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Mangroves, glass sculpture by Dermot Kelly, Harbourview Sculpture Trail 2014, photo Stefan Marks

For immediate release Thursday 6 March 2014

Phil Twyford to Officially Open Harbourview Sculpture Trail

• 52 artworks on display amongst salt marshes

• Open daily 8 – 30 March 2014

Heralded as one of the most enchanting displays of art and sculpture, with pieces that individually comment on their environment, the Harbourview Sculpture Trail, Te Atatu Peninsula, is set to open to the public this weekend, Saturday 8 March.

The Trail displays pieces by fifty of New Zealand’s most talented, established and up-and-coming artists, with most of the exclusive art installations available for purchase.

MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford said “The Harbourview Sculpture Trail is shaping up as a superb event in Auckland’s art calendar, with wonderful public art against a backdrop of Te Atatu Peninsula’s harbour-side setting.”
Harbourview Sculpture Trail Curator, Sally Lush, said "The trail is looking spectacular with each artist having taken an incredible amount of time and consideration in understanding the Te Atatu Peninsula environment.”
“The Harbourview Sculpture Trail is a journey of discovery, around the beautiful Danica ponds with its backdrop of salt marshes and stunning views of the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland CBD and Harbour Bridge. Showcasing a wide range of sculpture, the trail offers visitors an opportunity to view our natural environment differently, with some pieces of art addressing social and political issues of Te Atatu and the wider Auckland area.”
Lush said artists have used a broad mix of materials to create their installations including glass, caste iron, plastic, wood and steel.
The exhibition includes onsite kids activities including a 'Creation Station' hosted by Lopdell House Gallery - Art in a Box, a 'Peninsula Beats' evening presented by The Luscious Food Store, and a People’s Choice Award for the most popular sculpture, as voted by the public. Curated Tours will run each Friday and Saturday at 11am and 2pm, for the duration of the Trail.

Weekend bike hire is also available onsite, courtesy of Adventure Capital, for visitors interested in exploring the beautiful pathways around Te Atatu Peninsula, after walking the Trail.

The Harbourview Sculpture Trail, hosted by charitable organisation Peninsula Arts Inc, runs from 8th - 30th March 2014 and is open daily from 10am – 6pm.

For more information about the Harbourview Sculpture Trail or Curator Sally Lush, please visit www.harbourviewsculpture.com

ENDS

Notes to the Editor

More photos are available on request.

Tickets & Prices
Tickets are available from iticket.co.nz (www.iticket.co.nz/events/2014/mar/harbourview-sculpture-trail-2014)
• Adult $10.00
• Family (two adults & two children 5-15 years) $25.00
• Child (5-15 years) $5.00
• Seniors & Students (16 years+) $9.00
Booking fees apply

Exhibiting Artists

Artists	Sculpture Title	NZ Address
Nicky Adams	Fantail Seat	Tauranga
Diane Atkinson	Fade	Kaukapakapa
Karin Barr	Treasured Stones	Morrinsville
Katherine Batchelor	Wingspan	Warkworth
Russell Beck	Continuum	Invercargill
Billadonna & Faith Tavernor	Inside the Rabbit Hole	Hamilton
Phil Bonham	Waka Gnaru	Auckland (Beach Haven)
Jonathan Bowman	Whoa!	Auckland (Papakura)
Audrey Boyle	Tangle	Auckland (Avondale)
Trish Clarke	Scottish Thistle	Whangarei
Matthew Cowan	Beacon	Auckland (Te Atatu Peninsula)
Tim Elliot	Dawn Awakening	Auckland (West Harbour)
Expressive Art Group	On Angel’s Wings	Auckland (West Auckland)
Dawn J Flower	Mast	Auckland (Avondale)
Ross Forbes	Encampment	Auckland (Avondale)
Anton Forde	Te Atatu Revisted	Waiheke Island
Katherine Fraser & Kerry-Ann Stanton	Path of the Pukeko	Auckland (Mt Eden)
Bev Goodwin	The Dawn Taniwha	Auckland (Orakei)
Carol Green	Harbourview’s Dishes	Auckland (Howick)
Mia Hamilton	Home Sweet Home	Wellington
Cathy Head	Clutter	Auckland (Te Atatu South)
Dermot Kelly	Mangroves	Paeroa
Doug Kennedy	Dawn	Masterton
Phillippa Kenny	Westerlings	Auckland (Sandringham)
Juliette Laird	Transplantation	Auckland (Ponsonby)
Jay Lloyd	Seagulls	Waiheke Island
Laura Marsh	Ediface	Piha
Aaron McConchie	Untitled 2014	Auckland (Manukau)
Jenny McLeod	Navigation Post	Auckland (Western Heights)
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden	Light Dancing	Auckland (Torbay)
Sharonagh Montrose	Line Dancing	Waiheke Island
Justin Murfitt	Rainforest	Hikurangi (Northland)
Zoe Nash	Home	Mt Albert
Trevor Nathan	Urban Nature	Rotorua
Ainsley O’Connell	From here to there…	Auckland (Mt Eden)
Simon Payton	In unity we put our trust	Auckland (Orakei)
John Rawson	Turbine Lily	Wellsford
Fiona Rennie Schwieters	Attune	Auckland (Grey Lynn)
Ramon Robertson	Void	Auckland (Howick)
Carol Robinson	Pods	Whangarei
Rebecca Rose	Rainbow Ripple Delight	Auckland (Titirangi)
Donna Sarten (two pieces)	Feed the Kids; Imp of the perverse	Auckland (Swanson)
A.D. Schierning	A Fine Line	Auckland (Pt Chev)
Faith Tavernor	Enigma	Ohaupo
Jeff Thomson	Wind Drift	Helensville
Stuart Thomson	Points of View	Auckland (Pakuranga)
Natalie Tozer & John Pryor	Denature, Renature	Auckland (Kingsland)
Clovis Viscoe	Cross Fire Cease Fire	Auckland (Mt Eden)
Bruce Young	Nga Taonga Toki	Whangarei

Sally Lush
Sally Lush is an independent exhibition curator, event manager and practicing artist with a broad experience gained from 20 years managing art galleries and art projects in the Auckland area.
In 1993 Lush established Art by the Sea and in 1999 Art Of This World, both galleries in Devonport selling a wide range of unique art by emerging and established New Zealand artists. Lush project managed the establishment of Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens (2008) also curating the annual exhibitions of sculpture and project managed and curated the establishment of the inaugural Harbourview Sculpture Trail, Te Atatu Peninsula (2012).

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