de)construction

Exhibition currently on until Sat Apr 30 2011

Quarry Arts Centre Gallery de)construction project

On now till the end of March

Artists are invited to interact with the Yvonne Rust Gallery turning the building into a work of art in its own right. Art forms that the gallery has nurtured will have the change to give something back to her warped and weary walls. Portions of the building artworks will then be auctioned off to support the work of the Quarry Arts Centre and stage two of the capital development plan.

Lest We Forget – Remembering Japan – Kia Kaha

My name is Joanne Gardner. I am based in Kerikeri and have many family connections in Kaitaia, north. Have have been painting for the last 6 years and have just finished my first year of my Bachelor of Applied Arts. I am delighted to have the opportunity to have the whole month of January 2010 [...]

I never intended ever to attempt printmaking…however it is part of my courses this year. So, thanks to Mark Graver, our great tutor, I have had some wonderful results.

The year is just whizzing by and I have found myself up to my eyeballs in research…lol…Art course…what did I expect! I have found this really great guy…love his work.  Mr Jack Unruh…he does the best line and colour drawings…very accomplished man.  Check him out, I found his work in the National Geographic to start [...]

Hi There, It is not only my 1st Semester holidays it is also Matariki (NZ Maori New Years).  It is a fantastic time to visit art galleries.  There is a lot of celebration amoungst the artist communities… So far I have visited…The Quarry in Whangarei, both Origin and Art Upstairs in Kerikeri also Bank Street [...]

Hi There, it seems an age since I wrote here…my first semester at Art School has been…not so bad. My first semester in 15 years…blimey. I am highlighting the ANZAC DAY donations…my Grandfather and his brothers were all part of the New Zealand war effort…there were many stories of bravery and sadness.  It is with [...]

For almost 2 weeks I have been buried in a Bachelor of Appiled Arts…I can’t believe how much I love it!!! I have drawn in ways I had never thought about…I am painting with Acrylics…I always thought that Acrylics were for sissy’s…I was wrong. I am studying a painter called Mustafa Farroukh…what yummy work…I am [...]

Always In Your Heart… There are people in my life that will always have a place in my heart…they are precious people that have changed my life for ever… This tree glows with Love Light…just like my heart… Beneath the tree is Gesso…Gesso gives the extra texture that adds movement and branches…surprisingly, the patterns I [...]

I am back from another amazing and fulfilling NemeshArt course which opened my eyes to the world of Gold Leaf….and much more… It was so simple… 1. Choose your canvas 2. Using Gold Leaf size,  paint what ever shapes you want your Gold Leaf to be in.  Make it nice and smooth, any bubbles will [...]

Well, I did it…I am working from home.  This will hopefully allow more time to paint but so far all I have done is catch up on 9 months of accounting that has been carefully saved for me since I went and worked of someone else…there you go… Stark Reality stikes again….I think that this [...]