News from the NZ Art Guild
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Spectacular live
entertainment at the New Zealand Health Industry Awards
and Benefit Gala Dinner provided by an impressive line
up of local and international artists including
“Mig
Ayesa from Rock Star INXS & “Queen - We Will Rock You”,”
Fiona Pears,
virtuoso violinist and composer returning to NZ from
London and Caleb Bartolo, dancer extraordinaire
from “So You Think You Can Dance” Australia, Sika and
Catlin, international musicians, and many other
artists who will entertain and delight you..
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New Zealand Health
Industry Awards
To honour and acknowledge outstanding New Zealanders
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Celebration Gala
Banquet Dinner
A complete night out including a banquet dinner
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Charity Auction
for UNICEF
To fundraise for the women and children with HIV and
AIDS in Papua New Guinea. With Presentation by NZ
Ambassador Alison Mau
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Spectacular
Entertainment
Mig Ayesa “Rock Star INXS”,
Fiona Pears
“Virtuoso Violinist”,
Caleb Bartolo “So You Think You Can Dance,
Australia”,
Catlin & Sika “International Musicians”,
plus so much more…
This year the prestigious
New Zealand Health Industry Awards & Benefit Gala
Dinner hosted by Petra Bagust will be a grand
celebration to honour the outstanding New Zealanders for
their many years of dedication in the field of Natural
Healthcare and is being held in conjunction with a
charity gala to fundraise for UNICEF, for the work they
are doing in Papua New Guinea for the women and children
living with HIV and AIDS.
Alison Mau, a New
Zealand UNICEF Ambassador, will provide a presentation
of the work they are involved with in Papua New Guinea,
often referred to as the “Africa of the South Pacific”
During the evening there
is to be a charity auction where top New Zealand
artists and companies have donated beautiful art work
and items to be auctioned. There will also be the
opportunity to pledge to UNICEF during the evening.
Bruce Mason Centre
Cnr Hurstmere Rd
& The Promenade, Takapuna, North Shore City
Saturday 11th
October 2008
Doors Open 6:00pm
Tickets
available through Ticketmaster Outlets
Ticketmaster.co.nz
Keyword: Health Industry 0800 111 999
Every ticket purchased
will give you the chance to win a $50,000 car if you
guess the correct number plate
For more information:
www.healthawards.co.nz
(09) 414 5517 / 0800 128 812
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September
Celebration of the Natural Health Industry
NZ Art Guild Proud Sponsors of The Lawrence Summer Arts Festival
August 2008
NZ Art for the NZ Shore Plover – Press and Preview Night
NZ Art Guild supports the NZ Health Industry Awards and Benefit Gala Dinner
New logo for the NZ Art Guild
REACH OUT and the Mental Health Awareness Week campaign
The Lewis Invitation Art Exhibition
The Mental Health Foundation of NZ and NZ Art Guild
NZ Art Guild Sponsors another fantastic art event
July 2008
NZ Art Guild in London
NZ Art Guild Sponsorships
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Charity Art Auction July 2008
June 2008
Secret collaborative work by 88 NZ artists
NZ Art Guild sponsors the Tauranga National Art Awards |
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The Lawrence
summer arts festival is a successful yearly
event. A medley of performing, visual and creative
artistic expertise is on show over the weekend in
the historic village. The festival brings a rich
experience for the whole family and art lover alike.
As part of the festival
All Otago and Southland artists are
invited to participate in this unique Art
Exhibition. The festival will be held on
the weekend of the 16, 17, 18 January 2009.
Art Exhibition:
16, 17, 18 January 2009
Theme:
“Going for Gold”
The artist is free to
interpret the theme according to their own research
and/or explore Creative avenues; i.e. history, people or
landscapes of the Lawrence area, etc.
Venue:
The Old Blues Gallery, Ross Place
The Church at Marama Lodge
Categories and Awards:
(Winners of
these Awards all receive a 1 year subscription to
the NZ Art Guild)
Award - Best Theme
Award - Best Landscape
Award - People’s Choice
(Monetary Prizes will be announced at a later date)
Important dates:
7 November 2008 - Entry form and payment
22 December 2008 - 5 January 2009 - Final week for
the paintings to arrive in Lawrence via courier or
personal delivery
Friday 9 January 2009 - Adjudicators and press
release (private)
Friday 16 January 2009 at 6pm - Awards and opening
ceremony (public)
For Further
details or Entry Forms:
Contact the Coordinator
for art exhibition
Sharon Ann Burger
Email
sharonannburger@hotmail.com
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We would be delighted if you would attend our forthcoming preview night to view the art which has been donated by a number of NZ artists. This art will then be auctioned to raise funds for the NZ shore plover conservation project in New Zealand.
