Artstation

What's new: Term four 2009

Night shot of Artstation

All lit up

Auckland City Council has installed new outdoor lighting at Artstation to illuminate the façade of the heritage building and make it safer for pedestrians in the area at night.

This is the first part of a project that will see artworks by Andrea Low, Matthew McLean and Jane Zusters lit up in the grounds behind the Artstation building.

A lift up

Work to install a lift at Artstation is starting in December. The project includes remodelling the upstairs toilets and the entrance to the gallery, which will give greater accessibility to the first floor.

As part of the project, the print studio on the ground level will be extended to include the adjacent dock way. This will improve the layout and make the studio more spacious.

The Honour Beads of courage

Honour Beads of courage

The Honour Bead project is a new event designed to acknowledge ordinary heroes within our local community. Many people donate hours of their time, energy and often their own money to local projects often without recognition, and Artstation tutor and organiser Isla Osbourne believes it's time our community worked together to honour these local heroes.

An open glass bead-making workshop will then be held at an all-day event at Artstation on Saturday, 5 and Sunday, 6 December. Visitors will have the opportunity to make and contribute a glass bead to be strung on to a necklace. The necklace will be framed and presented to the local hero nominee who receives the most online votes.

Ponsonby News is asking for nominations from its readers until the end of September and voting will take place on their website during October and November.

Youth glass project

Young refugees at the exhibition Concept Development Forum, held at Te Papa, February 2009.

Artstation tutor Nicole Lucas is working with local youth who have been refugees, to make cast glass works for an exhibition that opens at Te Papa Museum of New Zealand in Wellington in April 2010.

The Te Papa exhibition will centre on the youths' settlement experience in New Zealand, and Te Papa is helping these young people to tell their stories by running a series of workshops around the country. The exhibition will talk about what it means to be a refugee and New Zealand's role in refugee resettlement.

In September's three-day workshop, the students will produce their glass projects, which focus on their personal stories of settlement.

Photo credit: Kate Whitley; image suppliedv courtesy of Te Papa.

Discounts on classes and art materials

To save money... book and pay for your class within the timeframe of the Early Bird Special (EBS). Also see that the French Art Shop offers a discount on art materials on presentation of an Artstation receipt.

Updated September 2009