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Montana Poetry Day Friday 24 July
Montana Poetry Day Friday 24 July
Tickets are selling fast for this fantastic annual event. Carrying on from the success of last years' sellout night when we featured the 2008 Montana Poetry Prize winner, Janet Charman, we are delighted to invite you to join us this year for another fabulous night of poetry and music. Ila Selwyn will be our MC for the evening with a top line-up of local and New Zealand poets and music by the fantastic Reb Fountain Trio. It will be a great night!
Poetry readings by: Riemke Ensing; CK Stead; Karlo Mila, Glenn Colquhoun, Genevieve Maclean, Gus Simonovic, Renee Liang and Tim Heath.
Top
Floor of Lopdell House, 7.30pm doors open at 7pm.
$15 or
$10 for Friends of Lopdell House Gallery.
Refreshments including mulled wine will be available
Robin Kewell
Film Night Saturday 25 July - Scent from Sri Lanka & Going
to Guyana
Our Robin Kewell films and talks series
continues with an exotic double bill. Scent from Sri Lanka
combines two filming trips to the country, one for
Rainforest Rescue International and one for Quest
International. Going to Guyana documents Robin's trip to
Guyana accompanying The Eden Project's Director of Education
and Curator of the Humid Tropics Biome.
Top Floor of
Lopdell House, 7.30pm doors open at 7pm.
$12 or $10 for
Friends of Lopdell House Gallery.
Holiday Programme
Workshop : Clayschool 6 - 10 July
Places are filling up
for this holiday programme so please secure your childs
place asap. Each day your child will learn many technical
hand-building skills to create a mythological world in clay.
Classes start with a series of sketches that develop into a
3D clay sculpture
Suitable for children 6-12 yrs. Fee $40 / child includes materials and firing
Please see our website for more details
Adult and After School
Workshops
Solar Plate Print Workshop 12
September
Elements of the Book: Weekend workshops 29 August - 26 September
Coastline, Birdmen/Women & Fossils: After School Classes for 9-14yrs - 8 wks from 6 August
My Own Universe: After School Classes for 5-8yrs - 6 wks from 5 August
Please see our website for more details
Current Exhibitions
Royal Astronomical
Society - An Eye On The Universe 29 May - 12 July
Ross T Smith - Linger 29 May - 12 July
Glenys Ng - Back 29 May - 12 July
Hoani Waititi Marae students - Mataraki Ahunga Nui 26 June - 6 August
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