We are delighted that The New Zealand High Commissioner, Derek Leask, will host the preview evening which will take place at Suze in Mayfair on Wednesday 10 September from 6.30pm until 7.30pm.
Artists who have contributed works of art include Graham Young, Nancy Frazer, Steve Moase, Kay de latour Scott and Sophia Elise and we hope that you will be able to meet some of the artists at the preview evening. In 2006 this event raised more than £7,000 for the Campbell Island Teal Appeal and this year’s is expected to raise an equivalent amount – hopefully more.
The auction itself (tickets £45 each to include a gourmet menu with kiwi “champagne” and wines) will take place on Friday 10 October at the Penthouse of New Zealand House. We expect the event to be a sell-out and places are strictly limited.
We are delighted, that thanks to the support of Crown Fine Arts, we have been able to bring over nearly 10 works from New Zealand and that Tom and Susan Glynn of Suze have allowed us to display the works in their private dining room for the month before the auction.
Please RSVP by emailing nzartforplover@nzsociety.co.uk or telephone Katherine Hersey-Meade on 01634 318825.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Campbell
President
The New Zealand Society in England
Artworks can be viewed here: www.nzsociety.co.uk/art2008/artists.htm
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The NZ Art Guild is
proud to support
the Event of the Year,
New Zealand Health Industry Awards and Benefit Gala
Dinner 2008
Bruce Mason Centre
Takapuna, Auckland
Saturday 11th October
6:00pm to Midnight
In 1997, the inaugural NZ
Health Industry Awards was held to honour and
acknowledge pioneers and practitioners for their many
years of work, research and dedication in the field of
natural health, wellbeing and education.
This year the prestigious
NZ Health Industry Awards and Benefit Gala Dinner will
be a grand celebration and is being held in conjunction
with UNICEF to fund raise and support the work they are
doing in Papua New Guinea to help the women and children
living with HIV and AIDS.
This elaborate
evening is to be hosted by Petra Bagust and will
consist of a sumptuous dinner followed by the NZ Health
Industry Awards presentation and spectacular
entertainment provided by an impressive line up of local
and international artists including Fiona Pears,
virtuoso violinist and composer returning to NZ from
London and Caleb Bartolo, dancer extraordinaire from
Australia.
Alison
Mau, a New Zealand UNICEF Ambassador, will provide a
presentation of the work they are involved with in Papua
New Guinea.
During
the evening there is to be a charity auction including
artwork from
top New Zealand artists
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Sofia Minson, Vjekoslav Nemesh, Lee Ralph, Sally Blyth,
Tony Brown, Julia Dungan, Sophia Elise, Sharlene
Ngatapuna, Natasha Wheeler and one amazing
artwork which is being kept under wraps until auction
night.
There
will also be a variety of other items up for auction
that have been donated by other companies and the
opportunity to pledge to UNICEF during the evening.
Please
circle this date immediately – you will want to be
there!
We
look forward to your participation and attendance.
Nomination Forms for the awards are available on the
website
www.nzhealthindustryawards.co.nz
Tickets are available through
www.ticketmaster.co.nz
Opening
Special $140 - after Sep 1st $150.
Every ticket purchased will also give you
a chance to win a car valued at $50,000 on the night |
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 The NZ Art Guild have spent the last couple of months redesigning the NZ Art Guild website in order to offer members more promotional
opportunities etc. The launch date is planned for beginning of September - less than 2 weeks away! This is REALLY exciting for the NZ Art Guild and for members - we can't wait!
With the new website and new look comes a new logo!! We're sure you will agree that the new logo is sleek - sophisticated - arty - and of course uniquely NZ!
Members are welcome to use this logo on their website/business cards etc. |
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The Mental Health Foundation of NZ is so impressed with the Reach Out artwork that they have asked to use the image for their Mental Health Awareness Week campaign October 6th - 13th 2008.
Reach Out will be used on their promotional posters and fliers which will be distributed nationwide.
All participating Reach Out artists will be acknowledged on the Mental Health Foundation website with a link to the NZ Art Guild website.
We're sure you will agree that this is a fantastic opportunity for the NZ Art Guild and its Artists to further help promote Mental Health awareness which was the inspiration for this project.
Official Poster for Mental Health Awareness Week 2008
To read more about this years campaign, visit:
Make Your Mark for Mental Health: What's Your Global Handprint
To order Posters, Postcards or Magnetic Poetry, visit:
MHAW08 Promotional Material
Our work on the tables:
Mental Health Foundation Blessing of Resources |
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The Lewis Invitation Art
Exhibition opened on Friday 15th August at
the Cambridge Town Hall. Over the past 3 years this
event has become a popular fixture in the Waikato arts
calendar.
