Ruby Coast Arts Festival: Creative Spirit Comes Alive
Media release
The creative spirit comes alive at
the Ruby Coast Arts Festival – November
2014
13 August, 2014
With the arrival of late Spring, those interested in the Arts look forward to nurturing their creative side at the annual month-long Ruby Coast Arts Festival.
RCA FESTIVAL OPENING
EVENT
In this popular festival, local artists and
members of Ruby Coast Arts (RCA) join together to present a
series of events including the innovative Window Art
exhibition in Mapua, an Open Studios Weekend, an art
exhibition and a series of hands-on creative workshops, but
it all starts with the Festival Launch party on Thursday 30
October.
That evening Mapua Hall will be humming with art aficionados, bidders for a silent auction, artists keen to show their wares, workshop tutors and plenty of wine and nibbles. There will also be a well-known “mystery speaker’ – an inspirational working artist whose identity will be revealed in due course.
WINDOW ART IN
MAPUA
During November the Window Art exhibition
transforms the Mapua village centre into a vibrant,
street-based art exhibition, showcasing the innovative ways
artists approach the art form, raising awareness of art
within the community and making art accessible. It also
brings people of all ages and abilities together, to create
exciting works of art for the exhibition. As the general
public goes about their daily business they will encounter
the window art, which should inspire, bring a smile, or food
for thought.
OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND
The Open Studios
Weekend allows the public to peek into the private studio
spaces of the members of RCA over the weekend of Saturday 1
and Sunday 2 November. Information brochures about this
weekend are available at local cafes, shops, the Richmond
Library and i-SITES at Nelson and Motueka.
ARTISTS’
WORKSHOPS
The public can learn something new at one of
the creative workshops where local artists share their
skills. So far these include tutorials on flax weaving,
stone carving, botanical painting, encaustic wax techniques,
portrait painting and etching, life drawing and abstract
painting. The full programme can be viewed online at http://www.rubycoastarts.co.nz/workshops.html
COMMUNITY ART EXHIBITION
The Community Art
Exhibition, held on the weekend of 15 and 16 November at
Mapua Hall, gives emerging local artists the opportunity to
introduce their talents to a wide audience and members of
the public the chance to view an amazing range of art works.
PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS
Performing Arts will also play
a part in the festival, with a poetry and music night on 14
November to be held at Jester House and several events at
The Playhouse including Lawrence Arabia on 7 November, New
Zealand Guitar Quartet on 13 November and a Festival Wrap-Up
Party on 30 November .
Keep an eye out for more details
and news about these happenings in local news, the RCA
Facebook page and the website http://www.rubycoastarts.co.nz/
Ends.