Art Centre team: Heather Steadman (manager). Leda Daniel (chair), Helen Martin (secretary, newsletter), Sharon Hennessey (treasurer), Jeff Thomson (events), Jo Ogilvie (organisation historian, newsletter), Jacky Pieper (events, poster design), Myra Lloyd (events, cleaning), Raywin Cruikshank (events, gardens).
April School Holiday Program.
All classes 10.30am – 2pm. Bring lunch.
Wednesday 21. Age 7+. Making macrame nets and beautiful jewellery.
Thursday 22. Age 7+. Making a journal our of recycled materials. As sewing is involved, parents are welcome to attend at no cost.
Wednesday 28. Age5+. Air dry clay modelling of fairy and elf houses and their occupants.
Friday 30. Age 7+. Making hand stitched mice from felt and cotton wool.
Just $20 per class.
Thanks to a generous subsidy from Creative Communities.
Email manager@artcentrehelensville.org.nz or ph/txt 021 1586859 to register.
Exhibtions
Landscapes of the Soul, colourful paintings by Thomas Hogan and friends, 3 April.
Art Kaipara Member Exhibition April 2021. Members can exhibit three works at no charge. Opening event Friday 9 April from 6pm
Closes Saturday 8 May at 2pm.
Workshops
Get the whole storyseries with Ireen Potter continues, ending 23 April.
Raranga Whariki weaving series with Awhina Uruamo-Cresswell continues, ends 17 April.
If you wish to inquire about or enrol for any of these events, please contact Heather Steadman.
manager@artcentrehelensville.org.nz or 021 1586859
Jeff Thomson’s polar bear
Board member Jeff Thomson launched his large polar bear, commissioned by Dave Black, at Helensville Museum and then at his home on 14 March 2021. At 3000mm long x 1500mm high x 900mm wide, the bear took approximately 200 hours to create and swallowed up over 9000 rivets. Jeff says he gained a lot of satisfaction from making it. “Not being a repetition of an earlier work, as so much of what I do is, made it a much more interesting project.”