The exhibition is a
chance for Lewis Barristers and Solicitors to provide
the community with accessible art, to support local
artists and to thank their clients for their support.
This year’s theme “Faces
of the Waikato” was widely interpreted by the artists
and was diverse in styles. It also saw different
mediums integrated into the show including metal pieces
and photography. The result was 80 stunning artworks
exhibited over the weekend.
An exciting feature of
the opening night format is the voting for “2008
Emerging Artist”. Four artists, who are new to the arts
scene and have never exhibited before, are invited to
participate in the exhibition. The overall winner then
has the opportunity for a solo show at the Empire
Gallery in Cambridge and automatic inclusion in future
Lewis Exhibitions.
The four emerging artists
selected this year were Cameron Suisted, Julie Sills,
Hayley Simmonds and Jane Thomson who all received a one
year’s subscription to the NZ Art Guild. Pauline
Tapping and Helen Frost, who were the previous winners
of the emerging artists’ award in 2006 and 2007, also
received a one year’s subscription to the NZ Art Guild.
The overall winner this year was Cameron Suisted who
is a first year architecture student.
The event was a fantastic
success with several opening night sales and hundreds of
people visiting it over the weekend. This is a testament
to Lyn Murray who is the event coordinator. Lyn has
extensive experience as a practicing artist, gallery
owner, arts presenter for regional TV and a
mentor/lecturer for the arts industry. She is a proud
member of the NZ Art Guild and currently divides her
time between the UK and NZ.
Other participating
artists are
Lisa Blundell
Celeste Broad
Dean Corbett
Berys Daly
Peter Dornauf
Helen Frost (Member of
the NZ Art Guild)
Carole Hughes
Lorraine Jones
Des Lattey (Member of the
NZ Art Guild)
Margo Lee (Member of the
NZ Art Guild)
Bruce McLauchlan
Wendy Mikkelsen
Lyn Murray (Member of the
NZ Art Guild)
Barry Ross Smith
Heather Russell-Willison
Wayne Sinclair
Yvonne Singleton
Gavin Smith
Marc Spijkerbosch
Pauline Tapping (Member
of the NZ Art Guild)
Caren Thompson |
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The Mental Health
Foundation of NZ and NZ Art Guild are proud to join
together again to further promote Mental Health
Awareness in NZ.
The image of Reach Out will
be used on posters and fliers for the nationwide Mental
Health Awareness Week campaign October 6th - 13th 2008.
To read more about this years campaign
http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page.php?p=213
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Following on from sponsoring the NZAG Art Awards (Feb), ARA Art Awards (Feb), Lewis Invitation Exhibition Waikato Emerging Artist Awards (Aug), and Tauranga First National Art Awards (Nov) the
NZ Art Guild is proud to sponsor the North Shore City Art Awards 2008. All prize winners will receive a free annual subscription to the NZ Art Guild. This is a fantastic event that celebrates our wonderful land. It is open to all NZ Artists and held at the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre in Auckland.
NORTH SHORE CITY ART AWARDS 2008
Earth, Wind and Sky
A4 photographs of entries to be submitted for pre-selection by the 26 September 2008
Entry forms and full deatils now available online
www.mairangiarts.co.nz
First Prize - North Shore City Council Premier Award $4000.00
Total value of prizes $6800.00
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Select NZ artists have been invited to exhibit at the NZ
Shore Plover Art Auction in London, United Kingdom. This
includes several NZ Art Guild members - Sophia Elise,
Sally Blyth, Tony Brown, Nancy Frazer, Chavah Kinloch, Chrissy Brook, Tanya Dann and Elspeth Alix Batt.
The New Zealand shore plover “Thinornis novaeseelandiae”
is one of the rarest plover species in the world. It is
a Nationally Critical ranked species (the highest
possible threat status) and is a small, colourful
shorebird that was once widespread in the coastal areas
of New Zealand, but by the late 1800s had become
confined to a small population on the Chatham Islands.
The current world population, including birds in
captivity, is estimated at less than 250.
This year’s appeal, exhibition and auction which will be
held by the New Zealand Society in association with the
New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC). The Appeal
this year will raise funds for the New Zealand Shore
Plover, and will be use to continue the five year
reintroduction program on Mana Island and to upgrade
the captive breeding aviaries at Pukaha Mount Bruce
National Wildlife Centre.
