music from: Mihirangi, Black Sand Diva, Jay Okesene & The Dubtronics, Huia Hamon. “Matariki is the garden where light and sound come out to play”. Saturday July 6th. 7pm. Shed 1. Corbans Estate Arts Centre. Great North Road. Henderson. Fire dancers / DJ’s. Big Screen Visuals. Matariki Kai. Licensed Bar. Coffee & Chai. Click here for more details

Other …

Have your say with the new Glen Eden plan. Click here to view the planning package.

Other Arty News ....

Click here for Gordon Harris' latest newsletter.

Click here to see what's on at Lopdell House Gallery - off site.

Click here to see what's on at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

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Teena Speedy

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