NZ Art Guild: August 2010

Thursday, 19 August 2010

We're in the newspaper!

We have successfully been mentioned in the Rodney Times in August about our Kumeu Art in the Gardens event that has been organised to support and fund the West Auckland Hospice, and other local community groups, who are closely supported by NZ Art Guild.

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

NZ Art Guild Challenge #31

Every fortnight a challenge is issued to our guild members and also to members of our Facebook Fanpage

These challenges are completely voluntary. Submissions must be original and be completed during the 2 week time-frame. Participants may choose to interpret the theme in any way they wish.

For this challenge artists were asked to use any medium they liked to create a self portrait

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

Jane Bold - "Jane with Circle of Life Pendant"

MOST CREATIVE:

Cath Sheard - "The eyes have it"

Other member entries:

Mike Greenwood - "My other pastime"

Tanya Dann - "taanz"

Facebook entries:

Ann Gutschlag - untitled

Cory Lind - "Ko Ahau Tenei"

The next challenge is available now via our Facebook Fanpage - check it out for yourself and give it a go!

(you must be logged into facebook to view this page, if you are not currently a member of our group or facebook please feel free to join)

NZ Art Guild Challenge #30

Every fortnight a challenge is issued to our guild members and also to members of our Facebook Fanpage

These challenges are completely voluntary. Submissions must be original and be completed during the 2 week time-frame. Participants may choose to interpret the theme in any way they wish.

For this challenge artists were asked to choose a sound and convey it in an artwork using a maximum of 3 colours

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

Mike Greenwood - untitled

MOST CREATIVE:

Chris Cruickshank - "Sound of Success"

OTHER MEMBERS ENTRIES:

Cath Sheard - "The (art) noise in my mind"

Donnamaree Hampton - untitled

Jane Bold - "Snap Crackle Pop!"

Sharlene Schmidt - "Flying High"

The next challenge is available now via our Facebook Fanpage - check it out for yourself and give it a go!

(you must be logged into facebook to view this page, if you are not currently a member of our group or facebook please feel free to join)

Monday, 16 August 2010

Congratulations to Amy Mackiewicz

Amy Mackiewicz has joined forces with the SPCA to help raise money by donating some of her artwork. She has had some great publicity in the Sun newspaper, well done!

To read the article, click on the article above.

Monday, 9 August 2010

Women's charity art auction and exhibition in the news!

We have successfully been mentioned in the Albany and East Coast News in the July 31st - 13th August edition 2010 about our charity art auction, that has been organised to support and fund The North Shore Women Centre, who are closely supported by NZ Art Guild.

Invitation to Inner Strength Exhibition and Charity Art Auction

The NZ Art Guild and North Shore Womens Centre (NSWC) are proud to join together to raise funds and awareness for the NSWC.

The NSWC are the only holistic service for women, by women on the North Shore. The funds raised from the charity auction will assist in the administration of their core services: low-cost counseling, family support service, free legal clinic, clothing exchange, low-cost courses and support groups and the Go Girl Youth programme. Donations enable NSWC to continue to offer their services at little or no cost to women.

Please join us on September 2nd 6:30pm at the Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna Auckland where the month long exhibition "Inner Strength" will open with a fantastic charity art auction. Our guest speaker is Catherine Livingstone who has inspired many women over the years and was recently the last woman standing in the NZ Apprentice

Top NZ artists - Jess Foote, Lisz Bodsworth, Angela Laby, Sophia Elise, Rachel Olsen, Sharlene Scmidt, Nancy Frazer, Michele Courage, Merle Bishop, Lorraine Beattie, Liz de King, Lauryne Hart, Jane Santos, Beate Minderjahn, and Amy Walker have also generously donated artworks to be auctioned on the night. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to NSWC.

The theme of this exhibition is "Celebrating and Strengthening Women" and it brings together 33 very, talented NZ female artists from around NZ.

We would like to thank the following sponsors:
Tony Laugharn - Barfoot and Thompson
Tineswari Maruthamuthu - Graphic Designer
Kip Brook - Word of Mouth Media

For more information about the NSWC of NZ go to www.nswomenscentre.co.nz

To view the Online Auction Catalogue -
http://nzartguild.blogspot.com/2010/07/auction-catalogue-inner-strength.html