Suze in Mayfair, London has agreed to exhibit all the
donated works of art in it’s gallery from Monday 1
September until Thursday 9 October. Then on Friday 10
October the pieces will be sold at an auction and
gourmet food evening to be held in the Penthouse in New
Zealand House. They are expecting there to be attendance
from some very high profile New Zealanders in London, as
well as great interest from the UK conservation and bird
conservation interest groups.
In advance of the Auction they also plan to hold an
“invitation only” preview evening at Suze with Derek
Leask (New Zealand High Commissioner) as their host.
They will be inviting London art dealers, New Zealand
businesses with a UK presence and UK based NZ press to
this event where we will also be offering some work for
pre-sale. This is a unique event which will expose NZ
art to a wide and interested audience.
For more information go to
http://www.nzsociety.co.uk/
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Over the
past couple of years, the NZ Art Guild has experienced
many changes and expansions. One of the biggest is
obtaining some great sponsorships for our Annual Events.
These sponsorships have helped the NZ Art Guild to grow
into a respected and reputable New Zealand Art
Organization.
It is with great pride
that we are now being asked to do some sponsoring of our
own. What a great leap for us all!
Here are some of the
upcoming events that the NZ Art Guild sponsoring:
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Tauranga First National Art Awards
- Winners of all the categories will receive an annual membership subscription to NZ Art Guild. The NZ Art Guild is also sponsoring the first prize for best Watercolour $500.
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Lewis' Invitation Art Exhibition Waikato Emerging artists award
- The winners from 2006 and 2007 will receive a one year
NZ Art Guild Membership and the 4 winners from this year will also receive a
one year NZ Art Guild Membership.
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ARA awards -
Winner will receive a one year NZ Art Guild
Membership
Oh and one more piece of
news - Sophia Elise & Sally Blyth will be speaking at
the Rotary Harbourside in Mission Bay on Wednesday about
the NZ Art Guild, Mental Health and art in NZ.
Detailed information about
the above events will be available to our members on the
NZ Art Guild Forum. |
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(Auckland, New Zealand) 88 artists from the New Zealand Art Guild have joined forces to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation, producing a collaborative work which is to be auctioned on Trade Me from July 19th.
The artwork, entitled “Reach Out”, is formed of ninety paintings on small wooden panels, combined on a wooden frame to make one large artwork which is 1.2m x 1.5m in total.
20% of the auction’s proceeds will be donated to the Mental Health Foundation, along with $5 from each sale of 500 smaller (38cm x 46cm, un-mounted) limited edition prints of the work.
The Foundation will use funds raised to raise awareness of depression through their “Out Of The Blue” campaign, launched in 2005 to encourage people – particularly men – to take action. Research shows that up to one in five women and one in ten men will experience depression at some point in their lives, however men are less likely to seek help.
“We’re delighted to be working with the New Zealand Art Guild to promote awareness of depression through such a vibrant project,” says Judi Clements, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation. “Depression affects men and women of all ages, races, and economic groups, and is not something you can just ‘snap out of’.
“With money raised from this auction, we will continue to increase public awareness of the signs of depression, as well as where you can go for help. It’s important to know that people who experience depression do get better. It is something you can recover from and learn to manage.”
The artwork will be on display in Auckland at the New Zealand Art Guild’s “Make It Memorable” exhibition from July 1st, at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna.
www.mentalhealth.org.nz |
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Eighty eight artists have contributed to produce one large piece of art for the New Zealand Art Guild’s annual exhibition opening at at Takapuna next week.
The merging of all the small paintings creates one large piece of art with proceeds going to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
Guild spokeswoman Sophia Elise said the image of the collaborative work would not be known until the opening night at the Bruce mason Centre next Tuesday, July 1.
"It is being kept secret, even from those participating in it, until the opening night unveiling. And we’re thrilled to be working with the foundation this year to increase awareness and help people suffering from mental health problems.
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Elise said 20 percent of the proceeds from the annual exhibition sale will be donated to the foundation. The artwork will be auctioned on Trademe July 19-29.
The NZ Art Guild was formed in 2004 to promote artists at all stages of their careers.
Media advisory: For further information, comment, photos, or interview contact Sophia Elise on 027 630 1810 or Kip Brook at Word of Mouth Media NZ on 03 374 5426 or 0275033 855 or
www.wordofmouthnz.com
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The NZ Art Guild are
proud sponsors for the Best Watercolour at the first
Tauranga National Art Awards. They will be held from
10 – 16 November 2008 in Tauranga. For full details on
how to enter go to
www.carronsass.com/ and for more information about
the Garden and Artfest
www.gardenandartfest.co.nz/
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