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Category Archives: Current exhibitions
KYDz Youth Art Exhibition
An Art Exhibition with the theme ‘Kiwiana Summer Holiday’ organised by KYDz (Kaiapoi Youth Divisonz).
Participating schools; St Patricks, Kaiapoi North and Kaiapoi Borough Schools.
The exhibition will be on display in Art on the Quay, which is inside the Kaiapoi Library, from December 21st 2018 – February 6th 2019.
A must see over the Christmas holidays!
“Stitched” ceramics by Amy Michaels is the latest exhibition
“Stitched” ceramics by Amy Michaels is the latest exhibition at Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi Library, Williams Street, Kaiapoi
Amy’s beautiful slip cast ceramics are created from garments she has sown and made plaster moulds from. The exhibition is for six weeks.
Lisa Powers – Silence, Stillness, Solitude
Lisa Powers – Silence, Stillness, Solitude
Latest exhibition is on show at the Art on the Quay gallery in the Kaiapoi library
Tell us about what sort of preparation went into your current show?
I started planning the show the minute the title came to me. Everything seemed to fall into place from there. Nearly all the images are either completely new, or re-worked. I started a series of still-life photographs of flowers, which I hadn’t done before. I experimented with the different shades of Cyanotype, and I named the series, “Even Flowers get the Blues”. I developed a sepia colour that has an underlay of gold that I really like for my vintage-look images.
My helpers are always my faithful kitties. We work well together, and they remind me to take breaks. Otherwise, I’d work straight through days and nights.
I feel satisfied with the images I selected. I was anxious and fearful at the prospect of a solo exhibition, but as with anything else, I immersed myself in the work, and soon saw the exhibition taking shape. An artist friend said to “imagine it finished, and it will be done!” Good advice.
Art on the quay
Schools Art Challenge exhibition “Regeneration”
Schools Art Challenge exhibition “Regeneration” Congratulations to all the students and teachers who participated in this event. Be sure to check it out Kaiapoi if you get a chance.
KAIAPOI – A Different Perspective.
KAIAPOI – A Different Perspective.
Kaiapoi Creative Arts Group
KAIAPOI – A Different Perspective.
Kaiapoi Creative Arts Group
Participating Members for this exhibition are
Lyn Walls, Bev and Denis Thorpe, Ross and Lorraine Andrew, Pat Ellis, Elaine Stobbe, Jane Mundy, Margaret Fletcher, Mel Radford, Gaye McKenzie, Ruby Whitty and Christine Watton.
The intention of this exhibition is to challenge the viewer to see everyday objects and scenes from their local community in a different way or light.
Each member has used their chosen medium and represented their subject matter in a fashion which may require some degree of interpretation from exhibition attendees.
Many forms of abstractions and varying viewpoints have been utilised by the KCA members to achieve our objective.
We gratefully acknowledge the tutorage of Rob McDowall, Maxine Burney and Galina Kim and their skills they imparted specifically for this exhibition.
The Kaiapoi Creative Arts Group meets every Thursday morning at the Kaiapoi Club 9.30am – 12pm.They enjoy a social atmosphere of sharing artistic interests and skills plus organise art outings and tutorials. We are always looking for new members. For more information contact Ruby Whitty 03 3279571
Art on the Quay website – https://artonthequay.com
Toni Duffy’s exhibition ‘Re-Collections’
Toni Duffy’s exhibition ‘Re-Collections’ is showing at Art On The Quay until July 12.
Her oil paintings interpret the wilderness of New Zealand with subtle plays of colour while her figurative work suggests an other-worldliness and mystery.
Toni says,” My aim is to capture the essence of a place or person.
I aim to scratch the surface and paint how I feel about the subject through my own experiences. I don’t want to reproduce images but interpret what I see and feel.”
Favourites 2017
Another stunning exhibition of favourite works from local art-lovers’ collections. Photos by Jackie Watson
Visit this exhibition at Art on the Quay in the Kaiapoi Library
Neville Sinclair – Magnet for the Mind
Art and maths normally have little in common, but Neville Sinclair of Scargill has spent much of the last twenty-five years creating paintings inspired by numbers.
Magnet for the Mind at Kaiapoi’s Art On The Quay is an exhibition featuring his mathematical masterpieces, which depict geometric shapes and patterns more commonly seen in textbooks. Until 8th March.
Opening night images by Ann Worthy Stephenson
Variations on Still Life by Kaiapoi Creative Arts
Variations on Still Life by Kaiapoi Creative Arts.
In as many different media as possible. The result is a range of materials used from felting to painting and everything in between.
Guest artist Galina Kim used acrylics in a traditional still life composition that has instant appeal, but it is the more unusual felted sculpture, cross stitch and photography that deserve a closer look, revealing a painstaking dedication and hours of work to create these masterpieces.
Pay a visit to Art On The Quay to catch this exhibition before it closes on December 15.
Thank you to Ann Worthy for the photos