art

Most of her life was spent in Uzbekistan (which was part of the Soviet Union at that time) but a move to New Zealand in 2003 expanded Natalya Doudell’s horizons and imagination.

Alicia Beech has always loved art and for as long as she can remember, has been drawing, colouring, painting and creating.

When Ta Moko artist Julie Paama-Pengelly (Ngaiterangi) was training as a secondary art teacher in the early 1990s, traditional Māori visual and performance arts, and Te Reo, were experiencing a delicate revival.

Emma Prill is a Bay of Plenty artist well known for her vibrant and original Flower Garden works which featured in last year’s Garden and Art Festival and are familiar to many from café walls and galleries.

First fall month brings lots of fun and exciting events to the Bay. Where are you off to in March?

Working in an industrial building on the edge of the Waikareao walkway, Jo spends her day amongst sheets of coloured glass, bags of plaster and silica flour, pots of powder, chunks of wax, three kilns, a gas torch and lots of multi-coloured glass rods!