Aigantighe Art Gallery - Timaru
Aigantighe Art Gallery, is the home of art in South Canterbury.
Founded in 1956 The Aigantighe Art Gallery is renowned today for its rich public art collection, innovative exhibitions, and inspiring education programmes. The Aigantighe prides itself on being a friendly and thought-provoking art museum for people of all ages.
Kicked out of the Timaru Herald Display - Ron E Bishop Timaru NZ
The Timaru Herald has turned down a golden opportunity to have their 150 year anniversary display in the Timaru Aigantighe Art Gallery promoted for free on YouTube world wide. The video would of been seen by people all around the world and would have been a great promotion for the newspaper and the Timaru district
South Canterbury Museum & Maori Culture - Ron E Bishop Timaru NZ
Judith Cordeaux - UNEXPECTED WORLD - Opening Night, 1 September 2017
New Zealand artist and musician Judith Cordeaux speaks at the opening of her latest solo exhibition UNEXPECTED WORLD, at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand.
UNEXPECTED WORLD - earthquake art
“Unexpected World”, a solo exhibition of 32 works at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, is artist Judith Cordeaux’s response to the Christchurch earthquakes and the new life she has found in Timaru, New Zealand. She explains:
'There are many forces that humans do not, and probably never will, control – hurricanes, landslides, floods, earthquakes. As well as nurturing and supporting us, the earth unleashes forces that destroy and cause chaos. It seems we are never fully prepared for the impact. Somehow we have to pick ourselves up and start again, sometimes in a radically changed environment. It is seven years this September (2017) since the first of the devastating Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes struck. They literally turned my world upside down, and in the following months they destroyed much of what I loved, including my home. Hence the title of the exhibition - Unexpected World.
'These paintings and drawings depict my initial reactions, and then the aftermath which has had such an unexpected, but really positive, outcome. Though I know that for many others the struggle with insurers and builders continues, I’ve been able to build a new life. So my new works don’t just talk about the destruction and difficulties. They also show the unconditional love and kindness given by friends, neighbours and strangers as we all continue to deal with this life-changing situation.'
ALL ARTWORKS ON THIS VIDEO ARE COPYRIGHT TO JUDITH CORDEAUX (2017) AND ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ARTIST cordeaux.nz
From my desk ~ Tuesday Prose ~ Essie Summers
The reading today is from New Zealand Inheritance, the first novel by New Zealand author, Essie Summers ( 4 July 1912 – 27 August 1998 ).
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Prose source: New Zealand Inheritance by Essie Summers, published 1957
Photo credit: Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, November 2014, by silkannthreades
South Canterbury NZ
Pleasant Point Walking Route
Chanelle Carrick: Govett-Brewster Symposium 2016
Chanelle Carrick
Curator Pictorial Collections, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
' “No copy can equal it”: Community Engagement with the Swainson/Woods Collection'
Govett-Brewster Symposium: Practices in Contemporary Photography, 8 Jul 2016
Len Lye Centre Cinema
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Puke Ariki is at the end of a three-year project to digitise the entire Swainson/Woods Collection. The collection consists of 110,000 commercial negatives spanning eight decades and forming a rich visual record of the Taranaki community. This presentation outlines some of the challenges faced during the project, the outcomes of digitisation, and the future potential of the collection.
Chanelle Carrick studied art history and archaeology, followed by an MA in art history, at the University of Otago. She was exhibition curator at Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru before taking up the role of Curator Pictorial Collection at Puke Ariki museum, New Plymouth. She has an interest in historic photographs and how they function in a museum context.
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery hosted a symposium on 8 July 2016 with curators, artists and academics from New Zealand and Australia to discuss the changing landscape of contemporary photography in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally.
Other speakers included:
Daniel Palmer, Associate Professor Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne
Edith Amituanai, artist
Serena Bentley, Assistant Curator Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria
Peter Ireland, artist, independent critic
Sandy Callister, independent curator and author.
Geoffrey Batchen, Professor School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
For more information about the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery visit our website govettbrewster.com/
Kelceys Bush, Waimate, South Canterbury, Canterbury, NZ
Kelceys Scenic Reserve is located behind Waimate in the Hunter Hills. It has a wide array of native vegetation much of which is edible. All video is mine and my wifes (Trail-ers) For Photography from this Trail-er and more see
All Music Licenced from FMA under CC
First Track: Ketsa, Wallow,
Second Track: Blue Dot Sessions, Flower
A Million Tears - Jaz Paterson
Jaz Paterson's latest original @ Aigantighe Art Gallery Garden's
The song is about a guy who kept running away from home and breaking his parent's hearts - Jaz
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX100, Sony Alpha 55 DSLR, Zoom H4n.
@ Rockdale Sessions HD
Unexpected World - Concert Excerpts
Excerpts from a concert of mandolin and guitar music, performed at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, on 8 October 2017, during Judith Cordeaux's solo exhibition Unexpected World.
Judith Cordeaux and Jennifer Quérée (mandolins), David Loomes and Liz Townsend (guitars)
An Artist's Journey
Floortalk by Judith Cordeaux discussing her thoughts and development as an artist, given during her exhibition Unexpected World at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, 17 September 2017