Northland prisoners’ artwork raises over $7000 for Refuge

13 May 2016

Northland prisoners’ artwork raises over $7000 for Women’s Refuge

Art created by prisoners from Northland Region Corrections Facility (NRCF) has raised more than $7000 for Women’s Refuge.

The InsideOut7 art exhibition at Mairangi Art Centre in Auckland featured 80 top-quality artworks; including paintings, drawings and Māori carvings, produced by NRCF offenders.

The artworks were sold to the public to raise funds for Women’s Refuge.

“With family violence in New Zealand in the spotlight, NRCF is grateful to the public who supported the prisoner art exhibition so generously to benefit Women’s Refuge. The prison artists also feel privileged to be able to give back to the community through their art,” says Dave Pattinson, NRCF Prison Director.

The highest prices were fetched by two paintings by the same artist.

“Te Aho o Te Rangi Wharepu”, an acrylic on board, sold for $1200, while “Tui” fetched $1000.

The display ran from 9 April to 8 May 2016, and almost 1000 people visited the art exhibition.

The annual InsideOut art exhibition, the latest of which was the seventh consecutive display, is the result of an ongoing creative collaboration between Mairangi Arts Centre and the Department of Corrections.

All the works are produced through the ‘Art in Prisons’ programme and represent a blend of paintings and drawings, as well as Māori carvings, produced in the whakairo workshop at NRCF.

The theme of the InsideOut 7 exhibition was ‘History’.

In total, $11,120 was raised at the exhibition, with more than $7000 going to Women’s Refuge and the remainder covering administrative expenses, including transport.

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