The Wanaka community is banding together for Ukraine via an art exhibition on Felt and at the Wanaka Community Hub this month. Aid Through Art has been organised by a group of local artists who were motivated to act when their friend and fellow artist Olga Zoma, who hails from the Sloviansk region in eastern Ukraine, began a Give A Little page to help move her family out of the conflict zone.
With the current lockdown measures in New Zealand, this ANZAC Day many of us won’t be wearing the traditional poppies sold to raise funds for the RSA.
Inspired to find another way of raising funds and commemorating ANZAC Day, Christchurch ceramic artist and World of Wearable Art Supreme Award winner Tatyanna Meharry has decided to recreate the many ceramic poppies that featured in her WOW award-winning piece, with all profits going to the RSA.
Here at Felt HQ in Christchurch we’re in love with the colourful giraffes that have taken over our city. (Yes, you heard right and we haven’t overdosed on leftover Christmas pudding – Christchurch has been invaded by giraffes!)
The documentary that’s taken the US and Australian craft scenes by storm is on its way to New Zealand. Wellington Creative are bringing the NZ premiere of Handmade Nation to Wellington and Auckland this August. Handmade Nation is a documentary about the new wave of … Read more »
Local jeweller Areta Wilkinson and Caroline Billing from Inform Contemporary Jewellery are holding a Jewellery Market Day as a fundraiser for THE MULTITUDE : a curated jewellery exhibition by Karl Chitham and Caroline Billing. This event is part of the Christchurch Arts Festival. Many local … Read more »